Los Angeles is poised to lead the burgeoning blue economy. Learn how organizations like the LAEDC and AltaSea are driving ...

California is already hosting wave energy projects, including one being assembled at AltaSea, a public-private research center that supports marine scientists focusing on the so-called Blue Economy.

The installation will power ocean-based jobs in the emerging Blue Economy – an industry projected to produce more than 126,000 jobs and $37.7 billion in wages in LA County alone. (Photo by ...

Making waves for a blue economy. ... “Recent years have seen growing interests among policy makers and stakeholders in developing the blue economy, notably since the 2017 UN Ocean Conference.

State Sen. Steve Padilla, a Democrat from Chula Vista and the author of the wave energy bill, said ocean power has “great potential” but it has been agonizingly slow.