Humboldt Bay

Many of the components of the offshore wind turbines are too large to be placed on the back of a truck  (1) and could not be brought to...

The proposed Humboldt offshore wind project would likely increase local vessel traffic. Vessels would bring offshore wind turbine...

Would the proposed Humboldt offshore wind project replace fossil fuel energy sources in Humboldt County?

Increased vessel traffic and the towing of the offshore wind turbines in and out of Wigi  (1), aka Humboldt Bay, associated with proposed...

The North Coast’s offshore wind resources are world-class, both in their strength and consistency, such that offshore wind turbines...

The Humboldt Wind Energy Area (WEA). Source:  BOEM  (5) The Humboldt Wind Energy Area  (WEA) (1) is located 20–29 miles off the coast of...

The two lease areas in the Humboldt Wind Energy Area  (WEA) (1) were provisionally leased by two private companies through the U.S....

We don’t know exactly how much the proposed Humboldt offshore wind project would cost. Offshore wind, and particularly floating offshore...

Wigi/Humboldt Bay is home to a thriving aquaculture industry. Oysters and seaweed are farmed in the bay, and Nordic Aquafarms plans to...

Humboldt Wind Energy Area ​Bathymetry Map Source: Sylvia van Royen, Humboldt Water Keeper  (4) The...

Quillback rockfish ( Sebastes maliger ). Source: CDFW  (6) The main concerns  (1) regarding impacts to...

Offshore wind turbines produce a tremendous amount of electricity — far more than is needed locally here in Humboldt County. Humboldt County has also historically been under invested with transmission infrastructure. Read this report (6) by Arne Jacobsen to learn more about Humboldt's current electric infrastructure. Because our existing transmission infrastructure is extremely limited and insufficient to transmit so much energy to other parts of California, successful imp

There is not yet a developer/operator for the Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal  (1), which is a project of the...

All of the currently installed offshore wind turbines  (1) off the East Coast of the U.S. are fixed-bottom turbines, while the proposed...

Overview map of features in the Mendocino Ridge area. Source: NOAA  (20) Future studies are planned to determine more precisely how the...

Humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) tail flip. Source: Jim Harper via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 1.0)  (x) Although there is currently a lot of misinformation  (1) circulating about the impacts of offshore wind to marine mammals, there has yet to be a documented case  (2) of a marine mammal being harmed by activities associated with an offshore wind project in the United States. Early reports of potential fatalities

The perspectives of Tribal Nations on offshore wind are not monolithic, and vary by Tribal Government. Some Tribal Nations have issued...

Offshore wind turbines would need to be constructed somewhere on the West Coast before being installed offshore. Wigi  (1), aka Humboldt...

Any offshore wind turbines built in the Humboldt Wind Energy Area  (WEA) (1) would be more than 20 miles from shore. Once installed in...

If the proposed Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal  (1) is constructed and becomes operational, wind turbines would be...