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What’s Current? Issue #36 – The Cost of Offshore Wind vs of Carbon Sequestration

March 27, 2024/in NEWS /by Edward Ring

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has set planning goals for floating offshore wind turbines, calling for between 2 and 5 gigawatts of “nameplate capacity” operating by 2030, and 25 gigawatts by 2045. Note “floating.” Unlike off the East Coast, or the North Sea, deep waters in California lie immediately offshore. So offshore wind in California […]

What’s Current? Issue #35 – The Potential of Carbon Sequestration

March 20, 2024/in NEWS /by Edward Ring

While the confirmed skeptic will consider Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) to be the ultimate waste of money, it nonetheless is happening. Billions of dollars have already been committed, with no end in sight. Regardless of how one might judge its necessity, having some facts about CCS belongs in any serious discussion about California’s energy […]

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