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Feds provide nearly half a billion dollars toward construction of Humboldt Bay marine terminal supporting offshore wind
The $426.7 million grant will help fund construction of a modern, heavy lift marine terminal to support construction and service of offshore wind turbines.
By Mary Callahan
Press Democrat
Jan. 23, 2024
The site of the proposed Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind and Heavy Lift Marine Terminal, and Nordic Aquafarms, left, along Humboldt Bay, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. (Christopher Chung / The Press Democrat file)
"Plans for a high-tech marine terminal to support the building and operation of offshore wind turbines off the Humboldt County Coast received a boost of nearly half a billion federal dollars Monday.
The $426,719,810 grant for the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District comes through the U.S. Department of Transportation, funded in part by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs act of 2021.
The funding is for construction of the onshore facilities to support ambitious state and federal clean energy goals that call for at least five gigawatts of power to be generated offshore of California by 2030 and 25 gigawatts by 2045. The federal nationwide target is 30 gigawatts by 2030 and 110 by 2050. Depending on the source, one gigawatt can power anywhere from 225,000 to 700,000 homes a year..."
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