Offshore Wind Wire

Governors Ask Obama to Power Agencies With Offshore Wind

By Peter Brennan Governors Martin O’Malley of Maryland and Jack Markell of Delaware wrote to President Obama Wednesday and asked him to power federal facilities in the region with offshore wind power. The governors called on Obama to direct federal agencies, including the Department of Defense and General Services Administration, to join with Maryland and Delaware in [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: County Opposes Lake Michigan Project

Scandia Wind asked the boards of commissioners in several Michigan counties to vote on their proposed Lake Michigan wind farm.  On Tuesday night Mason County voted no, according to Interlochen Public Radio.  In a 9-1 vote, the board of commissioners decided not to endorse the project and effectively forced Scandia to relocate the project further [...]

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Maryland “2010 Energy Agenda” Pushes Offshore Wind

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley released his 2010 Energy Agenda last week and included a strong push for offshore wind development in the state. The governor’s initiative will “create an effective regulatory framework” to promote off-shore wind energy development and will detail the rules governing undersea transmission cables, according to a January 15 press release from O’Malley’s [...]

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Maryland Group Calls For Local Offshore Wind by 2014

A Baltimore-based environmental advocacy group released a report this month calling on the state of Maryland to develop offshore wind by 2014. Environment Maryland was formerly part of the Maryland Public Interest Research Group and is still affiliated with PIRG, according to the Web sites of both organizations.  In its report, “The Power of Offshore Wind,” [...]

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