Cal Poly study: Morro Bay wind power could bring thousands of jobs
A wind farm off the coast of Morro Bay could bring 650 jobs and $262 million in annual economic impact to the Central Coast, and an onshore port to assemble and service wind turbines would be a much bigger economic boost, according to a new study by researchers from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The Read More →
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Dubroff: Wind, batteries could replace nuclear power on Central Coast
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Read More →Feds, state reach agreement for Morro Bay offshore wind project
The U.S. Department of Defense gave the green light on May 25 to 3 gigawatts of offshore wind energy development off the coast of Morro Bay, culminating a years-long collaboration between state and federal regulators to advance the industry on the West Coast. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and California Gov. Gavin Newsom Read More →
Read More →Colonial Pipeline fiasco looks familiar to Central Coast observers
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Read More →Opinion: California’s road to decarbonization
By David Lea, Kyle Meng, Olivier Deschenes, Ranjit Deshmukh and Paige Weber The world is jointly confronting two pressing issues: climate change and rising inequality. These problems are also intricately linked. The imperative to address climate change is overlaid on a world that is deeply unequal, which is likely to worsen under climate change. Yet, Read More →
Read More →With Newsom’s proposal, oil industry’s clock starts ticking
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Read More →Region gets $2M in state power resiliency grants
New generators, MRE rations, a tow vehicle, a transformer, a manual transfer switch and room to plan. That’s some of what the state gave the Tri-Counties when it awarded almost $2 million to the region in the most recent round of Community Power Resiliency Program funding, according to state public records provided to the Business Read More →
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