Perhaps symbolically underscoring the notion that nuclear half-lives are always longer than they seem, the Redwood Coast Energy Authority Board of Directors will once again discuss whether the agency should accept an offer of free nuclear power at its meeting later this month. Last month, the board, acting with some members absent, failed to reach […]
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Conflicted RCEA Board Passes on Nuclear Power
After a lengthy discussion that was at times circular, a divided Redwood Coast Energy Authority failed to reach a decision on whether to accept an offer of free nuclear power from the Diablo Canyon Power Plan in San Luis Obispo. By default, the board’s inaction means the agency will pass on the state-mandated offer for […]
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Geopolitics Undermine Energy Authority’s Solar Project
When local politics nixed Terra-Gen’s wind farm energy project near Rio Dell in 2019, regional electricity aggregator Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) turned to a solar project hundreds of miles away to meet its renewable energy goals. Now, world politics have botched up that second choice, according to Jaclyn Harr, client specialist manager with an […]
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Offshore Wind Energy Offers ‘Tremendous Promise’
Excitement and promise were in the air yesterday afternoon as North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman, along with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory and California Energy Commissioner Karen Douglas toured Humboldt Bay, getting a glimpse of where offshore wind turbines will be placed for a […]
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Airport Microgrid Project Breaks Ground
Construction is underway on a microgrid at the county’s regional airport in McKinleyville that will boast a number of firsts when it becomes operation later this year, according to a Redwood Coast Energy Authority news release. Not only will the Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid be the first 100 percent renewable grid with multi-customers but it […]
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RCEA Applauds North Coast, Federal Offshore Wind Development Agreement
Redwood Coast Offshore Wind, a partnership between Redwood Energy Authority and Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind, is applauding the agreement between California and federal officials that will advance the state’s development of offshore wind energy generators, including at a potential site off Humboldt Bay. “We are committed to proactively addressing climate change while ensuring […]
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Biomass: A Local andRenewable Source of Irony
Despite its official pledge to supply Humboldt county with 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2025, Redwood Coast Energy Authority has doubled down on biomass energy. Nearly a quarter of our electricity now comes from burning wood. In fact, according to its latest Comprehensive Action Plan for Energy [CAPE], RCEA plans to keep buying […]
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Why I Support Terra-Gen’s Wind Project
I want to highlight why I support the Terra-Gen wind project and how the project fits into Redwood Coast Energy Authority’s (RECEA’s) larger, long-term goals for using local, renewable energy production to promote local economic development and reduce the environmental impact of our energy use. With respect to the Terra-Gen wind project, I support it […]
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Facing the Wind
Local fishermen are on the verge of forever losing local fishing grounds to wind power as California trades one renewable resource (seafood) for another (electricity). The state of California and its citizens are on the front line of the efforts to convert our energy use from the burning of fossil fuels (oil and gas) to […]
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A Listicle to Save the World
With all the bleak environmental news out there — climate change, rising sea levels, endangered species, starving abalone — it can be easy to feel lost and disheartened, unsure of what you can do to make a difference. With that in mind, we reached out to a handful of local environmental nonprofits and asked them […]
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RCEA Selects ‘Highly Capable’ Wind Energy Team
The Redwood Coast Energy Authority announced this afternoon that it has selected a “consortium” of companies to enter into a public-private partnership to pursue the development of an offshore wind energy project off the North Coast. According to an RCEA press release, the consortium — which consists of Principle Power Inc., EDPR Offshore North America […]
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Community Choice Energy Coming in May
Community Choice energy is rolling out in Humboldt County next month, bringing customers cleaner electricity at a lower price. Redwood Coast Energy Authority recently sent out notices to PG&E customers letting them know that in May their services will switch over to Community Choice. Monthly bills will still come from PG&E, but the program will […]