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...

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum entitled “Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer...

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...

Del Norte County has a minimum of about a decade before any offshore wind energy production happens, the need for construction jobs  (1) could be felt in Del Norte County as soon as 2030 with another uptick in 2040. The Schatz Energy Research Center prepared a report, “ Del Norte County Offshore Wind Preliminary Feasibility Assessment ,” (2) in May of 2021 for the Crescent City Harbor District. It is intended to provide preliminary information regarding the possibility of off

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is the lead agency for environmental review of offshore wind. BOEM has developed an...

The first national  (1) offshore wind farm began operations in December 2016, off the coast of Rhode Island. Within a decade from the...

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

The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation & Conservation District (Harbor District) began planning for the project in 2020 with a grant from...

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...

In 2023, Governor Newsom signed AB 1373  (1)  into law. The goal of the bill was to support the development of offshore wind (and other clean electricity resources including geothermal and multi-day long duration energy storage like batteries) by solving a market issue. Offshore wind is considered a ‘long lead time resource’ because the offshore wind development timeline , (2) including lease sale, site survey, environmental review, and construction, can take more than 5 year

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

The Schatz Energy Research Center at Cal Poly Humboldt analyzed  (1) the cost of offshore wind transmission and found that it could result in substantial savings to ratepayers. As more offshore wind transmission infrastructure is built to accommodate more offshore wind turbines, cost savings increase (Table 14, pg. 80) (1). Schatz Energy Research Center also “found that new transmission infrastructure built to accommodate [offshore wind] development, whether it be onshore or

Overall plan to interconnect Humboldt 500 kV to CAISO system Source: CAISO  (1) The proposed  (1) new 500/115-kilovolt (kV)...

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is the lead agency for environmental review of offshore wind. BOEM has developed an...

The Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal Project  (1) is a plan proposed by the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation &...

Floating offshore wind energy technology is relatively new, with the first commercial floating offshore wind project in the world...

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