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Deepwater Wind Agrees To Buy Siemens 6 MW Turbines
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 [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Rhode Island Appellants Say Block Island Deal Underestimates Cost
Thursday, May 12, 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, [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Google-Backed Transmission Project Seeks FERC Approval
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Offshore Wind Center Gets $1.5 Million
Friday, September 17, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Deepwater Moves Headquarters to Rhode Island
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: RI Approves Deepwater Pricing Agreement
Thursday, August 12, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Final Push for RI Wind Price Approval
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Maine Will Seek Bids For Floating Wind Farm
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...RI Lawmakers Drop Effort To Bypass PPA Review
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Rhode Island Commission Rejects Power Purchase Agreement
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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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