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Cal Poly study: Morro Bay wind power could bring thousands of jobs

By   /  Friday, June 4th, 2021  /  Central Coast, Energy, Green Coast, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on 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

By   /  Friday, May 28th, 2021  /  Central Coast, Columns, Energy, Green Coast, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Wind, batteries could replace nuclear power on Central Coast

Henry Dubroff

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Feds, state reach agreement for Morro Bay offshore wind project

By   /  Tuesday, May 25th, 2021  /  Central Coast, Energy, Green Coast, Latest news, middle, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on 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 →

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Colonial Pipeline fiasco looks familiar to Central Coast observers

By   /  Friday, May 14th, 2021  /  Columns, Energy, Latest news, Subscriber content  /  Comments Off on Colonial Pipeline fiasco looks familiar to Central Coast observers

Henry Dubroff

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Opinion: California’s road to decarbonization

By   /  Friday, May 7th, 2021  /  Education, Energy, Green Coast, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion, South Coast, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on 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 →

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With Newsom’s proposal, oil industry’s clock starts ticking

By   /  Friday, April 30th, 2021  /  Central Coast, Energy, Green Coast, Latest news, left, South Coast, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on With Newsom’s proposal, oil industry’s clock starts ticking

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Region gets $2M in state power resiliency grants

By   /  Friday, April 2nd, 2021  /  Central Coast, East Ventura County, Energy, Latest news, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on 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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