Offshore Wind Energy

Getting More Offshore Wind Energy to Northern California & Southern Oregon

We recently released a new report that evaluates potential scenarios for electric grid transmission development to support floating offshore wind along the northern coast of California and the southern coast of Oregon. The scenarios include onshore and offshore (undersea) transmission systems, with interconnections ranging from 7.2 to 25.8 gigawatts of generation capacity. … [continued]

Midjourney generated image of wind farm stretching to the horizon, bird's eye view

What Do COP28 Double Down, Triple Up & Nuclear Commitments Mean?

COP28 has some good news stories to go with the bad. Prominent among the good news was the Double Down, Triple Up pledge pushed by the Global Renewable Alliance and signed onto by almost 120 countries. A somewhat similar pledge related to nuclear is receiving a lot of media coverage … [continued]