State of California & Port of LA Bet Big on AltaSea – $12M Will Fund Building of West Coast’s Largest Blue Economy R&D Center of Innovation
Retrieved on:
Monday, October 4, 2021
Research, Other Natural Resources, Training, Agriculture, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Natural Resources, University, Construction & Property, Education, Science, Maritime, Transport, Southern California Marine Institute, STEM, Nautilus, OET, Climate, Climate change, Primary energy, Solution, California Center for Innovative Transportation, Aquaculture, University, State, Workforce, Wind, Titanic, Student, North, Carbon, Economic development, Blue economy, Private sector, Growth, Braid, Center, Ridge vent, Research, Berth, Innovation, Robotics, California's 35th State Senate district, Port, Education, Renewable energy
The State of California and the Port of Los Angeles have directed $12 million to AltaSea, a nonprofit corporation, to fund the construction of the West Coasts largest blue economy ocean research and development center.
Key Points:
- The State of California and the Port of Los Angeles have directed $12 million to AltaSea, a nonprofit corporation, to fund the construction of the West Coasts largest blue economy ocean research and development center.
- California State Senator Steven Bradford and California State Assemblyman Patrick ODonnell led an effort to secure $6 million in state funding to match the Port of Los Angeles $6 million commitment.
- Construction on the Center of Innovation is anticipated to commence by mid-2022 and be completed in the first half of 2023.
- AltaSea recently announced that its campus will be home to the nations largest solar installation at an ocean research and development center.