Rogers, P. (2015, November 4). California’s first offshore wind farm proposed near Morro Bay. Retrieved November 20, 2015, from http://www.dailynews.com/environment-and-nature/20151108/californias-first-offshore-wind-farm-proposed-near-morro-bay

This article talks about a city on the coast of California, called Morro Bay. The article talks about the proposal by a company called Trident Winds, to build the state’s first offshore wind turbines. Offshore wind turbines are generally better than regular wind turbines, wind turbines offshore can pick up higher speed winds coming in from the ocean, and therefore generate more energy. They plan to install, “100 floating turbines — each up to 636 feet tall — about 15 miles off the San Luis Obispo County shoreline.” The article also mentions how this could generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity for California. That is enough energy to power 300,000 houses. This would be a great addition to California’s 1,883 wind turbines on land.

This article relates to environmental science, because it talks about the introduction of more wind turbines into California. But these new turbines will be in the water. I think that this is a great idea for California, it can help reach the state’s new goal of 50% of it’s energy coming from renewable sources by 2030.