Offshore Wind Wire

MORNING ROUNDUP: EPA Delegates Delaware Wind Farm Regulation

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 [...]

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New York Sees Strong Interest for Great Lakes Wind Farm

By David McGlinchey The New York Power Authority received 12 notices of intent from companies interested in building an offshore wind farm in Lake Erie, Lake Ontario or both. In December, Power Authority officials announced that they were seeking a developer to install as much as 500 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind capacity.  To compete for the [...]

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Ohio Politicians Tout Lake Erie for Nation’s First Freshwater Wind Farm

By Peter Brennan Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced today that he has proposed a new piece of legislation aimed at installing a large scale offshore wind farm off the shores of Lake Erie. Brown’s legislation, titled The Program for Offshore Wind Energy Research and Development (POWERED) Act of 2010, would spur research on potential offshore wind projects, [...]

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