Wind energy

Leaders of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians said they will drop their lawsuit if the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management delays its October auction for developers.

The federal government has published the details of an offshore wind auction. Companies are bidding on who will get to deploy the first floating wind turbines off the coast of Southern Oregon.

The announcement follows a federal environmental assessment that found the sites would not pose a threat.

Fossil fuels are still a large source of electricity, but California has made progress with renewables while keeping the lights on.

The release of a federal environmental assessment this week paves the way for floating offshore wind turbines in Oregon. One conservation group says the state has been more receptive than the federal government to public comment.

The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, finalized its environmental assessment for two areas off the Oregon Coast and is moving closer to a lease auction.

Coos County voters will get a chance to weigh in on whether or not commissioners should actively oppose offshore wind development along the Southern Oregon Coast.

Legislators and Gov. Newsom are working behind the scenes to draft energy legislation before the end-of-the-month deadline.

Harnessing clean energy is a venture of unprecedented scope in California, bringing big changes to Humboldt and the Central Coast, and requiring 26 ports along the coast.

Wave energy experts from Oregon State University and Cal Poly Humboldt will contribute to research, public information around marine ecosystem impacts.

Point Blue examined where the wind is good and the impacts are lesser

Floating offshore wind turbines will soon be built off the Southern Oregon Coast. But offshore wind is still a new concept on the West Coast, and it’s been a contentious process.