USA: TCL and Coastal Conservation League to Host Offshore Wind Energy Forum

The Technical College of the Lowcountry and the Coastal Conservation League will host an offshore wind energy forum at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 15 in the MacLean Hall auditorium at the TCL Beaufort campus, 921 Ribaut Road. The event is free and open to the public.

Chris Carnevale, the Coastal Climate and Energy Coordinator with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), will describe the trends and opportunities for offshore wind energy generation in South Carolina and the benefits and barriers to the development of offshore wind energy. His work with SACE focuses on building support for offshore wind energy.

Speakers will also include Rick Eckstrom, TCL civil engineering technology instructor, and Hamilton Davis of the Coastal Conservation League, who will describe alternative and clean energy programs of their organizations.

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Offshore WIND staff, May 07, 2012