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California has awarded $ 20 million for design and pre -construction work for $ 5 million $ 5 million $ 5 million from Long Beach port, a 400 -hectare installation that the state considers key to its high seas wind energy development strategy. The State Energy Commission grant also granted another $ 22.75 million on October 8 to work in various port sites, in which officials described as the first appropriation for the Financing Wind Off the Sea of California’s 4 proposal that voters approved last year. Her Includes a total of about $ 475 million for updates of state -related ports and facilities throughout the State and related facilities until June 2030,
The commission grant to Long Beach, which was distributed by $ 11 million from the port, will cover engineering, environmental review, business planning and community dissemination for the Long Beach project. “This grant … facilitates the way to finish the design, review and participation we need to prepare the project for construction in the coming years,” said Suzanne Plezia, General Director of Engineering.
The wharf wind would be built on new land on the outer port of the port, with deep water darkens, heavy lifting discomfort and staging areas for turbine components. If built, it would be the largest center in the country to set up on high seas floating wind turbines.
According to a statement by Port of Long Beach, the construction could begin by 2027, with 200 hectares completed by 2031 and the complete construction by 2035, pending environmental approvals. The port and the state have not yet published financing details.
Plezia called Pier Wind, “an integral part of California reaching its wind energy goals”, adding that it would also strengthen the network as demand grows during the transition of zero emissions.
The Port San Luis Harbor district, which also obtained $ 3 million in commission subsidies to finance the planning, engineering and design of the wind port on high seas, will become the first wind center dedicated to the state, according to Reid Boggiano, a specialist in the Agency’s wind programs. The port of Humboldt Bay and the cities of Oakland and Richmond also received help to house wind ports out of the sea.
The Wind Wind and a Redwood Marine Terminal are expected to be expanded in Humboldt County to become basic areas for manufacturing assembly and the deployment of the spine of wind construction outside the California coast, as the state is 25 GW capacity for 2045. In August He lost $ 427 million in federal funding awarded the United States Department of Transportation, with other US port projects that lost $ 250 million more.
“It is imperative that we decarbonize the electricity sector in California … and this is to have a diversity of resources,” said Commission President David Hochschild. “The wind on the coast is a really important element. The wind resource is significantly better and stronger and stronger than the wind on Earth, and there has been a large amount of innovation that increases the costs.”
ACording to Nancy Kirshner-Rodriguez, director of Senior Policies Offshore Wind Comerry Group Oceanic “States have always been the driving force of [the] Industry and will continue to be, regardless of who is in power. They are … to subscribe to the investments in infrastructure that allow the market to advance. “”
