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Expanding Wind Power While Killing Fewer Migratory Birds Is Biden’s Quandary Source: By Katy Stech Ferek, Wall Street Journal • Posted: Sunday, June 6, 2021
White House wants to boost renewable energy and restore criminal penalties for accidental killing of migratory birds
Wind-turbine operators are encouraged to take migratory birds, including these American white pelicans, into consideration when building and operating facilities. Photo: Andy Newman/Associated Press
President Biden has taken steps to restore criminal penalties for accidental killing of migratory birds, a move that if adopted as expected later this year would add pressure to wind power developers who are working to fulfill his mandate to boost wind-farm developments as sources of clean energy.
Mixed reaction to offshore wind development near Morro Bay
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Thereâs mixed reaction to Tuesdayâs announcement that the government is opening up a section of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Morro Bay for wind energy development.
A nearly 400 square mile area off the coast of Morro Bay will be opening up for offshore wind development, which could generate enough electricity to power more 1.6 million homes.
Officials said they expect to finalize the private company that will lease the area for the project from the federal government by mid-2022.
They say Morro Bay has some of the best wind in California and theyâre looking forward to harnessing that power.
Tuesday, 11 May 2021 Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today announced approval of the construction and operation of the Vineyard Wind project the first large-scale, offshore wind project in the United States. The Secretaries were joined by labor leaders who have been working to ensure that the project is built and maintained by union labor.
The 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind energy project will contribute to the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of generating 30 gigawatts of energy from offshore wind by 2030. The project will be located approximately 12 nautical miles offshore Martha s Vineyard and 12 nautical miles offshore Nantucket in the northern portion of Vineyard Wind’s lease area. It will create 3,600 jobs and provide enough power for 400,000 homes and businesses.
Energy company to breed California condors
It aims to replace endangered birds killed by turbines By Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times
Published: March 8, 2021, 6:05am
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3 Photos Dusk settles over power-generating wind turbines near the Tehachapi Mountains in Rosamond. Federal wildlife officials are allowing Manzana, a private wind energy company, to provide funding to breed critically endangered California condors to replace any killed by its turbines. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) Photo Gallery
ROSAMOND, Calif. They are among the top goals of California environmentalists: preserving endangered species and replacing fossil fuels with clean energy.
Yet in the blustery skies above Kern County’s Tehachapi Mountains where towering wind turbines churn with hypnotic rhythm renewable energy and wildlife preservation appear to be headed for a disastrous collision.
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