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MORNING ROUNDUP: Cape Wind Asks For Electricity Purchase As Part Of NStar Merger
Cape Wind has asked Massachusetts regulators to condition approval of a merger between NStar and Northeast Utilities on the purchase of 50 percent of the electricity generated by the offshore wind farm, the Boston Globe reported today. Dennis Duffy, vice president of Cape Wind Associates, made the request last week in a [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Top MA Court Hears Cape Wind Case
Thursday, September 8, 2011
The highest state court in Massachusetts — the Supreme Judicial Court — today heard an appeal of the state approval for Cape Wind’s power purchase agreement with National Grid. Cape Wind Says Installation Vessels Are Biggest Obstacle Cape Wind spokesman Mark Rodgers said that infrastructure development, including procuring installation vessels, is the biggest challenge facing the fledgling offshore [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Energy Awards $7.5 Million To Develop Better Wind Turbine Drivetrains
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The Energy Department today announced $7.5 million in grants to develop next-generation wind turbine drivetrains, including for offshore wind turbines. The grants will be distributed among six projects over two years, according to the announcement. “Developing innovative drivetrain technologies will allow U.S. manufacturers to build larger, more cost-effective, and more efficient wind turbines than [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Energy Official Says Floating Turbines Could Be 70 Percent Cheaper
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The head of the Energy Department’s offshore wind office said that deep water floating wind turbines could be 70 percent cheaper to build and install than more traditional fixed base turbines, the Bangor Daily News reported yesterday. “There’s a tremendous amount of potential for the United States to take a leading role globally in [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Cape Wind’s Federal Loan Guarantee In Jeopardy
Friday, May 13, 2011
The Department of Energy has put Cape Wind’s federal loan guarantee on hold, the Boston Herald reported today. According to the report, Energy officials have decided to focus on applications that are on track to be processed before the expiration of the loan-guarantee program — on Sept. 30. Cape Wind officials said that they will continue [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Dominion Will Not Choose Offshore Wind Until Price Drops
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Officials from Dominion Virginia Power said yesterday that the utility will not include offshore wind in its energy generation mix until that electricity is cost competitive with traditional forms of generation, the Associated Press reported. The statement came in response to the launch of VA4Wind, a consortium of environmental and green economy advocates that are pushing for [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Vestas Announces 7 MW Offshore Wind Turbine
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
At a press conference today in London, Vestas announced that it is developing a seven megawatt next generation offshore turbine. Construction on prototypes of the V164 turbine is expected by the end of next year. The company said that full scale production would begin in the first quarter of 2015 “provided a firm order backlog [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: More Praise For Federal Offshore Wind Push
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The announcement yesterday of four federally designated offshore wind areas and more than $50 million in available federal funding, was met with enthusiastic praise from the industry, environmental groups and political leaders. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Energy Secretary Steven Chu made the announcements yesterday during a joint press conference in Hampton Roads, Virginia — a [...]
Continue reading...Salazar, Chu Unveil Plan to Accelerate Offshore Wind Development
Monday, February 7, 2011
By Peter Brennan Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that their agencies will launch a coordinated effort to accelerate offshore wind development. The agencies will operate under a joint plan titled A National Offshore Wind Strategy: Creating an Offshore Wind Industry in the United States. Secretary [...]
Continue reading...Energy Seeks “Groundbreaking” Offshore Wind Technology
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
By William Morgan The Department of Energy issued a request for information this month seeking “advanced technology demonstration projects” that would push the offshore wind industry forward. The RFI, issued June 14th, requires responses by July 14 but does not guarantee an eventual funding source. The document indicates, however, that the department might fund “ground-breaking” proposals that [...]
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