The Minerals Management Service (MMS) RFP is seeking submissions of interest in obtaining one or more commercial leases for the construction of a wind energy project on the incoming and outgoing shipping routes for Delaware Bay.
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Renewable Energy Certificates Market May Triple in Size by 2015
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) market is poised for continued growth in the coming years. REC sales in the compliance market alone will increase more than 50 percent by 2015, reaching 179 million megawatt hour (MWh), according to a new report from Pike Research. In a forecast scenario that includes passage of a federal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), the report predicts...
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Wind Industry Still Blowing . . . Up
The domestic wind-power industry in the United States shattered all previous records by adding nearly 10,000 megawatts of generating capacity last year, according to a recent report by the American Wind Energy Association. Wind power is now competing closely with natural gas as the leading source of new electricity generation for the country. Collectively,...
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Largest East Coast “Community-Owned” Wind Farm Starts Spinning
Capturing the power of the Atlantic Ocean’s winds, three wind turbines supplied by General Electric are now generating power for the island residents of Vinalhaven and North Haven in Penobscot Bay in mid-coast Maine. The new wind farm features three GE 1.5-megawatt machines on site and was dedicated today as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony held by the project developer, Fox Islands Wind,...
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Texas Committee Could Kill Wind and Solar Industries
The Public Utilities Commission of Texas has ruled that wind power does not qualify to be sold under long term contracts as a Qualifying Facility (QF) under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). The problem: intermittency. The precedent could inflict serious damage on the growth of wind and solar generation not only in...
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CleanTech Goes to Washington, VC Leader Testifies Before Senate
Statement of Stephan Dolezalek VantagePoint Venture Partners, CleanTech Group Leader Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Legislative Hearing on S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act October 29, 2009 Chairwoman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe and Members of the Committee, I am Stephan Dolezalek, Managing Director and CleanTech Group Leader at VantagePoint...
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Estimating Energy’s Hidden Costs
How much does energy “cost” in the United States? The market price provides only a partial answer to this question, according to a new report by the National Research Council exploring the “hidden” costs of U.S. energy production and consumption. The report estimates the dollar value of these “hidden” costs – like the health...
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Energy Department Funds Three Advanced Wind-Energy Centers
The U.S. Department of Energy has nominated three universities as leading candidates for funds delegated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the creation of wind-energy research facilities designed to develop the world’s most advanced and efficient wind turbines. The wind-power centers will also pursue research for developing next-generation land-based and offshore wind generation systems. “Wind power has the potential to provide...
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