Clearly, something needs to be done. And the way Clean Energy Group and Navigant see it in a new report, the last best hope for offshore wind power in the United States lies in a robust, new policy collaboration between several Northeast states – Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. This… Keep reading →
Cape Wind has entered into a two-year lease agreement with MassCEC to stage the first U.S. offshore wind project at the South Coast Marine Commerce Terminal. On September 12, 2014, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced a lease agreement between Cape Wind and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to stage the first U.S. offshore wind project from the South… Keep reading →
The U.S. Department of Energy is back in the renewable energy-generation loan game. Not with a headlong dive, mind you. More like a toe in the water. The DOE this week conditionally agreed to a $150 million loan guarantee for the Cape Wind project in Massachusetts, which aims to be among the first offshore wind… Keep reading →
The recent US Commerce Department ruling to allow two companies to export minimally processed condensate turned many energy industry heads and raised questions about whether the US was moving toward relaxing the 39-year oil export ban. This editorial clearly lays out the situation’s complexity and calls for more adroit policy in the face of new… Keep reading →
“Steel in the water” – so far, it’s been but a dream for U.S. offshore wind power, but developers of a project off Rhode Island are doubling down on their claim to be on course to make it happen. Soon. Deepwater Wind is embarked on a plan – hatched in 2008 – to build a… Keep reading →
The race is on across the U.S. as states compete to lead in the green energy industry. Solar panels, wind turbines and geothermal energy facilities have popped up all over the nation. But not every state has been successful. Maine, for example, appears to be moving in the wrong direction. As of late, the state… Keep reading →
Offshore wind power has become a significant component of several European countries’ electricity generation portfolios and now the US is looking to expand the power generating capacity of wind beyond its coastline.
The economics can be complex – particularly if the production tax credit expires at the end of 2012 – but offshore wind has the potential to become an affordable source of electricity for some of the largest US markets. Keep reading →
Plans to build the first US undersea transmission system for offshore wind farms advanced on Monday when the federal government said there was no competition for the proposed project, which can now be subject to an environmental review without being delayed by an auction.
The US Department of the Interior issued a finding of no competitive interest on the plan by Atlantic Grid Holdings to build the $5 billion Atlantic Wind Connection, a 300-mile transmission line off five mid-Atlantic states to take as much as 7,000 megawatts of wind-turbine capacity from yet-to-be-built offshore wind farms. Keep reading →
New England’s policies supporting building increased renewable generation is underpinning pressure to invest in new transmission infrastructure in the region, with advocates for new power lines saying the projects will boost employment and alleviate existing high regional electricity costs.
Each of the six states in the New England region has “some form” of renewable energy portfolio standard, the organizers of the New England Clean Energy Transmission Summit held this week in Boston, said. Those state policies align with federal policies that enable strategic planning and cost-allocation of new transmission ensuring renewable generation access to power markets. Keep reading →
When we last checked in on the proposed massive offshore wind farm in the Northeast called Cape Wind, it had gotten federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement approval to begin construction perhaps as early as this fall. That now seems to be up in the air due to a ruling just handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia over a FAA decision regarding aviation. The opinion of the court, according to Associated Press, is that the FAA “didn’t adequately determine whether the planned 130 turbines, each 440 feet tall, would pose a danger to pilots flying by visual flight rules.” The ruling throws another monkey wrench into what has been a very long development progress for America’s first planned offshore wind farm. This article is a linkout for the full article go to EarthTechling.
