What Biden’s Coastal Wind Energy Farm Plan Means For California
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California and the U.S. government have agreed to allow massive wind energy farms off the state's central and northern coasts.
The pact announced last week would float hundreds of turbines off the California coasts of Morro Bay and Humboldt Bay and has been promoted as a breakthrough to eventually power 1.6 million homes. The announcement is part of President Joe Biden’s plan to create 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030.
But what do all these developments and changes mean for Califorians? How do these new ocean wind farms factor into both the state’s overall climate goals and the country’s as a whole?
With files from the Associated Press
Guests:
Sammy Roth, energy reporter for the LA Times; he tweets @Sammy_Roth
Danielle Osborn Mills, California director of the American Wind Energy Association
David Hochschild, chair of the California Energy Commission
California and the U.S. government have agreed to allow massive wind energy farms off the state's central and northern coasts.
The pact announced last week would float hundreds of turbines off the California coasts of Morro Bay and Humboldt Bay and has been promoted as a breakthrough to eventually power 1.6 million homes. The announcement is part of President Joe Biden’s plan to create 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030.
But what do all these developments and changes mean for Califorians? How do these new ocean wind farms factor into both the state’s overall climate goals and the country’s as a whole?
With files from the Associated Press
Guests:
Sammy Roth, energy reporter for the LA Times; he tweets @Sammy_Roth
Danielle Osborn Mills, California director of the American Wind Energy Association
David Hochschild, chair of the California Energy Commission