RCAA to Host Informational Workshop on Offshore Wind Development

Press release from the Redwood Community Action Agency:

Offshore wind energy development in Humboldt County is on everyone’s mind! What will the environmental consequences be? How will this development affect our communities? Integral Consulting, collaborating with Redwood Community Action Agency, H.T. Harvey and Associates, and other partners, are working to empower local communities with information and tools to understand the impacts that offshore wind energy development will have. We are holding a workshop soon and hope you will participate!

This project will use community input to design digital interactive tools to help the public understand the social and environmental effects and potential conflicts of wind energy development. These community-driven tools will inform the marine renewable energy planning and development process and show possible mitigation strategies. The features of these apps will convey useful information, such as displaying areas ideal for turbine placement to reduce harm to seabirds during their migration or showing what months are best for construction to minimize impacts on marine animals. Our goal is to work with residents to develop easy-to-use digital tools that promote meaningful engagement, shared knowledge, and informed decision-making for California’s future marine renewable energy projects.

The second in a series of two workshops will be held on February 2nd, 2023, at the Eureka Woman’s Club. This “CStories” workshop will showcase prototypes for the apps we have been developing based on the community input generated from the first workshop. Community members will be given an opportunity to test digital tools and provide feedback, input, ideas for improvement, and additional tools. It will also provide an opportunity to see available data on the impacts of offshore wind and how it can be used.

Please join us on Thursday,  February 2nd, 2023, from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the Eureka Woman’s Club. Please RSVP here. For more information about this event, please contact Alysia Bixler at [email protected].

Offshore wind development is a complex issue, with many concerns regarding how development occurs. We need your input to develop the most effective and relevant tools for education, communication, and conflict resolution. We appreciate your participation!

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Cetan Bluesky
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Cetan Bluesky
1 year ago

What kind(s) of support industries will come to the area with the wind farm project?

D'Tucker Jebs
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1 year ago
Reply to  Cetan Bluesky

I’d imagine lots. They plan on constructing the windmills on the Samoa penninsula so that will be a huge boon. There will be crews to install and maintain the windmills, truckers to deliver parts, and the construction that will go along with developing the project. I still haven’t heard the final plan for what to do with the energy that’s generated, but that will undoubtedly bring jobs. And every time there is growth in one sector of the economy, it spurs growth in others such as shops, services, schools, etc.

Lone Ranger
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Lone Ranger
1 year ago
Reply to  D'Tucker Jebs

More government money, where does that big money come from? Yeah, taxes, keep raising them so we can watch the big boon and starve while WE pay to go green. Awesome, might provide 10 jobs to people here, majority of money won’t even touch Humboldt. Just more traveling contractors living on site til the job is done.

Last edited 1 year ago
Country Bumpkin
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Country Bumpkin
1 year ago

I hope that they have a fleet of electric ships to install and service these bird blenders

Glen
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Glen
1 year ago

Got any better ideas?

Lone Ranger
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Lone Ranger
1 year ago
Reply to  Glen

Sailboats

Sandy Beaches
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Sandy Beaches
1 year ago

I’m for wind power. However I question is a high wind area like the area off Humboldt coast, the only or main consideration for the leases. These lease areas are deep water locations. The areas apparently lack easy access to an established power grid systems capable of handling added load. They are also far from the major population centers that need added capacity for the future electric only future of all electric homes and businesses. There are good wind areas south of this area that less problematic issues for development and are closer to population areas and power grid access. I speculate that Humboldt has the least amount of population to protest this kind of development than say, Monterey Bay, Orange County or the San Diego areas.

D'Tucker Jebs
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1 year ago
Reply to  Sandy Beaches

They’re proposing installing windmills off other parts of the West Coast as well. We do have some of the best conditions for it, and it’s not an impossible hurdle to either transport the energy or perhaps convert it into Hydrogen right here.

Lone Ranger
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Lone Ranger
1 year ago
Reply to  D'Tucker Jebs

Go green! No cost too high for us hard working taxpayers. I think your vote should be based on tax dollars given to worthless low life politicians, oh sheet, it already works that way. Thanks to years of lousy voting.

Ernestine
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Ernestine
1 year ago

Yea, they really want to hear from the community. That’s why they gave lots of advance notice, right?

Glen
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Glen
1 year ago
Reply to  Ernestine

Doesn’t sound like public comment opportunity as much as sharing information about the project.

Last edited 1 year ago
Kicking Bull
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Kicking Bull
1 year ago

If we’re gonna talk about manbearpig we have to be super cereal