Maryland Passes Landmark Offshore Wind Legislation
Maryland’s state legislature has passed Governor O’Malley’s signature clean energy initiative to install 200MW of offshore wind capacity and kickstart the state’s clean energy industry.
Atlantic Wind Connection
Federal Budget Sequestration To Suck Wind From Clean Energy’s Sails
The US economy and society have been reaping the benefits of rapid growth in renewable energy and clean technology under the Obama Administration, progress that’s threatened by federal budget sequestration.
Where Do I Put My Offshore Wind Farm?
By Chelsea Drenick At the end of 2012, the European market boasted a cumulative 4,995 MW capacity from 55 offshore wind farms and the United States market boasted a total capacity of zero. As disheartening as that might sound to American renewable energy proponents, it looks like our first offshore wind … [continued]
Atlantic Wind Connection Chooses New Jersey for Phase I Offshore Transmission Backbone
Political winds are at long last favorable for the development of US offshore wind energy. AWC has selected New Jersey for Phase I of its planned HVDC transmission backbone.
Report: Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Industry Could Create 70,000 Jobs, Generate Billions in Revenue
According to an industry-sponsored study, the development of 7,000 MW (7 GW) of wind farms offshore in the Mid-Atlantic region could create 70,000 jobs from the states of Virginia to New Jersey. That’s enough power for up to about 2.3 million homes. This development could have a combined economic … [continued]
300,000 Jobs and $200 Billion Economic Potential from U.S. Offshore Wind
America is at a turning point toward harnessing 52 GW of generation capacity, 300,000 jobs, and $200 billion in economic activity from offshore wind. […]
Google-backed Offshore Wind Power Superhighway Moves Forward
The Google-backed Atlantic offshore superhighway (of transmission lines) for wind power that we’ve written about several times now has just moved another step forward. The Department of the Interior stated on Monday that there was “no overlapping competitive interest” for the areas where the $5-billion project would be constructed. This … [continued]
15 More Cleantech News Stories of the Week
Weekly roundup of other great stories we didn’t cover.
Offshore Wind Power Market about to Boom (Report)
A new report out by Pike Research tells us what many of us have been expecting already — offshore wind power is reaching a critical “this-makes-sense” (or “this-makes-cents”) point and is about to boom.
The report finds that total installed wind power generation capacity will increase 17 times over the next 6 years…
Google’s Clean Energy Projects (7 Big Ones)
Google is one of the largest clean energy corporate leaders in the U.S. If we had more Googles (and fewer Facebooks or Apples), it looks like we’d have a much brighter future. Hopefully others will follow Google’s lead sooner than later on this front, or even try to one-up it. With a number of recent clean energy project announcements, I thought it might be nice to run down a list of Google’s major projects of the last year or so.
