The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is shared the Biden-Harris Administration Advances Offshore Wind in the Pacific announcement made by the White House joined by Secretary Haaland, National Climate Advisor McCarthy, Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Kahl and Governor Newsom on the advancement of areas to be available for offshore wind in California:
“Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl, and California Governor Gavin Newsom today announced an agreement to advance areas for offshore wind off the northern and central coasts of California. This significant milestone is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to create thousands of jobs through the deployment of 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030.
These initial areas for offshore wind development could bring up to 4.6 GW of clean energy to the grid, enough to power 1.6 million homes.
The Department of the Interior, in cooperation with the Department of Defense and the State of California, has identified an area (“the Morro Bay 399 Area“) that will support 3 gigawatts of offshore wind on roughly 399 square miles off California’s central coast region, northwest of Morro Bay. The Department of the Interior is also advancing the Humboldt Call Area as a potential Wind Energy Area (WEA), located off northern California. These identified areas will enable the build out of a significant new domestic clean energy resource over the next decade or more.“
The Department of the Interior, in cooperation with the Department of Defense and the State of California, have identified an area roughly 399 square miles off California’s central coast region northwest of Morro Bay.
The Department of Interior is also advancing a Wind Energy Area for potential leasing in the Humboldt Call Area, located off northern California.
BOEM will hold a virtual California Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting open to the public to listen and attend on June 24, 2021 to discuss both central and northern California offshore wind planning areas considered for future leasing and next steps in the BOEM leasing process moving forward.
Further information on this meeting, including an agenda and how to participate, will be provided soon.
