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MORNING ROUNDUP: Ocean Energy Institute Seeks Direction
Still reeling from the death of founder and leader Matthew Simmons, staff and board members at the Ocean Energy Institute are debating the organization’s mission and path forward, the Portland Press Herald reported Sunday.
The Maine-based Institute could continue as a non profit research group, join with another organization or pursue a private, for-profit [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: Duke Energy Drops NC Offshore Wind Demonstration
20. August 2010
Duke Energy announced yesterday that it is abandoning a project to install several demonstration wind turbines off the North Carolina coast, the Associated Press reported.
The company had planned to develop the three-turbine project in conjunction with the University of North Carolina but ultimately decided the cost was too high and the potential environmental impact was [...]
Offshore Wind Coalition Will Focus on Streamlined Federal Permitting
19. August 2010
By Peter Brennan
The Offshore Wind Development Coalition – a newly minted advocacy group – will focus initially on streamlining federal regulations, the leader of the organization said last week in an interview with Offshore Wind Wire.
The group, also known as OffshoreWindDC, is led by former Deepwater Wind executive Jim Lanard. Referring to the recently approved [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: Cape Wind Contract Survives External Challenge
18. August 2010
Massachusetts regulators directed a local utility to rebid three land-based wind contracts but exempted Cape Wind from the decision, the Boston Globe reported.
The Public Utilities Commission said that NStar must allow out-of-state electricity generators to compete for three contracts but Cape Wind — which has a contract with National Grid — was excluded because that [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: MA Governor Candidates Criticize Cape Wind
17. August 2010
Three Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates criticized the Cape Wind offshore wind project yesterday while incumbent Gov. Deval Patrick defended the effort, the Boston Globe reported.
Republican Charles Baker said that Cape Wind got “a sweetheart deal’’ from the state, according to the Globe.// Green-Rainbow Party candidate Jill Stein said there was a lack [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: MA Attorney General Calls For Cape Wind Approval
11. August 2010
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley urged the state’s Public Utilities Commission to approve the power purchase agreement between Cape Wind and National Grid, the Boston Globe reported yesterday.
Last month Coakley helped negotiate a reduction in the proposed rate from 20.7 cents per kilowatt/hour to 18.7 cents per kilowatt/hour.
The Globe also reported that Coakley withdrew her [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: MA Energy Chief Predicts PPA Will Survive Legal Challenge
5. August 2010
Massachusetts Energy and Environment Secretary Ian Bowles said yesterday that the power purchase agreement between Cape Wind and National Grid would withstand a legal challenge from renewable energy producer TransCanada, the Boston Herald reported.
In a filing on the Cape Wind PPA case, the company complained that the bidding process favors in-state producers. TransCanada filed a [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: Cape Wind Reduces Power Price
2. August 2010
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley brokered a deal late last week to reduce the cost of electricity from the Cape Wind offshore wind project, the Boston Herald reported on Friday.
In May, National Grid agreed to buy half of the electricity produced by the proposed 130-turbine wind farm. The price in the first year of operations [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: Jobs and the Renewable Energy Standard
30. July 2010
The American Wind Energy Association campaigned hard this week for a Renewable Energy Standard after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid removed the requirement from proposed climate legislation. One of the key arguments put forward by AWEA and RES supporters in Congress was that it would create much-needed jobs in the wind industry.
“We have 60 [...]
Neptune Wind Selects Offshore Wind Site Near Nantucket
29. July 2010
By Peter Brennan
Offshore wind developer Neptune Wind announced Monday that the company has “finalized our preferred site for development” off of Nanucket, MA.
The potential site, selected after a year of research, is large enough to accommodate 1.5 GW of offshore wind production, according to Neptune founder Chuck Digate.
The announcement, made via the company’s blog, did [...]
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7. September 2010
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