Port Of Long Beach Awarded $20 Million For Pier Wind

16 Dec Port Of Long Beach Awarded $20 Million For Pier Wind

The California Energy Commission has awarded the Port of Long Beach $20 million to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed 400-acre terminal to assemble and deploy floating offshore wind turbines.

The Port of Long Beach will contribute $11 million to complete engineering, environmental, business planning and community outreach requirements needed to begin work on Pier Wind. Construction is expected to commence in 2027, with the first 200 acres completed in 2031, and the final 200 acres in 2035.

Pier Wind aims to help California meet a goal of generating 25 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2045 – enough to power 25 million homes statewide. It would allow for the staging, storage and assembly of some of the world’s largest offshore wind turbines, which will be towed by sea from the Port of Long Beach to wind lease areas 30 to 50 kilometres off the coast in Central and Northern California.

This project is expected to create over 6,000 jobs and generate $8 billion in labour income, $14.5 billion in economic output and $1.3 billion in state and local taxes between now and 2045.

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