Richard Kauffman had a rapt audience at the AGRION Energy and Sustainability Summit in New York City as he opened the event with a largely off-the-cuff speech. He is a man known in the industry for handing out (and making) serious sums of money in energy, and has just been handed one of the highest profile, but least understood, new positions in the New York state government. Keep reading →
Wind turbines could be out in the middle of the ocean producing electricity and no one on shore would know.
Offshore wind turbines can be placed “beyond visual range,” according to Google’s Director of Green Business, Rick Needham, who is featured in this video. He says turbines farther out at sea can also capture stronger winds. Keep reading →
The addition of Belgian transmission company Elia to investors in the proposed Atlantic Wind Connection undersea grid is a significant endorsement for the project, the project’s principal Bob Mitchell said.
Atlantic Wind Connection, which wants to build a 350-mile submarine cable between Virginia and New Jersey to transmit power from offshore wind farms to the onshore grid, said on Friday that Elia would take a 10 percent equity stake in the venture. The announcement was official confirmation of involvement by the Belgian company, which has extensive experience in the European offshore wind industry. Keep reading →
