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MORNING ROUNDUP: Siemens Willing To Finance Cape Wind
Siemens AG is prepared to finance the Cape Wind offshore wind farm, despite the fact that the federal government is not providing funding for a crucial loan guarantee program, Bloomberg reported yesterday.
“We’ve always made it clear that we are not only willing but also capable of helping to support the whole project,” Siemens Chief Financial [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: Study Says Lake Michigan Wind Farm Would Not Affect Tourism
9. June 2011
Grand Valley State University researchers announced yesterday that a Lake Michigan wind farm would neither help nor hurt tourism in the area, the Muskegon Chronicle reported.
That finding was part of a report from the West Michigan Wind Assessment project — a study funded by the Michigan Sea Grant program. The report also concluded that a [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: House Lawmakers Call For Predictability In Renewable Energy Policy
2. June 2011
Republicans and Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee called yesterday for predictability in renewable energy development, including for offshore wind projects.
During a hearing on renewable energy development on public lands and waters, Chairman Doc. Hasting called on the White House to end “bureaucratic delays, unnecessary lawsuits and burdensome environmental regulations [that] impede our ability to [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: New Blade Test Center Already Booked For 18 Months
19. May 2011
The Wind Technology Testing Center, which opened yesterday in Boston, is already fully scheduled for the next year and a half, the Boston Herald reported today.
Senior Massachusetts political leaders, state energy officials and offshore wind industry representatives gathered Wednesday to open the $38 million facility — which is the nation’s largest blade testing operation. Engineers will [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: New Jersey Accepting Applications For Offshore Wind In State Waters
17. May 2011
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced yesterday that the state Board of Public Utilities is now accepting applications for offshore wind projects in state waters, NewJerseyNewsroom.com reported.
After applications are submitted and certified as complete, they will enter a six-month review process, according to the report. The application deadline is June 14.
Deepwater Has Met With ECO Fab Companies
Rhode [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: Rhode Island Appellants Say Block Island Deal Underestimates Cost
12. May 2011
An attorney representing two Rhode Island manufacturers told the Rhode Island Supreme Court yesterday that the power purchase agreement for the Block Island offshore wind farm underestimates the cost of the project, the Providence Journal reported.
Michael McElroy, who is representing Toray Plastics and Polytop Corp. in their appeal of the Block Island power purchase agreement, [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: Deepwater Submits Bid To Sell Offshore Wind Electricity To Long Island
9. May 2011
Rhode Island-based Deepwater Wind has submitted a bid to sell up to 600 megawatts of offshore wind electricity to the Long Island (NY) Power Authority for a price in the “low teens” per kilowatt hour, the Providence Journal reported on Saturday.
The electricity would come from a planned 1,000 megawatt wind farm that the developer [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: Cleveland Offshore Wind Project Seeks Help From State Legislature
5. May 2011
The organization seeking to develop a pilot offshore wind project on Lake Erie — near Cleveland — is asking lawmakers to include a provision in the state budget that would encourage utilities to buy electricity from offshore wind projects, Crain’s Cleveland Business reported.
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. — a nonprofit that represents several government [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: New York Power Authority Chairman Doubts Offshore Wind Plans
4. May 2011
New York Power Authority board chairman Michael Townsend publicly questioned the viability of the agency’s plan to develop offshore wind on the Great Lakes, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported yesterday.
“From my perspective, I don’t think that project is very viable at this time, politically or economically,” Townsend said.
The NYPA, an independent state [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: Virginia Offshore Wind Leasing Planned For Late 2011
26. April 2011
The federal government plans to begin leasing area for offshore wind development near Virginia by the end of 2011 or early next year, Virginia Statehouse News reported today.
Virginia’s state and federal task force has been working to identify an appropriate leasing area, according to George Hagernman, director of research at the Virginia Coastal Energy Research [...]
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22. June 2011
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