Mayor Jon Mitchell has announced an Offshore Wind Advisory Committee that will advise him on industry trends relating to the global supply chain for offshore wind. The members of the Mayor’s Committee are industry and manufacturing representatives who share the Mayor’s goal of ensuring New Bedford i
French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Delphine Batho announced launching of a new tender for construction of offshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of 1GW, the Ministry said in a press release. This second tender for wind turbines generating electricity at sea s
Wind energy will be one of the topics at this year’s General Assembly in Maryland which starts today. Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller supports O’Malley’s wind energy bill which failed twice to reach the Senate floor. Recently, Miller has made a committee change in order to pass the b
The town of Macduff in Aberdeenshire, which overlooks the Moray Firth, is set to use the advantages of the energy industry by marketing the Macduff harbour as an operational base and service port for the oil and gas industry and the offshore renewables sector. “We believe that Macduff is an ideal pl
E.ON has temporarily withdrawn the planning application for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, which it submitted on December 14. The energy company sent a letter to the Planning Inspectorate on January 2, which is published on the Inspectorate’s website, expressing its wish to withdraw the application
The Isle of Wight Council plans to establish a joint venture company with private firms to develop the Solent Ocean Energy Centre (SOEC) project, according to the Isle of Wight County Press. The Council cabinet will make a decision on the establishment of the joint venture company next week and the
Fishermen’s Energy welcomes the news that Congress has extended the Investment Tax Credit (“ITC”). “The announcement of an Investment Tax Credit (“ITC”) extension, coupled with the recent Department of Energy award to Fishermen’s Energy, will allow New Jersey to capture the economic benefits of offs
The renewal of tax credits could benefit an offshore wind project off Cuyahoga County in Lake Erie, planned by Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), by attracting private investment. The offshore wind project, which comprises between 20 and 30 MW of generating capacity, would not be qua
Maryland’s Senator C. Anthony Muse from the Senate Finance Committee, who has opposed Governor Martin O’Malley’s plans for the development of offshore wind energy off Ocean City, will switch places with Senator Victor R. Ramirez from the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, The Gazette informs. Th
As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand domestic energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a request to determine whether there is competitive interest in leasing an area offshore New York that the New York Power Auth
The extension of the tax credits for wind energy development, for which the United States Congress voted on Tuesday, is not going to be a significant help for long term offshore wind projects in New Jersey, as the incentive expires at the end of 2013 and the construction there is expected to begin l
Congress has included the long-sought extension of wind energy tax credits in final passage of a bill to avert the “fiscal cliff” that now moves to President Obama for his expected signature. America’s 75,000 workers in wind energy are celebrating tonight over the continuation of policies expected t
The developers of the proposed European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) have expressed their disappointment on the Scottish officials’ inability to announce the decision on the project and called on ministers to announce their decision as early as possible in 2013. The planning application f
After a presentation on the Rhiannon offshore wind farm, Port St Mary Commissioners supported the development of tidal energy in the area, saying that offshore wind costs too much and is less efficient. Regarding the presentation on the Rhiannon offshore wind farm, they have agreed that the next sta
