California Energy Commission OKs Larger Offshore Wind Targets

The California Energy Commission unanimously voted on Wednesday to sizeably heighten the state’s offshore wind development goals.

Commissioners adopted a plan to build 2 to 5 gigawatts by 2030 and at least 25 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2045, up from previous goals of 3 gigawatts by 2030 and 10 to 15 gigawatts by 2045. It exceeds Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) recent call for 20 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2045.

“We’re going to enter a period which I would call ‘The Great Implementation,’ where we’re not actually debating what the goal is or whether to do offshore wind,” ...