Tag Archive | "National Grid"
MORNING ROUNDUP: MIT Will Host Offshore Wind Panel
The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge is holding a panel discussion next week on offshore wind development in New England. The event, “Offshore Wind in New England: Lessons Learned, the Way Forward,” will be moderated by former Massachusetts Energy and Environment Secretary Ian Bowles. The panel will include representatives from offshore wind construction company EEW, development and [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Cape Wind Foes Latch On To Cape Cod Right Whale Sightings
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The sighting of several North Atlantic Right Whales in Nantucket Sound — the site of the planned Cape Wind offshore wind farm — has generated new criticism from long-standing project opponent the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, the Cape Cod Times reported. Aerial teams from the National Marine Fisheries Service spotted the whales, and a voluntary [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Barney Frank Criticizes Offshore Wind Planning
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Long-time Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank criticized offshore wind regulators and said that they should have been “more careful and deliberate” about their site planning, the Cape Cod Times reported today. “I’m disappointed in both state and federal officials,” Frank said, referring to a recently released request for interest in 3,000 square miles of federal water south [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Google-Backed Transmission Project Seeks FERC Approval
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The developers of the Google-backed offshore wind transmission line applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday for permission to move ahead with the project, Reuters reported. In October, Maryland-based transmission developer Trans-Elect proposed the 350-mile project, which is known as the Atlantic Wind Connection. The transmission backbone — designed to allow offshore wind projects [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Tax Bill Would Extend Credit For Offshore Wind Projects
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The Senate voted on Monday to advance a tax cut bill that would extend a renewable energy credit worth up to 30 percent of a wind project — a significant financial boon to the proposed Cape Wind offshore wind development. The Boston Globe reported that the extended tax credit would apply to projects that begin construction [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Ocean Energy Institute Seeks Direction
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Still reeling from the death of founder and leader Matthew Simmons, staff and board members at the Ocean Energy Institute are debating the organization’s mission and path forward, the Portland Press Herald reported Sunday. The Maine-based Institute could continue as a non profit research group, join with another organization or pursue a private, for-profit [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Cape Wind Contract Survives External Challenge
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Massachusetts regulators directed a local utility to rebid three land-based wind contracts but exempted Cape Wind from the decision, the Boston Globe reported. The Public Utilities Commission said that NStar must allow out-of-state electricity generators to compete for three contracts but Cape Wind — which has a contract with National Grid — was excluded because that [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: MA Attorney General Calls For Cape Wind Approval
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley urged the state’s Public Utilities Commission to approve the power purchase agreement between Cape Wind and National Grid, the Boston Globe reported yesterday. Last month Coakley helped negotiate a reduction in the proposed rate from 20.7 cents per kilowatt/hour to 18.7 cents per kilowatt/hour. The Globe also reported that Coakley withdrew her [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Final Push for RI Wind Price Approval
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Rhode Island political leaders pushed Monday for the state’s Public Utilities Commission to approve a power purchase agreement between Deepwater Wind and National Grid, the Providence Journal reported. The pressure came as the commission enters its final week of hearing evidence on the pricing deal for an eight-turbine farm off Block Island — a decision is [...]
Continue reading...MORNING ROUNDUP: Cape Wind Reduces Power Price
Monday, August 2, 2010
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley brokered a deal late last week to reduce the cost of electricity from the Cape Wind offshore wind project, the Boston Herald reported on Friday. In May, National Grid agreed to buy half of the electricity produced by the proposed 130-turbine wind farm. The price in the first year of operations [...]
Continue reading...Stay Connected
- ANALYSIS: Explaining the Cape Wind/FAA Ruling
- RACE TO THE WATER: Unpredictable Offshore Wind Policy? Count On It.
- MORNING ROUNDUP: Court Allows Appeal of Block Island Power Purchase Agreement
- MORNING ROUNDUP: RFK Jr. Blasts Cape Wind, Advocates Respond
- MORNING ROUNDUP: Kerry Supports Cape Wind, Calls For Quick Action on Loan Guarantee
- Wind Works: @Lisa: Chris brings up a good example. And the ...
- Wind Works: Michigan must be doing very well these days to be ...
- Wind Works: Great, great perspective. Break ground Cape Wind!...
- Quinton: Where there's will there's a way. Keep on trying....
- John C Crilly: To Cape Wind Great job turning the FAA report ar...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
0 Comments