The press release states, “Apex Offshore Wind, LLC and Maersk Line, Limited today announced that they have established a working relationship to support the development, financing and construction of utility-scale offshore wind energy facilities in North America. Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) is a subsidiary of A.P. Moller-Maersk, a global corporation with a long history of [...]
Secretary Salazar Promotes Clean Energy, Signs Cape Wind Lease at AWEA Conference
According to the press release & speech, “Today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar delivered the keynote address at the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) annual North American Offshore Wind Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Following his remarks, Secretary Salazar and Cape Wind Associates, LLC signed the nation’s first lease for commercial wind energy [...]
EIA Study Affirms Southwest Lamma Offshore Wind Farm
According to the press release, “HK Electric proposes the development of an offshore wind farm in the Southwest Lamma Channel with a generating capacity of around 100 MW. HK Electric proposes the development of an offshore wind farm in the Southwest Lamma Channel with a generating capacity of around 100 MW. HK Electric is proposing [...]
NREL Study Shows 20 Percent Wind is Possible by 2024
According to the Press Release, “Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released the Eastern Wind Integration and Transmission Study (EWITS). This unprecedented two-and-a-half year technical study of future high-penetration wind scenarios was designed to analyze the economic, operational, and technical implications of shifting 20 percent or more of the [...]
Europe Integrates Renewable Energy Through North Sea Grid
While we are all concerned with what calendar will be gracing our walls for the next year, Europe is concerned with much bigger things. Earlier this month Europe announced plans to construct an enormous North Sea electricity grid in 2010. The blueprints for the grid will be released soon following the agreement signed by nine [...]
Centrica awarded Round Three offshore wind development zone
According to the Press Release, “Centrica plc, the parent company of British Gas, today welcomed the news that it has been successful in The Crown Estate’s Round Three offshore wind tendering process, having been awarded exclusive rights to develop the Irish Sea zone. The zone, which is located 15 kilometres off the coast of Anglesey, [...]
Centrica to invest £725 million to build 270MW offshore wind farm and also announces equity partner and refinancing of existing wind portfolio
According to the Press Release, “Centrica plc, the parent company of British Gas, today announced that its 270 megawatt (MW) Lincs offshore wind project has received final investment approval, and that construction is expected to begin in 2010. Lincs will be situated eight kilometres off the coast of Skegness next to Centrica’s existing wind farm [...]