Port of Long Beach Releases Concept Plan for Offshore Wind Facility

Port of Long Beach Releases Concept Plan for Offshore Wind Facility

The Port of Long Beach on May 9 announced its concept proposal for Pier Wind, a floating offshore wind facility centered around supporting companies involved in future renewable energy efforts along the West Coast. The vision for Pier Wind includes a $4.7 billion facility featuring as many as 400 acres southwest of the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge. The port says that the project would contribute to the state’s efforts to create 25 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2045 and help lower the national expense of offshore wind power by 70% by 2035. “Imagine fully assembled wind turbines capable…
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Crowley Opens First U.S. West Coast Wind Services Office

Crowley Opens First U.S. West Coast Wind Services Office

Furthering its efforts to create a terminal aimed at meeting the demand of future offshore wind development on the West Coast, Crowley has opened a wind services office in Eureka, Calif., the company announced April 20. The new space at the Carson Building in Eureka’s historic Old Town area allows the company to move forward on a new agreement with the Port of Humboldt Bay to exclusively negotiate to build and run the terminal, according to Crowley, which is also developing wind services terminals in Louisiana and Massachusetts. Once completed, the Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal is…
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