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The Wind Energy Industry Gets Its Groove Back
...Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) July competitive lease auction for wind development off the Massachusetts-Rhode ... unpredictable electricity prices . BOEM announced another lease auction for Virginia coastal waters in September...
US auctions 1st offshore wind energy leases in 2 areas off New England coast to RI firm
By Associated Press, Published: July 31 PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island firm is the high bidder in an auction to build a wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It’s the first time the federal government has sold competitive leases for […]
Oil work to go on in Alaska’s Arctic waters, without drilling
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 28 No one will drill in Arctic waters off Alaska this year, but there is still plenty of offshore work for the oil industry to do when conditions finally allow it next month. Full Story
Offshore survey crew ships out
The state is funding the $3.3m project to expedite offshore wind development. The contract includes “a high resolution geophysical survey of the area of the outer continental shelf designated by the US Department of Interior as the Maryland wind energy ... reNews
Wind developer eyes another massive project off Massachusetts coast
Jun 19, 2013, 6:33am EDT Deepwater Wind, a privately held developer of wind farms, is aggressively bidding to lease from the federal government an expanse of underwater land off the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island that could eventually support a 1,000-megawatt wind farm. Full […]
With South Terminal construction underway, Cape Wind permits list Rhode …
NEW BEDFORD — Cape Wind's federal permits list Quonset Point, R.I., as the staging area for its planned 130-turbine wind farm to be located in Nantucket Sound. The offshore wind developer has said publicly it will use New Bedford's South Terminal to ...
Interior official hears wide range of input on oil drilling in Arctic
Anchorage — Against the backdrop of Royal Dutch Shell's troubled 2012 attempt to drill in the Arctic Ocean, a top Interior official -- and former Alaskan -- heard the gamut of views Thursday about whether and how oil companies can safely drill ...
