The Navigant Consortium released the “U.S. Offshore Wind Market and Economic Analysis: Annual Market Assessment 2012” report, prepared under an award by DOE in order to provide objective economic analysis and reporting of market activities and progress related to offshore wind energy in the United S
The Energy Department has announced seven offshore wind awards for projects in Maine, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia. As part of the Energy Department’s broader efforts to launch an offshore wind industry in the United States, these engineering, design, and deployment projects will su
German Energy Agency (Deutsche Energie Agentur; Dena) released a study on Tuesday, which shows that up to EUR 42.5 billion of investment is needed in distribution infrastructure until 2030, in order to shift to renewables. Based on that fact, Dena has urged the Government to allow grid operators to
The Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller strongly supports the offshore wind energy bill. He said that he is willing to make changes to the Senate Finance Committee to pass the offshore wind bill for a debate at Senate, writes the Associated Press. “I might have to do that in terms of get
The UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron said that Severn tidal barrage project and other projects like that are very interesting, with the Government always looking at them. However, such project is far away from being feasible at this time, Mr. Cameron told journalists at a lunch in Westminster,Weste
35 Minnesota business leaders, elected officials, sportsmen, and environmental groups delivered a letter to Congress asking them to extend the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the Offshore Wind Investment Tax Credit (ITC) before they expire at the end of the year. “Clean energy, incl
From December 5th to 6th, Qiao Baoping, secretary of the Party Leadership Group and deputy president of China Guodian Corporation came to make an investigation in Jiangsu Rudong Offshore Wind Farm. Mr. Qiao highly recognized the development of Longyuan’s offshore wind power as well as put forward hi
David Morris, Member of the UK Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale has supported the residents of Isle of Man regarding disapproval of the Celtic Array’s Rhiannon offshore wind farm, which is proposed to be built in the Irish Sea. After Mr. Morris met with House of Keys Speaker Steve Rodan to dis
In his attempt to reintroduce the energy bill, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, last week asked a higher authority, i.e. the U.S. President Obama, for support, MD Coast Dispatch reports. The legislation aimed to spur wind power development offshore Maryland failed twice to come before the Senate. Gove
Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, was informed on December 10 that Rameshwaram, Kanyakumari, Maharashtra, Kerala-Konkan and Gujarat are the identified sites for development of offshore wind in India, The Hindu Business Line writes. After the establishment of Offshore Wind Ener
After HM Treasury released the Autumn Statement last Wednesday, industry experts have raised concerns regarding the funding of the Green Investment Bank, according to the Yorkshire post. This report shows that the government will miss its target of getting debt falling as a percentage of GDP by 2015
The Department of Labor announced on December 7 that the U.S gained 146,000 jobs in November, with the unemployment rate dropping to 7.7 percent, the lowest in four years. The BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster: “Today’s job report shows promisin
Bremen’s Senate decided to ensure funding for building of the Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB) in an effort to achieve energy turnaround and create jobs. The Senate made the required landmark decision for project’s financing at a meeting on December 4, according to the press release published on
Turkey is expanding its renewable energy portfolio with support from the World Bank and Clean Technology Fund worth USD 250 million, leveraging nearly USD 1.9 billion in total. This will help the country to increase its renewable energy production and improve energy efficiency in order to meet growi
