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Denmark to share wind knowledge with California

By: Matthew White 02/05/2018 California Energy Commission

General Windfarms

The California Energy Commission and the country of Denmark have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on offshore wind.

The MOU, signed on April 30, will serve as a resource for California which is in the early stages of exploring offshore wind. The Energy Commission and the country of Scotland signed a similar MOU in 2017.

Energy Commissioner Karen Douglas and Danish Consul General Katrine Paaby Joensen signed the MOU, which will help California get data and information about the offshore wind sector from Denmark.

“As home to the first offshore wind farm in the world, Denmark is at the forefront of this development with more than 25 years of experience in developing this great source of renewable, carbon-free energy,” said Douglas.

Denmark was the first country to erect offshore wind turbines, beginning with the 11 turbine Vindeby wind farm which was operational in 1991 and dismantled last year. The country has a goal of obtaining 50% of its energy from wind by 2020.

California also sees offshore wind as a potential resource with the goal to source 50% of its electric energy from renewables by 2030.

The Energy Commission is currently partnering with state agencies and the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on exploring the potential for wind generating facilities off the California coast. BOEM has the federal jurisdiction starting three miles from state shorelines.

To date, BOEM and California have held approximately 50 outreach meetings with tribes, academics, fishing communities, environmentalists, offshore wind developers, military, and state and local elected officials to discuss offshore wind.

California is one of 13 states exploring the potential of developing offshore wind facilities. The first offshore wind project in the United States was the Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island, which came online in 2017.

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