Gourmets of Wine: On the Mendocino Coast, PG&E Surfs All Sides of Wave Energy

Gourmets of Wine > On the Mendocino Coast, PG&E Surfs All Sides of Wave Energy

[Mendo Coast Current] Since late 2007 PG&E has dispatched government relations and program managers to broadcast their pledge and intention to work with Mendocino County Supervisors, Fort Bragg Councilpersons, FISH (Fishermen Interested in Safe Hydrokinetics) and Concerned Coastal Residents as they move swiftly to explore wave energy development off the Mendocino Coast. Based on current actions, PG&E is working all sides of the Mendocino Coast, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) and PG&E renewable energy corporate goals to move their agenda forward.

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[FrankHartzell.com :: Articles] Big storm, no power: While past storms have taken out portions of the grid, this time everybody on the Mendocino Coast lost power, not to mention the ability to escape on tree and powerline strewn roads. When the generator went down at The Woods retirement .

[M/V DESERT VENTURE] Northbound Pt 4: Shortly after I was relieved from watch, and lay in my bunk, I detected a change in the ride and thus knew that conditions had changed. And, oh, had they! In fact, I would refer you back to the first post - Northbound 2008. I wondered, later if I had “jinxed” us!! As we got closer to the Mendocino Escarpment, our conditions became more animated. (Don’t you love that word? Captain uses it, as it seems less intimidating ((to me??)).) Recall how I earlier talked about these places along the coast that have their own mico-weather systems? Well, Cape Mendocino is at the top of the list (along with Point Conception). Cape Mendocino is one of the biggest gates on the lower western USA coast. It is the most westerly point of the lower 48 states, after Cape Flattery. In fact, it can seem as if the entire ocean is coming upon your beam when, at some point the Cape is right on your opposite beam. It is possible that you will be protected from the cape in both southerly and northerly transits, but at some point, you must go around “the corner” - Cape Mendocino. And as we approached this area, the conditions started building. In fact, these were the conditions forecast for Sunday night - long after we were to have passed. So, here we were with some of those conditions I mentioned in the first post, that we like to avoid. Ha! That’s what I get for being so chatty!!

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[Photos from jimheid] jimheid posted a photo: Early entrants for the 2008 Darwin Awards ...: Wind and falling trees knocked down all three of the main 60-kilovolt lines that feed the Mendocino Coast, and the entire 40-mile coast lost power. Even now, only part of the region's largest city (Fort Bragg, population about 7,000) has juice.

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