b"14American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comCalifornia looking to developPort of Oaklands Wan endorses proposed ballpark project and offshore floating wind power rebuilding ofHoward Terminal By Stas Margaronis, AJOT By Stas Margaronis, AJOTThe State of California is developing reg- In 2017, Equinor opened the first full-scalePortofOaklandExecu- compatible with the Port sea-ulatory strategies to support the developmentfloating offshore wind farm, Hywind ScotlandtiveDirectorDannyWanport operations.of two offshore floating wind farms plannedwhich generates 30MW of wind power. defended the decision by Port for Northern and Central California. Califor- PaulaMajor,VicePresident,U.S.Off- Commissioners and the Cityh owaRdt eRMinalnias ports will be providing infrastructure andshoreWind,MainstreamRenewablePowerofOaklandtoproceedwithHe said the current Howard supply chain support.said she was hopeful that the first offshorenegotiations for the OaklandTerminalsitelackedsuffi-KarenDouglas,SeniorAdvisorEnergy,wind turbines would be deployed off the Cali- As to locate a baseball parkcient draft for container ships with the Office of California Governor Newsomfornia coast in 2030. andcondominiumcomplexto berth at and that the sites and Courtney Vaccaro, Commissioner, Califor- Patricia DiOrio heads the North Americanat the Ports Howard Termi- 50-acres was insufficient for a nia Energy Commission discussed the impactOffshore Project Development for Orsted. Shenal site. Wan noted that therecontainer terminal operation.of California Assembly Bill 525 that requiressaid that stakeholder involvement needs to occurisroomforseaportgrowthHe added that after the last theCaliforniaEnergyCommissiontocreateearly on in the project development process. along with the ballpark. maritime use at Howard Ter-2030 and 2045 goals for offshore wind power. She added that wind port development neededWan also argued that newminal ended, the Port issued The presentations were made at the Pacificto be supported by ports and that the supply chainfederalandstateinfrastruc- anRFPforterminaluses Offshore Wind Summit held in San Franciscowill require training and pre-training. turedollarscouldsupportand seaport uses. At that time, on March 29th. rstedoperatestheBlockIslandWindrebuilding the shuttered con- we did not garner any inter-Experiences from the oil and gas industryFarm, off the coast of Rhode Island, AmericastainerterminalatthePortsest for that Howard Terminal have helped develop designs for floating windfirst offshore wind farm,Outer Harbor so as to relievespace. And therefore, the Port turbines which will be deployed off the coastArneJacobson,Director,SchatzEnergyWest Coast port congestion. Commissioners embarked on ofCaliforniabecauseofitsdeepoffshoreResearch Center, said that developing trans- Wan was speaking at thelooking at other uses for that seabed that will require floating turbines bemissioncapacitywasanothercriticalprior- 2022StateofthePortofspace Low and behold we anchored to the ocean floor. ity and this was complicated by the deep seaOakland that took place onhad a proposalabout relo-Knut Aanstad, Vice President of U.S. anddepths of the Pacific Ocean that the floatingFebruary 2nd. cating the Oakland As there. Americas,EquinorASA,DavidAnderson,wind turbines would be anchored in. He argued that adequateAt which point the Port Com-Senior Vice President for Renewables Growth,Matt Arms, Director, Environmental Plan- seaportcompatibilitymea- missioners decided we would BP and James Cotter, Vice President, Offshorening, Port of Long Beach, John Burns, CEO,sures would be incorporatedconsider that under an exclu-Wind Americas, Shell New Energies U.S. dis- OregonInternationalPortCoosBay,KristinintotheproposedOaklandsive negotiating agreement.cussed how oil and gas experiences were help- Decas,CEOandPortDirector,ThePortofAsbaseballandcondomin- WanalsosaidthatPort ing to developing floating wind turbines. Hueneme and Larry Oetker, Executive Direc- iumproject:WeneedtoCommissionerslookedtosee Aanstad said the floating turbines were ator, Humboldt Bay Harbor District emphasizedbuild into the project simplewhether the Port had sufficient proven technology that could be deployed offthe importance of ports in supporting offshorecompatibilitymeasuresto(ENDORSEScontinued the coast of California.(DEVELOPcontinued on page 17) make sure that the project ison page 19)Ship to Portwith Ease Breakbulk cargo isn't typical cargo. Good thing the Port of San Diego isn't your typical port. OPEN SPACE FLEXIBILITY EXPERTISELearn more at: portofsandiego.org/cargo"