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MORNING ROUNDUP: MA Energy Chief Predicts PPA Will Survive Legal Challenge
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: Delaware Project Seeks Delivery Extension
4. August 2010
Delmarva Power yesterday asked the Delaware Public Service Commission to allow a two-year extension to the guaranteed delivery date for electricity from the NRG Bluewater Wind offshore wind project.
The previous deadline was Dec. 1, 2014. The extension would move the deadline to Dec. 1, 2016. Officials from NRG Bluewater and Delmarva Power described [...]
Governors Ask Obama to Power Agencies With Offshore Wind
23. July 2010
By Peter Brennan
Governors Martin O’Malley of Maryland and Jack Markell of Delaware wrote to President Obama Wednesday and asked him to power federal facilities in the region with offshore wind power.
The governors called on Obama to direct federal agencies, including the Department of Defense and General Services Administration, to join with Maryland and Delaware in [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: EPA Delegates Delaware Wind Farm Regulation
23. July 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency has delegated emissions control for the planned NRG/Bluewater Wind project to state regulators, WGMD News in Delware reported yesterday. The emissions control relates primarily to construction activities.
“The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control was granted delegating authority this week by the Environmental Protection Agency through a statute of the federal [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: Virginia Wants Offshore Testing Site
19. July 2010
Virginia state officials campaigned last week for a federal offshore wind demonstration facility that could be worth as much as $80 million, Bloomberg Businessweek reported.
Offshore wind turbines would undergo operational testing at the facility, according to the report. Virginia officials have proposed a site in the Hampton Roads region.
“In its filing with the Energy Department, Gov. Bob [...]
National Lab Releases Offshore Wind Assessment
13. July 2010
By William Morgan
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory last month published the most comprehensive study to date of the country’s offshore wind resource.
The study, Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy Resources for the United States, compiles data on Hawaii and much of the lower 48 continguous states. In most situations, mapping was conducted up to 50 nautical miles from the shoreline.
Data [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: RI Tries Again for Offshore Wind
12. July 2010
Several months after getting rejected by the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, National Grid filed a new power purchase agreement last week to buy electricity from the proposed Deepwater Wind project near Block Island.
The new agreement, however, is essentially the same as the deal rejected earlier this year by the PUC for being too expensive, [...]
Delaware Joins NREL to Study Offshore Wind
22. June 2010
By William Morgan
The University of Delaware announced last week that it will work with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to study potential offshore wind sites and develop training facilities for the industry.
Under the agreement, Delaware will receive $500,000 over the next five years for its research, according to a press release. The school has already [...]
MORNING ROUNDUP: County Opposes Lake Michigan Project
10. June 2010
Scandia Wind asked the boards of commissioners in several Michigan counties to vote on their proposed Lake Michigan wind farm. On Tuesday night Mason County voted no, according to Interlochen Public Radio. In a 9-1 vote, the board of commissioners decided not to endorse the project and effectively forced Scandia to relocate the project further [...]
Continue reading...Interior Department Issues Offshore Wind RFI For Delaware Waters
29. April 2010
By William Morgan
The Department of the Interior took a major step forward last week with its emerging offshore wind leasing process when it issued the first request for interest for offshore wind.
Interior officials issued the RFI for federal waters near Delaware. The department’s Minerals Management Service has been holding task force meetings with several states [...]
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5. August 2010
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