California’s planning a renewable energy project at a scale never before attempted in the world
The Newsom administration’s path to net-zero carbon emissions runs through one of the state’s poorer, most remote areas.A 300-foot tall smokestack from a defunct paper mill looms over the port in Humboldt Bay, a relic of the timber industry that once defined the northwestern corner of California along with the struggling salmon fishing industry and sputtering marijuana trade.But a gust of optimism has arrived in Humboldt County over plans to develop offshore wind at a depth and scale never before attempted in the world – sparking hope and anxiety in a region that has lived through repeated boom-and-bust cycles and ended up with one of the lower per-capita incomes in the state.
Published: 2023-08-14
Source: Offshore Wind Energy - Humboldt Waterkeeper