Southern California’s Port of Long Beach has unveiled plans to construct the largest offshore wind manufacturing facility at any US seaport.
Plans for the $4.7 billion Pier Wind were released in January, but a conceptual assessment had to be completed.
The US’s second largest container facility, the Port of Long Beach, will host an offshore wind assembly facility that spans 1.62km2 and is capable of assembling turbines as tall as the Eiffel Tower, the port noted in a press release.
Construction could start in January 2027, with the first phase operational in early 2031 and the second completed in late 2031, with the remainder coming online in 2035.
California, the most populous state in the US, has a goal of 25GW of offshore wind power by 2045.
An auction for tracts off central and northern California in December netted $757m in bids.
“As society transitions to clean energy, our harbour is ideally located for such an enterprise – with calm seas behind a federal breakwater, one of the deepest and widest channels in the US, direct access to the open ocean and no air height restrictions,” said Mario Cordero, executive director of Port of Long Beach.
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