Floating wind farms could make California 100% renewable by 2045

Floating wind farms could make California 100% renewable by 2045

California will soon start generating clean energy from floating wind farms.

Floating wind farms consist of a series of turbines that are basically fixed into floating steel mats.

Unlike offshore wind farms, which have existed for several years, floating wind farms can float in water hundreds of feet deep.

Deriving energy from floating wind farms will convert the state to using 60% renewable electricity by 2030 and 100% by 2045.



Back in 2019, a Scottish company called Statoil erected the world's first floating wind farm. Although offshore wind farms have existed for several years, they're often constructed in super shallow waters just off the coast. Floating wind farms, however, can float in hundreds of feet deep waters, without becoming an eyesore, or taking up land space. And now, floating wind farms are finally making their way to the U.S., as they're expected to soon start operating off the California coast.



Not only are floating wind farms space efficient, but they require very little construction to expand, Alla Weinstein, founder and CEO of offshore wind farm company Trident Winds, told The Atlantic:







“You can literally have one design of a support structure that will be the same