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Deepwater Wind Agrees To Buy Siemens 6 MW Turbines

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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BALTIMORE — Deepwater Wind announced today that it has reached an agreement to use Siemens Energy’s new six-megawatt offshore wind turbines in the Block Island offshore wind farm. The announcement was made today by Deepwater CEO William Moore and Thomas Mousten, head of Siemens Offshore Wind Americas, during the American Wind Energy Association’s annual offshore wind [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Rhode Island Appellants Say Block Island Deal Underestimates Cost

Thursday, May 12, 2011

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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, [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Google-Backed Transmission Project Seeks FERC Approval

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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The developers of the Google-backed offshore wind transmission line applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday for permission to move ahead with the project, Reuters reported. In October, Maryland-based transmission developer Trans-Elect proposed the 350-mile project, which is known as the Atlantic Wind Connection.  The transmission backbone — designed to allow offshore wind projects [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Offshore Wind Center Gets $1.5 Million

Friday, September 17, 2010

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The New England Marine Renewable Energy Center received $1.5 million from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement to support its ongoing offshore wind research, Mass High Tech reported yesterday. The center is collaborating with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the University of Massachusetts and several other schools to advance offshore energy [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Deepwater Moves Headquarters to Rhode Island

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Offshore wind farm developer Deepwater Wind moved its corporate headquarters from Hoboken, N.J. to Providence, R.I., the Providence Journal reported today. The company also recently hired Jeffrey Grybowski, a former chief of staff to Gov. Donald Carcieri, as chief administrative officer and senior vice president for strategy and external affairs, according to the Journal. The [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: RI Approves Deepwater Pricing Agreement

Thursday, August 12, 2010

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Rhode Island regulators yesterday gave National Grid approval to buy electricity from Deepwater Wind’s planned eight-turbine offshore wind project near Block Island. According to the Providence Journal, Gov. Donald Carcieri praised the decision as “a critical step in our bid to develop the nation’s first offshore wind project,” but state Attorney General Patrick Lynch said he [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Final Push for RI Wind Price Approval

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

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Rhode Island political leaders pushed Monday for the state’s Public Utilities Commission to approve a power purchase agreement between Deepwater Wind and National Grid,  the Providence Journal reported. The pressure came as the commission enters its final week of hearing evidence on the pricing deal for an eight-turbine farm off Block Island — a decision is [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Maine Will Seek Bids For Floating Wind Farm

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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The Maine Public Utilities Commission is planning a Sept. 1 solicitation for an offshore wind developer to build a 25 megawatt floating wind farm, Working Waterfront reported yesterday. The project must be in water that is at least 300-feet-deep and at least 10 miles from the mainland or any inhabited island, according to Working Waterfront. The winning [...]

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RI Lawmakers Drop Effort To Bypass PPA Review

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

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By Peter Brennan In the latest turn of events surrounding the controversial Block Island wind project in Rhode Island, the state legislature has dropped a plan to bypass the state Public Utilities Commission’s review process for power purchase agreements.  The idea had come under widespread criticism and lawmakers this week removed language from a new piece [...]

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Rhode Island Commission Rejects Power Purchase Agreement

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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By William Morgan The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission yesterday rejected a proposed offshore wind power purchase agreement between Deepwater Wind and National Grid as being too expensive and not “commercially reasonable.” Last December, National Grid agreed to buy power from Deepwater’s planned eight-turbine offshore wind project near Block Island for 24.4 cents per kilowatt/hour.  That price [...]

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