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May 25 A large section of an illegal homeless encampment in Morro Bay was bulldozed Monday morning by Vistra Energy Corp., a Texas-based company that owns the plot of land containing the old Morro Bay Power Plant. The work began Monday morning at around 7:30 a.m., and residents described scrambling to gather whatever belongings they could before a front-end loader tore through random areas of .
Joe Biden, Gavin Newsom Approve Offshore Wind Turbine Hub
California’s central coast will soon receive a 4.6 gigawatt renewable energy hub that will be able to power 1.6 million homes. Officials are touting offshore energy as a way to stabilize the state’s power grid.
May 26, 2021 • (TNS) The waters off California s Central Coast will soon become a renewable energy hub with plans moving forward for offshore wind turbines floating northwest of Morro Bay, according to announcements from key White House officials, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other lawmakers on Tuesday.
The federal government is fast-tracking plans that have been in the works for several years to build 4.6 gigawatts (GW) worth of offshore wind turbines near the Central Coast and Humboldt areas. That s enough to power about 1.6 million homes, according to the Department of the Interior.
Agreement for offshore wind farm near Morro Bay
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. - A massive offshore wind energy farm off the coast of Morro Bay is closer to becoming a reality. The Biden Administration has agreed to the size, scope and location of the project. We are at a major, major accomplishment here, Representative Salud Carbajal told the NewsChannel in a Zoom interview. We ve been working on this for years now.
At 399 square miles, it s the largest proposed floating offshore wind project in the United States. Carbajal says it will be able to produce three Giga Watts of electricity, enough to power about a million homes.