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California’s offshore wind industry could be a casualty if President-Elect Donald Trump makes good on his promise to sign an executive order to “end” the offshore wind industry.
He cannot do it with the stroke of a pen. But Trump can deeply wound the state’s next-generation renewable energy source by cutting off funding just as it’s gaining a foothold in the U.S.
California’s offshore wind plans rely on a federal policy that offers billions of dollars in grants, subsidies and tax incentives.
Floating offshore wind farms, which bob in the deep ocean as much as 20 miles from shore, are still not common in U.S. waters. But the technology is well on its way to being deployed in the ocean off California, …