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AFTERNOON ROUNDUP: Research Buoy Lifts Hopes for Offshore Wind in Great Lakes
An offshore wind research buoy recently removed from Lake Michigan performed exceptionally well and yielded a treasure trove of information for researchers to sift through, according to Grand Valley State University officials. The research buoy utilized a laser wind sensor to capture wind speed and direction at varying heights, while other components of the buoy collected [...]
Continue reading...Cleveland Offshore Wind Project Aims For 2014 Construction
Thursday, October 13, 2011
By Peter Brennan BALTIMORE — The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) is planning to begin construction on its pilot offshore wind farm in 2014, according to CEO Lorry Wagner. In an interview yesterday with Offshore Wind Wire, Wagner said that the project near Cleveland is on track and LEEDCo officials are currently negotiating power purchase agreements [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: GE Makes Offshore Wind Cuts
Monday, September 12, 2011
General Electric is scaling back its offshore wind development efforts, Forbes reported on Saturday. The company is considering laying off about 40 Norway-based offshore wind employees and has suspended plans to build a manufacturing plant in the UK, according to the report. Forbes reported that the company is focusing on deep-water offshore wind development, with a potential [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Cleveland Mayor Supports Lake Erie Wind Farm
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
In an editorial printed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer today, Mayor Frank Jackson publicly supported a planned Lake Erie offshore wind farm and said the project would support existing businesses and open opportunities for new ones. “The city of Cleveland fully supports the creation of this offshore wind farm. We have signed a memorandum of [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Siemens Willing To Finance Cape Wind
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Siemens AG is prepared to finance the Cape Wind offshore wind farm, despite the fact that the federal government is not providing funding for a crucial loan guarantee program, Bloomberg reported yesterday. “We’ve always made it clear that we are not only willing but also capable of helping to support the whole project,” Siemens Chief Financial [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: New Blade Test Center Already Booked For 18 Months
Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Wind Technology Testing Center, which opened yesterday in Boston, is already fully scheduled for the next year and a half, the Boston Herald reported today. Senior Massachusetts political leaders, state energy officials and offshore wind industry representatives gathered Wednesday to open the $38 million facility — which is the nation’s largest blade testing operation. Engineers will [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Deepwater Submits Bid To Sell Offshore Wind Electricity To Long Island
Monday, May 9, 2011
Rhode Island-based Deepwater Wind has submitted a bid to sell up to 600 megawatts of offshore wind electricity to the Long Island (NY) Power Authority for a price in the “low teens” per kilowatt hour, the Providence Journal reported on Saturday. The electricity would come from a planned 1,000 megawatt wind farm that the developer [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Lawmakers, Advocates Expect Action On MD Offshore Wind Bill In 2012
Friday, April 22, 2011
Maryland lawmakers, state officials and environmental advocates expect the legislature to take action on Gov. Martin O’Malley’s ambitious offshore wind bill in the 2012 session, SolveClimate News reported. O’Malley aggressively pushed the plan — which would require utilities to sign long term contracts with offshore wind projects — but the bill never made it out of [...]
Continue reading...FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Four Questions For Lorry Wagner
Friday, January 14, 2011
Lorry Wagner is the president of the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), a nonprofit organization tasked with bringing offshore wind to Lake Erie and stimulating a freshwater wind industry in the region. Last year, LEEDCo selected a team of developers to build a five-turbine, 20 megawatt pilot project in Lake Erie, about seven miles [...]
Continue reading...ANALYSIS: Race Is On For Great Lakes Wind
Thursday, January 13, 2011
By Todd Griset On Lake Erie, the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) continues to make progress toward the nation’s first freshwater offshore wind development — five wind turbines in state waters about 7 miles off Cleveland. Founded in 2009, LEEDCo is a private nonprofit economic development corporation. LEEDCo grew out of the [...]
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