“With the signing of AB 1373, Governor Gavin Newsom and the Legislature have shown that California is committed to leading on floating offshore wind and achieving the Golden State’s goals for 100% renewables by 2045,” Nancy Kirshner-Rodriguez, the Business Network for Offshore Wind’s senior director of policy & outreach, said in an Oct. 9 statement. “This new centralized procurement for offshore wind will provide the path forward and shows a real commitment to advancing our industry needs including port development, supply chain businesses across the state, workforce investment, and training.”
California set a goal in 2022 to deploy 5 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and 25 GW by 2045.