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carliane johnson
SeaJay Environmental, LLC
Carliane Johnson is a skilled environmental scientist with 30 years of experience in offshore energy policy development and permitting support.
She started her career in Tallahassee, Florida, advising two governors about offshore energy and commercial fisheries issues. She then worked for a large consulting firm in Arlington, Virginia, supporting international energy projects. Today, Carliane is based in Oakland, California, where she runs SeaJay Environmental, LLC, a small environmental consulting company focused on support to the offshore wind power industry and other verticals.
Carliane will help SFBT members and guests understand the issues pertinent to floating offshore wind power for instances when the turbine is anchored to the seafloor (due to an ultra-deep water environment), as opposed to a fixed-foundation as used in shallow-water environments.
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why have an offshore wind energy industry vertical?
California has huge potential to meet the power needs of its citizens via offshore wind tech, but misinformation and disinformation abound within this complex industry. Regrettably, an additional hurdle to progress includes a pause by the US President, which affects the five wind energy leases on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore of California.
The state seeks to meet planning goals of 2 to 5 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind installed by 2025, and 25 GW by 2045. Offshore wind energy development cannot proceed without additional infrastructure–including advancements in port infrastructure and the supply chain, upgrades to grid transmission in northern parts of the state, and accepted regulations covering procurement of the produced energy.