The California Energy Commission has awarded the Port of Long Beach $20 million to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed 400-acre terminal to assemble and deploy floating offshore wind
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The California Energy Commission has awarded the Port of Long Beach $20 million to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed 400-acre terminal to assemble and deploy floating offshore wind turbines.
Pier Wind would allow for the staging, storage and assembly of some of the world’s largest offshore wind turbines, standing as tall as the Eiffel Tower. The fully assembled turbines would be towed by sea from the Port of Long Beach to wind lease areas 20 to 30 miles off the coast in Central and Northern California.
As the largest recipient of the agency’s Offshore Wind Energy Waterfront Facility Improvement Program from state bond funding, the port will match $11 million to complete engineering, environmental, business planning and community outreach requirements needed to begin construction on Pier Wind.
The proposed $4.7 billion facility aims to help California meet a goal of generating 25 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by
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