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Central Coast fishermen filed a lawsuit over the planned offshore wind development off Morro Bay's coast.
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California sees wind energy as essential to helping the state reach its ambitious climate goals. Critics say the development could industrialize our local waters. To harness this resource, energy companies are geared up to install huge floating wind farms off the state’s coast. Some of the first of these farms will be off the shores of Morro Bay and Santa Barbara. KCBX's Gabriela Fernandez spoke with CalMatters environment reporter, Julie Cart, who has been looking into how these efforts might affect our communities here on the Central Coast.
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A new study out today analyzes how offshore wind energy can help the U.S. meet its sustainability goals. It comes as a floating offshore wind farm is planned for the coast off of Morro Bay.
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The Port of Long Beach is proposing a new 400-acre facility called Pier Wind, where offshore wind turbines would be manufactured and assembled, then shipped up the coast to SLO and Humboldt Counties.
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Floating offshore wind turbines are planned for the waters off of Morro Bay, but a lot of details are up in the air. Local scientists are calling for more study of how offshore wind turbines will affect the marine environment.
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The Select Committee on Offshore Wind Energy will focus on policies related to floating wind turbines off the coast of San Luis Obispo and Humboldt counties.
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This month's lease sales for the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area were a victory for renewable energy advocates. But the offshore wind project is also raising concerns about its potential impact on the whales that migrate through coastal California's waters every year.
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In today's KCBX News Update: SLO County finalizes the November election, and five companies win offshore wind leases for projects off the California coast.
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The federal government has announced the five companies who won leases today for offshore wind development in California, including three in the waters off of Morro Bay.
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Several dozen companies are competing today for leases to build massive floating wind farms in deep ocean waters off Morro Bay and Humboldt County. The auction is the first major step toward producing offshore wind energy off the West Coast.