Offshore Wind Wire

MORNING ROUNDUP: Environmental Groups, Elected Officials Send Offshore Wind Letter to Obama

A group of 122 environmentalists and elected officials sent a letter to President Obama Monday calling for federal leadership in advancing offshore wind development. After applauding the administration’s leadership to date, the letter asked the president to set a ambitious national goal for offshore wind development and to continue federal financial incentives “until this new [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Monitoring Birds to Guide Offshore Wind Development

Researchers from Maine to Florida are studying birds and marine mammals to provide federal and state regulators with a map for offshore wind development. In Florida, Pandion Systems Inc. is planning to monitor migratory birds over the ocean using solar-powered, remotely operated acoustic microphones and thermal imaging cameras, the Gainesville Sun reported yesterday.  The work [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: White House Protests Chinese Turbine Manufacturing Subsidies

The Obama Administration filed a complaint to the World Trade Organization Wednesday, accusing China of illegally subsidizing its wind turbine manufacturing industry, the New York Times reported. The White House protest alleges that a Chinese domestic subsidy program is illegal because it requires wind turbine manufacturers to use parts made in China, according to the [...]

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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: Obama’s Ocean Zoning Plan

President Obama will soon implement a nationwide zoning plan for oceans and the Great Lakes, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. “The initiative culminates more than a year of work by a federal Ocean Policy Task Force, which Obama established last year.  After the task force releases its final recommendations, the president is expected to sign [...]

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