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ROUNDUP: Maryland Forum Backs Offshore Wind
A panel of labor leaders, politicians and advocates encouraged residents of Montgomery Country — just outside Washington — to support offshore wind development in Maryland, Chevy Chase Patch reported. Maryland state legislators are expected to reconsider Gov. Martin O’Malley’s ambitious plan to require utilities to buy offshore wind electricity. “We’re tired of seeing us lose jobs to [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Illinois Governor Forms Offshore Wind Council
Monday, August 8, 2011
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation to create an offshore wind council, the Associated Press reported yesterday. The bill to form the Lake Michigan Offshore Wind Energy Advisory Council was sponsored by two state lawmakers from Evanston, State Rep. Robyn Gabel and Sen. Jeff Schoenberg. The new council will be led by the state [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Texas Developer Holding Public Meetings To Explain Project
Monday, July 25, 2011
A senior executive from Baryonyx Corporation will meet with the public Tuesday in Brownsville, Texas, to present plans for an offshore wind farm near South Padre Island, the Brownsville Herald reported. The official, senior vice president Mark Leyland, said that he gave a similar presentation in Corpus Christi earlier this month and heard concerns about the [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Study Says Lake Michigan Wind Farm Would Not Affect Tourism
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Grand Valley State University researchers announced yesterday that a Lake Michigan wind farm would neither help nor hurt tourism in the area, the Muskegon Chronicle reported. That finding was part of a report from the West Michigan Wind Assessment project — a study funded by the Michigan Sea Grant program. The report also concluded that a [...]
Continue reading...ANALYSIS: Great Lakes Offshore Wind Plans Face Delay, Moratorium, Proposed Ban
Thursday, April 21, 2011
By Todd Griset The past week has dealt setbacks to plans to develop offshore wind energy resources in the Great Lakes. While the winds over the Great Lakes hold great potential to provide usable power, state and provincial programs around the lakes are running into delays and snags. Two years ago, on Earth Day [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: NYPA, Cleveland Projects Only Great Lakes Wind Making Progress
Monday, April 18, 2011
The only two Great Lakes offshore wind projects moving forward are being developed near Cleveland and in New York by the New York Power Authority, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported today. Speaking at a recent offshore wind conference in Rochester, Terry Yonker — a Niagara County marine avian consultant and co-chair of the Great [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Another Michigan Paper Blasts Offshore Wind Ban Legislation
Thursday, April 14, 2011
In an editorial published today, the Saginaw News criticized recently proposed legislation to ban offshore wind development in the Michigan portion of the Great Lakes. The Muskegon Chronicle previously published an editorial opposing the bill. “Republican Reps. Jon Bumstead, of Newaygo and Ray Frantz of Onekama say [offshore wind turbines will] spoil the view from shore, and are not economically [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Michigan Center Forms Offshore Wind Partnership With Spanish Researchers
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Grand Valley State’s Michigan Alternative Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) has formed a partnership with Spain’s National Renewable Energy Centre to measure the wind on Lake Michigan, the Muskegon Chronicle reported yesterday. The organizations will research wind patterns on Lake Michigan and will eventually develop advanced wind mapping for the lake, according to the report. “It’s not [...]
Continue reading...FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Four Questions For Robyn Gabel
Friday, April 1, 2011
Illinois state Rep. Robyn Gabel represents the 18th district, which includes Evanston. In February, she introduced the Lake Michigan Offshore Wind Energy Council Act. Offshore Wind Wire: What is the purpose of the Lake Michigan Offshore Wind Energy Council that you are proposing? Robyn Gabel: The purpose of the Lake Michigan Offshore Wind Energy Council is to [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: O’Malley Fails To Get Offshore Wind Vote Before “Crossover Day”
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s offshore wind legislation did not receive a full vote in the state House or Senate before “Crossover Day,” an important deadline by which the House or Senate traditionally pass bills that have a “realistic chance” of being voted on in the other chamber, the Washington Times reported. The proposal is stuck in [...]
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