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Cleveland Offshore Wind Project Aims For 2014 Construction

Thursday, October 13, 2011

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By Peter Brennan BALTIMORE — The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) is planning to begin construction on its pilot offshore wind farm in 2014, according to CEO Lorry Wagner. In an interview yesterday with Offshore Wind Wire, Wagner said that the project near Cleveland is on track and LEEDCo officials are currently negotiating power purchase agreements [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Cleveland Mayor Supports Lake Erie Wind Farm

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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In an editorial printed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer today, Mayor Frank Jackson publicly supported a planned Lake Erie offshore wind farm and said the project would support existing businesses and open opportunities for new ones. “The city of Cleveland fully supports the creation of this offshore wind farm. We have signed a memorandum of [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Siemens Willing To Finance Cape Wind

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

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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 [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: House Lawmakers Call For Predictability In Renewable Energy Policy

Thursday, June 2, 2011

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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 [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: New Blade Test Center Already Booked For 18 Months

Thursday, May 19, 2011

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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 [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Deepwater Submits Bid To Sell Offshore Wind Electricity To Long Island

Monday, May 9, 2011

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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 [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Cleveland Offshore Wind Project Seeks Help From State Legislature

Thursday, May 5, 2011

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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 [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Lawmakers, Advocates Expect Action On MD Offshore Wind Bill In 2012

Friday, April 22, 2011

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Maryland lawmakers, state officials and environmental advocates expect the legislature to take action on Gov. Martin O’Malley’s ambitious offshore wind bill in the 2012 session, SolveClimate News reported. O’Malley aggressively pushed the plan — which would require utilities to sign long term contracts with offshore wind projects — but the bill never made it out of [...]

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FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Four Questions For Lorry Wagner

Friday, January 14, 2011

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Lorry Wagner is the president of the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), a nonprofit organization tasked with bringing offshore wind to Lake Erie and stimulating a freshwater wind industry in the region.  Last year, LEEDCo selected a team of developers to build a five-turbine, 20 megawatt pilot project in Lake Erie, about seven miles [...]

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ANALYSIS: Race Is On For Great Lakes Wind

Thursday, January 13, 2011

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By Todd Griset On Lake Erie, the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) continues to make progress toward the nation’s first freshwater offshore wind development — five wind turbines in state waters about 7 miles off Cleveland. Founded in 2009, LEEDCo is a private nonprofit economic development corporation.  LEEDCo grew out of the [...]

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