With a legacy of clean energy leadership and environmental stewardship, the Central Coast is powering a bold new era of energy resilience and sustainability.

Premier infrastructure + innovation

High-power transmission lines provide connectivity to state grid, while R&D centers including UCSB’s renowned Institute for Energy Efficiency drive breakthroughs and tech transfer.

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Premier infrastructure + innovation

High-power transmission lines provide connectivity to state grid, while R&D centers including UCSB’s renowned Institute for Energy Efficiency drive breakthroughs and tech transfer.

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Launchpad for emerging technologies

A pioneer in utility-scale solar, the Central Coast is home to global companies and local startups pursuing cutting-edge tech in fusion, clean hydrogen, floating offshore wind and beyond.

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A new chapter for Diablo

With extended operations and plans for a 585-acre clean energy and climate R&D campus, California’s sole nuclear power plant is a nucleus of energy resilience and innovation.

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$2.3B

regional industry

9300

energy workers

500kv

two high-power transmission lines at Diablo Canyon

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Pearce powers connectivity

How Pearce Services has grown to serve the Central Coast and beyond …

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A future for Diablo Canyon

The plant offers assets for pioneering the next chapter of energy independence and resilience…

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A new industry setting sail

3 global companies planning the West Coast's largest floating offshore wind farms…

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Central Coast Energy Companies Make Headlines

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“We’re building first-of-kind stuff here on the Central Coast.”

Paul Rudy Blue Laser Fusion Business Development Executive/Advisor

“We have the assets, we have the opportunities, we have the vision, we have the people. We can prove that it is possible to build a more sustainable and a more resilient economy that actually values the environment and values people.”

Kate Gordon CA FWD CEO

“Wind power plants (in Morro Bay and Humboldt) could be among the first commercial-scale floating wind power plants in the world, leading the deployment of new technology that has potential to deliver clean energy to coastal regions worldwide.”

Aubryn Cooperman Researcher, National Renewable Energy Lab

“The interconnection infrastructure is very prolific in the Central Coast. … We see this as an excellent opportunity to redeploy folks in the fossil fuel industries and power plant industries into our sector of energy storage positions.”

Curt Hildebrand Senior Vice President, Hydrostor

“When it comes to nuclear, solar power and now offshore wind, San Luis Obispo County is once again in the spotlight.”

Pacific Coast Business Times editorial

ASSETS + RESOURCES

Institute for Energy Efficiency

The world-renowned institute at UC Santa Barbara has developed breakthrough technologies in LED lighting, data center communications, and energy usage.

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Climate Leadership + Resilience

Cal Poly is establishing an Institute for Climate Leadership + Resilience, complementing R&D activity at the Electric Power Institute, Center for Coastal Marine Sciences and beyond.

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Cleantech incubator

Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship offers a cleantech-focused incubator for early-stage companies looking to scale and raise capital.

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Cross-cutting industries

The region’s leadership in semiconductor, photonics and quantum computing R&D holds cross-over applications for cleantech and climate innovation.

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Cleantech + Energy Companies

Click the dots to see companies in the region, and find detailed company, industry and regional data in our data center.

 

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