Celebration of Partnership to Accelerate Wind Port Project
Press release from the Humboldt Bay Harbor District:
[Today] at 1:30 PM, the Humboldt Bay Harbor District will be hosting a ceremony celebrating a new partnership that will accelerate the Humboldt Offshore Wind Port project. …Please join us for a Celebration of Partnership as outlined below:
- Date/Time: Thursday, October 27 at 1:30 PM
- Location: Woodley Island, Eureka (601 Startare Drive); at the Fisherman’s Statue Parking Lot at the far west end of the island
- Topic: Announcement Regarding new Partnership for the Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind and Heavy Lift Marine Terminal
- Tentative Speakers:
- Greg Dale, President of the Board, Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District
- Tentative – Ted Hernandez, Tribal Chair, Wiyot Tribe
- Jeff Andreini, Vice President, Crowley Wind Services
- Virginia Bass, Chair of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
- US Congressman Jared Huffman
- Details: Through Crowley’s Wind Services group, the company will serve as the port’s developer of the Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal. Services there will support tenants in the manufacturing, installation and operation of offshore wind floating platforms, use of large heavy cargo vessels and providing crewing and marshalling services in the Pacific waters. The terminal would be second largest wind terminal in the U.S. at this time.
- Summary of the Economic Impact Study:
- 4,257 jobs in Humboldt County
- Stage 1 830 jobs
- Stage 2 3,426 jobs
- $279 million in labor income in Humboldt County
- $38 million in state and local tax revenues
- Total industry output
- Stage 1 would generate $136 million in Humboldt County or $178 Million across California
- Stage 2 would generate $481 million in Humboldt County or $633 Million across California
- Background: The Humboldt Bay Harbor District has been conducting strategic planning since 2019 to establish a world-class marine terminal to service the offshore wind industry at a 180-acre site on the Samoa Peninsula. Utilizing a grant from the Humboldt County Headwaters Fund in 2021, the District developed a conceptual Master Plan for the site. That led to a $10.45M grant from the California Energy Commission, which the Port has utilized to conduct a range of technical studies, preliminary design, and pre-permitting activities. The District anticipates completing permitting and design in mid-2024. Humboldt Bay offers advantages for offshore wind because its location and size allows it to serve as a manufacturing, fabrication, construction and assembly, staging and tow-out hub. It is close to the ocean and provides a shipping channel clear of bridges or other airspace obstructions while minimizing environmental and wildlife impacts. Because of these advantages, the Bay has drawn the attention of many Federal and State agencies as well as a suite of international energy development firms. The Humboldt Wind Port project is now transitioning to the next stage as the District plans to sign a lease with a premier marine terminal development firm. The agreement focuses on an 86-acre Phase I, with the potential to expand to additional Phases. This partnership and project will generate high-skill manufacturing and technical jobs, investments, and clean energy that will extend for generations into the future. On 10/27/22 at 1:30 PM, the District will host a Celebration of Partnership with several dignitaries as guest speakers.
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Alright, now thats what I’m talkin’ about! That sounds like a big ol’ shot in the arm for Humboldt County!
Funny that they only talk about economic impact. What about environmental impact, and electrical output. These Biden bird shredders are a sham. I pray for the preygoneesh. They don’t tell you that they will be running giant cables along the ocean floor through sensitive marine environments. These things kill birds, whales and other marine animals. How is it green when you have to butcher the ocean to install this crap? It’s all about the money, as shown in the article
You forgot the part about causing cancer Lou!
It’s all about using taxpayer money for political purposes to benefit distant metro areas at the expense of the environment under the guise of improving a local community, which it will make worse in the long run.
Charter fishing captains say wind farm will decimate our local sport fishing. The big city elites sacrifice our environment for their virtue signaling? Why not closer to their homes?
Oil derricks in the golf coast are host to all kinds of fish.
The bases of these monstrosities should also harbor fish and aquatic life.
Without the threat of an oil spill.
How much charter fishing occurs twenty one miles off shore? Isn’t most fishing in shallow water around here?
More birds die slamming into glass-cased skyscrapers than encountering wind turbines. And domestic cats kill even more.
Aww no one worries about these things leaking any of the hundreds of gallons of oil they each contain into the ocean do they? No one asks to see proof that these things really are a environmental savings after all the damaging use of power to even build them let alone drag them out into the ocean burning ship oil which is the dirtiest of all forms of fuel or the amount of fuel it is going to require to service and petrol these monsters . But hey it is “green “ lol my ass most wind turbines barely can produce the total amount of power used to create themselves let alone make any extra but hey lets all buy more crap to save the planet because the more crap we buy the slightly better it will be until there is still more crap to buy and then we can throw our old crap away and still buy more crap as long as it is “green” we can spend fake money to a cleaner planet
There is already giant cables laid on the ocean floor. Nowadays the cables are much smaller than the massive ones laid in the 60s, 70s and 80s. I disagree with the harbor commission on this wind farm and would rather see some wave generation system. All solutions would require cables but if the power generated is to power local municipalities within the Emerald Triangle I am supportive.
Tax money should be used for projects such as these.
People who don’t support wind projects always bitch about the environmental impact of birds, yet fracking new wells for our energy every few years is never spoken about in the same breath. Most people don’t know where our energy comes from, but will huff and puff about local wind projects.
Total BS. Can’t put it on land. Too many whiners. Instead let ruin the offshore environment. Still a lot of whiners, but it’s being overruled. Why not put it out in space for all the sense these idiots are making.
Humboldt county has long been a leader in the use and generation of alternative energy. Before now most was from home-based systems. So, as long as the environment and cultures are respected, this seems like a great opportunity for the county to diversify their economy, jobs, reputation, and to exhibit leadership.