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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]

Biden-Harris Administration Approves Sixth Offshore Wind Project

WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration today announced its approval of the Empire Wind offshore wind project — the sixth approval of a commercial-scale offshore wind energy project under President Biden’s leadership. Today’s announcement supports the Administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030. Empire Wind US … [continued]