Community Benefits from Offshore Wind?
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English - May 27, 2023 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Science Natural Sciences environmental news environment forests rivers ocean current events humboldt northern california Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
For offshore wind to be successful, there will need to be considerable investment in Humboldt County — big infrastructure, like new transmission lines and substations, but also investment in housing, healthcare, childcare and other “human infrastructure.” On this week’s show, we talk about how we can draw community benefits from offshore wind development.
Erik Peckar of Vineyard Power joins the show to provide the experience and perspective of residents of Martha’s Vineyard, a community that has already negotiated community benefit agreements related to offshore wind. Eddie Ahn of Brightline Defense talks about his experience negotiating community benefit agreements for other non-wind projects. Katerina Oskarsson of the CORE Hub at the Humboldt Area Foundation discusses her organization’s work to develop community priorities for investments.