California sets big targets for offshore wind

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(Reuters) - California on Wednesday set ambitious new targets for offshore wind development, saying turbines along its storied coastline would power some 25 million homes by 2050.

In a unanimous vote, the five-member California Energy Commission (CEC) adopted a goal of 3,000 to 5,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind by 2030 and 25,000 MW by 2045, the agency said in a statement.

California has among the most aggressive climate change goals in the country, but its foray into offshore wind has lagged that of East Coast states like New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, where the industry is more mature.

Projects off the California coast would require using floating turbines, an emerging technology, because of the depth of the outer continental shelf in the Pacific Ocean.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-sets-big-targets-for-offshore-wind/ar-AA10x6Ii

[BigmanPigman]

1. Great, a new reason to add to my list

of why I like living in CA.

[Auggie]

2. K&R

Can energy from these help power desalination efforts?

[hunter]

3. Great. Let's trash the oceans.

... and burn natural gas whenever the wind doesn't blow.

That's not "green."

Nobody claiming to be an environmentalist can possibly think this is a good idea.

Don't tell me that perfect is the enemy of good.

These wind turbines are not good, they are fucking greenwash for the gas industry.

Natural gas is the most dangerous fuel imaginable because people think it's somehow better than coal. It's not. It's destroying our natural environment as surely as coal is, even if we use it with supplemental wind energy.

Wind turbines do not and cannot replace fossil fuel plants.

Aggressive renewable energy schemes in places like California, Denmark, and Germany have clearly failed.

As I write this California is burning natural gas at a furious rate, over 20 gigawatts generated by gas plants.

Someone needs to explain to me how they would replace those gas plants with wind turbines, especially when the wind isn't blowing.

If anyone says "batteries" or "dams" I'll mock their math skills.

Anyone's welcome to watch the continuing horror show here:

http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/supply.html