Public To Get Say On 400-Acre Port Of Long Beach Pier Wind Project

LONG BEACH, CA — Residents will have the chance to provide input about a proposed 400-acre terminal that will house offshore wind turbines standing as tall as the Eiffel Tower near the San Pedro Bay port complex.

The Port of Long Beach is hosting two events to provide information and gather input for the upcoming environmental review for Pier Wind. Both events will start with an open house and a scoping meeting and an explanation of the environmental review process will follow.

If approved, the proposed Pier Wind Project will be the largest facility of its kind on the West Coast and will significantly help California meet its goals for renewable energy sources.

The Pier Wind project will help the state:

• Harness powerful winds in deep waters in order to generate renewable energy at a lower cost;
• Meet its goal of producing 25 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2045;
• Contribute to lowering the national cost of offshore wind power by 70 percent by 2035.

The first open house and scoping meeting will be on Dec. 13 at the Port of Long Beach Administration Building's first-floor multipurpose room at 5 p.m. The second will be on Jan. 10 in the same location at 5 p.m. for the open house and will move to the Bob Foster Civic Chambers in the Long Beach Civic Center at 6 p.m.

The public has 39 days to submit comments before the close of the comment period at 4 p.m. on Jan. 19.