The Port of Long Beach has been awarded a $20 million grant by the California Energy Commission to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed 400-acre (162-hectare) terminal designed to assemble and deploy floating offshore wind turbines.
The port will match the state grant with $11 million to complete the engineering, environmental, business planning, and community outreach requirements needed before construction can begin.
The proposed $4.7 billion facility is intended to help California meet its goal of generating 25 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2045.
The grant funding came from a climate bond measure approved by California voters in 2024, which set aside $475 million for port infrastructure projects connected to offshore wind development.
The Pier Wind terminal would allow for the staging and assembly of large wind turbines, which would then be towed by sea to wind lease areas off the coast of Central and Northern California. Construction could start as soon as 2027.
