Danish National Audit Office (Rigsrevisionen) has today published its report on DONG Energy. The report has been prepared at the request of the Danish Public Accounts Committee. In its report, Rigsrevisionen attaches importance to the fact that, since the merger in 2006, DONG Energy has been pursuin
Public consultation opened on Monday 21 January on North Norfolk District Council’s (NNDC) proposals to designate 28 hectares of land at Egmere, to the west of Walsingham and south of Wells-next-the-Sea, as suitable for companies supporting offshore wind energy schemes off the north Norfolk coast to
Governor Martin O’Malley introduced the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013. Identical in all substantive respects to the bill that overwhelmingly passed the House of Delegates last year, this measure will operate within Maryland’s existing Renewable Portfolio Standard to create a framework th
At a conference today in Berlin, German Economy Minister Philip Rösler called on the European Union to promote institutional investment in energy by making it easier for investors, such as insurance companies, to fund energy infrastructure within the Union, Bloomberg reports. He said that he already
The Staff of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) will hold a stakeholder meetings February 21, 2013 for all interested parties and members of the public regarding the Offshore Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) funding mechanism specified in the Offshore Wind Renewable Energy rules at N.
While recently speaking at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi Greg Barker, the UK’s Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, said that British energy transformation to renewables will cost about GBP 200 billion and that it is reliant to UAE’s investments. “The latest energy law [is]
An amendment to the original draft of part five of the Oregon Territorial Sea Plan adopted in 2009, related to development of wave energy, is to be voted on by the Land Conservation and Development Commission at its meeting on January 24 in Salem. A moratorium on permits for wave energy facilities i
The offshore wind bill, proposed by Governor Martin O’Malley, has 24 sponsors in the Maryland’s Senate, the exact number of votes necessary for the bill to be passed; The Associated Press cited Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller as saying. Governor O’Malley’s proposed bill failed twice to make i
Statoil North America has revised its proposal for the Hywind Maine offshore wind project by reducing the cost of energy to ratepayers, which was an obstacle for the company to get an approval for the project from the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Energy cost in the revised proposal is re
The application materials submitted by Deepwater Wind LLC for the proposed Block Island Wind Farm are currently out for public comment. The public comment period is scheduled to end on January 15, 2013. The Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) comment period coincides with the U.S. Army Corps
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the committee that oversees the Interior Department, praised the leadership of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar following his announcement that he will be leaving the department in March. Under Secretary Salazar’s leadership, more renewable energy was perm
RenewableUK gave key evidence to the parliamentary committee scrutinising the landmark Energy Bill in Westminster today. The Bill sets out a radical new financial framework for the energy sector for the decades ahead. It aims to provide best value for money for consumers, while also ensuring the UK
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur has secured the ranking member position on the Energy and Water Subcommittee of House Appropriations. Congresswoman Kaptur called the subcommittee position “a good fit” for Ohio’s Ninth Congressional District, which stretches along the Lake Erie coast from Cleveland to Tol
The current situation in German offshore wind industry led to a demonstration in Hanover last week, when around 700 workers urged Chancellor Angela Merkel for more support to the industry, Bloomberg reports. Issues on the transmission grid and sharing financial risk have caused delays in several pro
