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Salazar Announces Plan to Issue Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Leases by End of 2012
By: Peter Brennan Baltimore – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that leases for offshore wind development off of Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware would be issued by the end of 2012 after an environmental review resulted in a finding of no significant environmental impact. The announcement follows President Obama’s call for additional clean energy [...]
Continue reading...ANALYSIS: Maryland’s New Offshore Wind Plan
Thursday, January 26, 2012
By Todd Griset This week Gov. Martin O’Malley unveiled his revised plan for offshore wind development off Maryland. Previous efforts to promote economic development through offshore wind have failed to gain legislative approval. Gov. O’Malley is back with the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012 (Senate Bill 237) a retooled proposal that he touts as both [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Duke Energy Plans NC Offshore Wind Transmission Study
Monday, January 23, 2012
Duke Energy is planning a $670,000 study on the transmission capacity required to develop offshore wind near North Carolina, the Charlotte Business Journal reported Friday. The project would be supported by up to $530,000 in Energy Department funding, according to the report. Maryland Labor Groups Want Guarantees Maryland labor groups are asking for guaranteed involvement in offshore wind development in exchange for [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Dispute Over Cape Wind Timeline
Friday, January 13, 2012
Grid manager ISO New England released a report casting doubt on Cape Wind’s claims that it will be producing power by 2015, the Associated Press reported yesterday. The January 3 report said that “the ISO and its consultants … have determined that it is unlikely that the project will achieve Commercial Operation” by June 1, [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Maryland Offshore Wind Push Faces Challenges
Monday, January 9, 2012
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s offshore wind plan faces more challenges than it did a year ago, when it was abandoned by the legislature, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The plan would compel utilities to buy power from offshore wind farms. “The situation has gotten worse — not better — for offshore wind since the last time [...]
Continue reading...AFTERNOON ROUNDUP: BOEM Seeking Comments on Offshore Transmission Backbone
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Atlantic Wind Connection Takes Step Forward The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced today that it is taking the next steps in its review of the Atlantic Wind Connection, the proposed transmission line that would connect offshore wind farms with the mid-Atlantic electricity grid. According to a press release accompanying the announcement, BOEM is [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: DOE Funds Delaware To Investigate Offshore Wind Transmission Needs
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The University of Delaware has received a $540,000 Energy Department grant to investigate the management strategies and electric grid upgrades needed to transmit electricity from offshore wind farms to the load centers on the Atlantic Coast, the school announced yesterday. “Many large U.S. cities are located on or near the East Coast, giving them close [...]
Continue reading...ROUNDUP: Maryland Forum Backs Offshore Wind
Friday, November 4, 2011
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...RACE TO THE WATER: New Jersey Takes The Lead!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
After a summer (and early fall) hiatus, the Race to the Water returns! Welcome to the November edition, where we ask our experts which state will host the country’s first offshore wind turbines. And oh my, how the playing field has changed since we last checked in. After holding the top spot for the first [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: BOEM Seeks Public Comment On Historical Impact
Monday, October 24, 2011
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management asked for public comment last week on the potential effects of offshore wind development on historic properties in the mid-Atlantic. The request — for lease areas near New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia — is mandated by the National Historic Preservation Act. We “are taking care to ensure that our nation’s historical and cultural [...]
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