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MORNING ROUNDUP: Cape Wind Asks For Electricity Purchase As Part Of NStar Merger
Cape Wind has asked Massachusetts regulators to condition approval of a merger between NStar and Northeast Utilities on the purchase of 50 percent of the electricity generated by the offshore wind farm, the Boston Globe reported today. Dennis Duffy, vice president of Cape Wind Associates, made the request last week in a [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Top MA Court Hears Cape Wind Case
Thursday, September 8, 2011
The highest state court in Massachusetts — the Supreme Judicial Court — today heard an appeal of the state approval for Cape Wind’s power purchase agreement with National Grid. Cape Wind Says Installation Vessels Are Biggest Obstacle Cape Wind spokesman Mark Rodgers said that infrastructure development, including procuring installation vessels, is the biggest challenge facing the fledgling offshore [...]
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...ANALYSIS: BOEMRE Call Prompts Offshore Wind Development Between MA and RI
Thursday, August 25, 2011
By Todd Griset Offshore wind off the New England coast has been in the spotlight of late. As a region, New England offers a strong offshore wind resource and is particularly rich in deep water sites. The region also offers a number of deep water ports, many with useful infrastructure but depressed local economies, highlighting the onshore [...]
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: Cape Cod Set To Lift Offshore Wind Moratorium
Friday, July 29, 2011
Cape Cod’s regional planning agency will lift an offshore wind moratorium on August 3, opening the potential for 24 turbines to be built in Massachusetts state waters, according to radio station WGBH’s blog Climatide. The moratorium was implemented 15 months ago by the Cape Cod Commission. Since then, the regulatory body had determined where offshore wind [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: MA Awards Two Wildlife Survey Contracts For Offshore Wind Area
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has awarded two contracts to conduct environmental surveys in an area of federal water designated for offshore wind development, BrighterEnergy.org reported today. State energy officials awarded a $570,000 contract to the New England Aquarium to study large whales and sea turtles and a $330,000 contract to the College of Staten [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Utilities And MA Discuss Cape Wind Power Purchase To Allow Merger
Friday, July 22, 2011
Massachusetts officials have discussed allowing a merger between two utilities if they agree to buy between 20 and 35 percent of the electricity produced by the Cape Wind offshore wind farm, a Boston Globe columnist reported today. NStar and Northeast Utilities are seeking a merger but the process is under review by Massachusetts energy regulators. The Globe [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: RFK Jr. Blasts Cape Wind, Advocates Respond
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Continuing his family’s tradition of opposing offshore wind near their Cape Cod beach estate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blasted the Cape Wind project in an opinion piece published by the Wall Street Journal yesterday. Kennedy called the project “a rip-off” and wrote that it has recently “become clearer than ever how much this giveaway of [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: North and South Carolina Meet On Offshore Wind
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Organizations and government agencies from South Carolina and North Carolina met last month to plan a collaborative approach to offshore wind development, according to a press release issued today by the involved groups. “Our states are uniquely positioned with strengths and advantages that complement each other.” said Elizabeth Colbert-Busch of the Clemson University Restoration Institute, which [...]
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