offshore wind development
By Joseph Baker on February 3, 2012
Tags: Cape Wind Associates, NRG Energy Inc., Ocean Energy Management, United States, Bluewater Wind, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior (DOI), NRG Energy Inc, offshore wind development, Secretary of the Interior Salazar, U.S. offshore wind, Bluewater Wind, Delaware, energy, Maryland, Massachusetts, mid-Atlantic, Salazar, Virginia
U.S. Department of Interior announced its "Smart from the Start" offshore wind energy initiative has cleared an environmental review and is moving forward.
By Joseph Baker on December 14, 2011
Tags: Bloomberg, Bluewater Wind, Demarva Power & Light Company, NRG Energy Inc., When NRG, cent, USD, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Bluewater Wind, DOE Loan Guarantee, federal tax incentives, Mid-Atlantic Wind Park, NRG Energy Inc., offshore wind development, Production Tax Credit (PTC), renewable energy, Dave Reichert, David Crane, Delaware, Department of Energy, Earl Blumenauer, energy, Maryland, mid-Atlantic, New England, New Jersey, New York, U.S. Congress
Earlier this week U.S. energy giant NRG Energy Inc. said it is putting its entire offshore wind development "on hold" and closing the offices of its subsidiary Bluewater Wind.
By Nathanael Baker on April 13, 2010
Tags: Britain, British Ministry of Defence, British Wind Energy Association, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Great Wash, MOD, offshore wind development, RenewablesUK
In Britain, the wind industry and the government have worked out a deal to eliminate the Ministry of Defence's objections to the development of five offshore wind farms.
The five wind farms, with an estimated 3-gigawatts of power capacity, are proposed for construction off the east coast of England in the Great Wash.
