American Military News by Brooke Staggs October 12, 2022
In August, the California Energy Commission set goals of installing offshore wind projects that could generate 2,000 to 5,000 megawatts by 2030 and 25,000 megawatts by 2045. That would be enough electricity to power 3.75 million homes over the next seven years and 25 million homes by mid-century.
Then, in September, the Biden Administration announced it was expanding earlier offshore wind energy goals with incentives specifically aiming at bolstering deep water projects.
But with new goals and incentives in place, California soon could be home to the nation’s first two commercial floating wind farms. Windy stretches of open ocean off the coast of Morro Bay and Humboldt are going to auction in late fall, for lease to interested wind farm developers.
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