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Atlantic Wind Connection: Grid Resiliency, Its Economic and Security Impacts, and the Implications of AWC
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Source: The Chertoff Group
Background. The Chertoff Group (TCG) was retained by Atlantic Grid Operations to study the national and grid security implications of the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC), and offshore power generation and transmission project, described in more detail below…..read more>>
Download: TCG-Atlantic Wind Connection Report JAN 9
Download: TCG – AWC Short Brief for Jan 17 conference
Mid-Atlantic to Benefit from Offshore Wind and the Atlantic Wind Connection Backbone According to New Economic Impact Study
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Source: Internal
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – A new study prepared by IHS Inc., the leading global source of information and analytics, says large-scale development of offshore wind off the Mid-Atlantic will create jobs and boost the region’s economy. It was released as state, federal and local political leaders, regulators, industry leaders, environmental activists and clean energy advocates gather at the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) annual OFFSHORE WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition at the Virginia Beach Convention Center….read more>>
Download: IHS Study – AWC EI Review – MidAtlantic
Download: Handout – IHS Study – Mid Atlantic Findings
Washington Post: Report: Mid-Atlantic offshore wind industry would create 70,000 jobs, generate billions
CleanTechnica: Report: Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Industry Could Create 70,000 Jobs, Generate Billions in Revenue
NJ Spotlight: Study Says Investing in Offshore Wind Could Deliver Huge Payday
Google Energy: An Interview With Rick Needham
Release Date: June 2012
Source: Energy Biz
WASHINGTON, DC (June 2012) – When Google speaks – or acts – it commands attention across the American economy. What the iconic company thinks about the future of energy is important to utilities, energy companies, diverse energy users and policymakers. EnergyBiz recently interviewed Rick Needham, director of energy and sustainability at Google. His comments, edited for style and length, follow…read more>>
In Depth: Building a US offshore transmission backbone
Release Date: June 8, 2012
Source: Recharge Reporter: By Darius Snieckus
WASHINGTON, DC (June 8, 2012) – I like to call the Mid-Atlantic region ‘the perfect storm’ for offshore wind: a great wind resource close to shore on a quite benign shelf Bill Wall The Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) is a long-distance, subsea electricity “super-highway” that would…read more>>
Offshore Wind Transmission Project (AWC) Reaches Major Milestone with Department of Interior Action
Release Date: May 14, 2012
Source: Internal
WASHINGTON, DC (May 14, 2012) – Continuing its significant momentum supporting offshore wind energy and transmission, the Department of Interior today declared there to be no competitive interest for the use of certain areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to construct an offshore transmission system being proposed by the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC). After a year of intensive internal and public review, the decision allows the project to move forward in its permitting process….read more>>
AWC e-Newsletter: Premiere Issue – Jan. 10, 2012
Release Date: Jan 10, 2012
Source: Internal
WASHINGTON (DC) – Welcome to the first edition of the Atlantic Wind Connection’s e-newsletter! Our goal is to share with you information and updates about the progress of AWC’s plans for an advanced, high-voltage transmission backbone off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic from New Jersey to Virginia to serve the developing U.S. offshore wind industry. We hope you find this….read more>>
Time To Build Offshore Wind
Release Date: Dec 2011
Source: Energybiz
WASHINGTON (DC) – A RECENT POLL conducted on behalf of the Atlantic Wind Connection found that over 78 percent of mid-Atlantic residents favored the development of offshore wind power and are willing to pay more on their electric bills for this clean resource….read more>>
Government reviewing Google-backed power line
Release Date: Dec 20, 2011
Source: Reuters Reporter: By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday said it hopes to make a decision on the location of a Google-backed offshore transmission line in the next few months, pledging that the project would not face the bureaucratic delays that plagued previous offshore renewable energy projects….read more>>
Interior to Decide on Undersea Transmission Line for Wind Within Months, Salazar Says
Release Date: Dec 20, 2011
Source: BNA Reporter: By Ari Natter
WASHINGTON (DC) – The Interior Department plans to announce within months whether an 800-mile undersea transmission line that would connect future wind farms off the Atlantic Coast will be allowed to proceed, Secretary Ken Salazar said Dec. 20….read more>>
Interior opens Atlantic Wind Connection transmission project for comment
Release Date: Dec 20, 2011
Source: SNL Reporter: By Dan Testa
WASHINGTON (DC) – U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Dec. 20 the opening of a 60-day public comment period for the Atlantic Wind Connection, setting the proposed transmission line off the east coast of the U.S. up for further approvals if there are no competing offers…read more>>
Offshore Wind Transmission Project Takes Another Step with Interior Action
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Source: Internal
WASHINGTON, DC (December 2011) – Continuing its significant momentum supporting offshore wind energy, the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) learned today that the Department of Interior has completed its internal review process for the Right-of-Way application for AWC’s offshore wind backbone transmission project. The announcement signals that Interior has completed an internal evaluation that deems…read more>>
Atlantic Wind Connection mentioned in this morning’s Politico Article
Release Date: Dec 1, 2011
Source: Internal Reporter: By Alex Guillen
WASHINGTON, DC (Dec. 2011) – If you build it, they will come.
That’s former Iowa Gov. Chet Culver’s theory on constructing a massive transmission line stretching across the Atlantic Ocean between New Jersey and Virginia….read more>>
Financial Times Recognizes AWC President as Top “2011 US Innovative Lawyers”
Release Date: Nov 3, 2011
Source: Internal Reporter: By Scott Barshay, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
WASHINGTON, DC (Nov 2011) – AGD President and Principal Markian Melnyk has been recognized by the Financial Times as one of the top 2011 US Innovative Lawyers …read more>>
Financial Times Recognizes AWC as ‘One of the Most Novel” Projects of 2011
Release Date: Nov 3, 2011
Source: Internal Reporter: By Ed Crooks
WASHINGTON, DC (Nov 2011) – Financial Times requires you to register for free to see articles, so just host it on our own website…read more>>
Delaware State Rep. John Kowalko Advocates for AWC and Partnering Between States
Release Date: Oct. 31, 2011
Source: Internal Reporter: By John Kowalko
WASHINGTON, DC (Oct 2011) – I recently attended wind energy symposiums in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Baltimore where I and a number of other state legislators had the fortune of participating in panel discussions on the topic of moving forward with alternative and renewable energy…read more>>
The Atlantic Wind Connection
The East Coast Super Grid for Offshore Wind Power Transmission
Release Date: September, 2011
Source: Submarine Telecoms Forum Reporter: Bill Wall
WASHINGTON, DC (September 2011) – The US Mid-Atlantic region is home to one of the most powerful offshore wind resources in the world. Just 15 to 20 miles offshore there is enough wind energy to supply millions of homes with clean, renewable power. The area is also home to major population centers, with an ever-increasing…read more>>
Elia to Join Google, Good Energies, Marubeni to Finance Atlantic Wind Connection
Release Date: July, 2011
Source: Internal Reporter: Frank Maisano, 202-997-5932 (C), 202-828-5864 (O)
WASHINGTON, DC (July 2011) – The Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) announced today that Belgian transmission company, Elia, is joining the effort to create a new offshore electric transmission backbone system along the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. east coast. The Elia Group operates transmission systems in both Belgium and Germany that, among other things, accommodate large amounts of wind energy…read more>>
Read: Elia Press Release
Delivering Wind
A New Atlantic Transmission Line Can Make Serious Offshore Wind Power a Reality
Release Date: July/August, 2011
Source: The Environmental Magazine Reporter: By Ethan Goffman
WASHINGTON, DC (July 2011) – Conventional wisdom holds that wind power is limited by intermittency—the problem of what to do when the wind stops blowing. Getting power from where it’s windiest to where it’s needed is an additional difficulty. Wind farms have also faced opposition due to noise, shadow flicker and aesthetic considerations. Yet a new plan to create a transmission backbone off the Atlantic coast…read more>>
Atlantic Wind Connection Makes Early Pitch in Galloway Township
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Source: Galloway Patch Reporter: By Anthony Bellano
WASHINGTON, DC (July 5) – Although it will be quite some time before the process is complete, Atlantic Wind Connection is in the early stages of completing a project that would set up an offshore wind system that would provide wind energy for residents at a cheaper cost while creating jobs in the state…read more>>
Wind Energy Proposal Presented in Cape May
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Source: Cape May County Herald Reporter: By Sheryl McCabe
WASHINGTON, DC (June 27) – CAPE MAY—Various local politicians and community members watched a presentation given by Atlantic Wind Connection a future subsea high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system on Friday, June 24. The proposal to build a 350 mile transmission system will be able to transmit 6,500 to 7,000 megawatts from wind farms to homes spanning from Northern New Jersey to Southern Virginia…read more>>
AWC Provides Developers Fast-Track Opportunities, Cost Reductions
Project Supporters Working Closely, Meeting With Developers
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Source: AWC
WASHINGTON, DC (June 7) – Developers will benefit dramatically while seeing their costs reduced if they work with the Atlantic Wind Connection, an offshore transmission backbone for renewable energy. In a recent series of meetings with offshore wind developers, AWC President Markian Melnyk outlined significant benefits while also addressing some of the initial concerns of developers. Melnyk said the AWC system can reduce wind project transmission costs by significantly decreasing connection length, expensive land-based grid upgrades and multiple, duplicative approvals. Recently, a study of the AWC by the Brattle Group concluded that the offshore wind generation interconnected through the project will reduce system-wide production costs from fossil-fuel fired generation by $1.1 billion per year. In addition, the development of the AWC Project and associated offshore wind generation will reduce CO2 emissions by 16 million tons annually, the equivalent of taking 3 million cars off the road. project has already filed for approval with the Interior Department’s BOEMRE, which has told Congress the project is on the fast-track.
Center for American Progress releases report on U.S. offshore wind industry; supportive of Atlantic Wind Connection
Report endorses AWC backbone as key solution to roadblocks threatening domestic offshore wind
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Source: Center for American Progress Reporter: By Michael Conathan, Richard W. Caperton
WASHINGTON, DC (June 1) – In a recent report on the permitting and financing challenges to the U.S. offshore wind industry, the Center for American Progress identified the Atlantic Wind Connection as a solution to many of these challenges that threaten to prevent domestic offshore wind from becoming a reality.
The report had this to say about the Atlantic Wind Connection project:.. read more>>
Permitting for transmission ‘backbone’ may be complete by year’s end
Release Date: May 13, 2011
Source: E&E PM Reporter: By Phil Taylor
WASHINGTON, DC (May 13) – The group in late March filed the first-ever unsolicited right-of-way application for a project that seeks to integrate up to 7,000 megawatts of offshore wind into the PJM Interconnection regional grid (Greenwire, March 31).
Markian Melnyk, a principal at AWC, said today that the next step is for BOEMRE to determine whether there is competitive interest for the first phase of their ROW, which would connect Indian River, Del., with Cardiff, N.J., near Atlantic City.
“We’re glad Mr. Bromwich and others at BOEM are aware of our project and looking forward to working with us to get it reviewed on a reasonable time frame,” he said.
The first phase will include roughly 100 miles of underground cables and hubs for wind projects to connect off Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey, he said. The project will first accommodate up to 2,000 megawatts, about the size of a couple of large nuclear reactors.
“We know we have a full environmental review ahead of us,” which will comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, Melnyk said. “We’re looking forward to educating the public about our project.”
Melnyk added that BOEMRE has vast experience permitting ROWs in the Gulf of Mexico for projects including subsea pipelines and transmission and that he is confident the agency can meet Bromwich’s permitting time frame.
Report on Employment and Economic Benefits of Transmission
Infrastructure Investment in the U.S. and Canada
Release Date: May 2011
Source: WIRES
WASHINGTON, DC (May 2011) – Infrastructure investment may not fire the imaginations of policymakers, but building strong strategic platforms for economic activity is critical to the future success of North America’s economies…read more>>
Upgrading the High-Voltage Grid Could Serve as Economic Stimulus Package, Report Says
Release Date: May 12, 2011
Source: NJ SPOTLIGHT Reporter: By Tom Johnson
WASHINGTON, DC (May 12) – Could modernizing the nation’s high-voltage transmission system power an economic revival?
The Brattle Group, an energy consulting firm, projected that spending on new electric transmission facilities could soon reach $12 billion to $16 billion a year, an investment that could translate into $30 billion to $40 billion in economic activity. It also has the potential to create up to 200,000 fulltime jobs over each of the next two decades.
Beyond its economic impact, the investments could lead to greater reliability of the power grids and lower electricity bills as a result of reduced congestion on high-voltage lines, the study said. It further indicated that promoting a more competitive wholesale electricity market could also reduce energy bills
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Hundreds of Miles of Wind Farms, Networked Under the Sea
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Source: POPSCI Reporter: By David Roberts
WASHINGTON, DC (April 28) – During the last ice age, glaciers a mile high pushed several dozen cubic miles of rock, sand and debris into the ocean off North America’s mid-Atlantic coast, creating a broad shelf that extends up to 40 miles offshore. This long, flat stretch of seabed and the shallow, windy waters that cover it…read more>>
Atlantic Wind Connection Newsletter April 2011
Release Date: April, 2011
Source: Internal
WASHINGTON, DC (April 2011) – Networked transmission systems are key to lowering costs of offshore wind energy, many different experts have concluded. In Europe, there is a concerted effort to establish a high-voltage, direct-current “Supergrid” to connect the continent’s booming offshore wind energy development with the onshore transmission system…read more>>
Offshore Wind Backbone Begins to Take Shape
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Source: NYT Green Blog Reporter: By MATTHEW L. WALD
WASHINGTON, DC (April 1) – The company planning a “transmission backbone” for wind farms off the Atlantic coast has broadened its sights slightly and asked the Interior Department to give it a right-of-way of hundreds of miles. The Atlantic Wind Connection was originally supposed to run from Virginia to northern New Jersey and pick up about 6,000 megawatts…read more>>
Offshore wind line to link to Delaware grid
Google-backed plan eyes Millsboro site
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Source: The News Journal Reporter: By AARON NATHANS
WASHINGTON, DC (March 31) – The first phase of a Google-backed offshore wind transmission line would connect to the regional power grid in Millsboro, the company has confirmed.That would put the state, already working to accommodate the pioneering Bluewater Wind offshore wind farm, at the forefront of yet another major offshore wind development project…read more>>
Atlantic Wind Connection Files Unsolicited Right-of-Way Application with BOEM
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Source: Internal
WASHINGTON, DC (March 31) – Building on the significant momentum in support of the development of the Mid-Atlantic region’s abundant offshore wind energy resource, the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) today filed the first-ever unsolicited right-of-way application with the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the use of certain areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to construct an offshore transmission system…read more>>
Download: ROW Application FAQ’s
Download: Right Of Way Requested Line And Hub
How Much Will Offshore Wind Really Cost?
Release Date: March 17, 2011
Source: Green Tech Media Reporter: By Herman K. Trabish
WASHINGTON, DC (March 17) – When projects such as the Google-led Atlantic Wind Development consortium’s Atlantic Wind Connection transmission backbone are in place off the coasts, the costs of getting electricity to the grid will go down. “Transmission and distribution is a key barrier,” Dagher said. “I think it’s a critical project.” Separating the building of transmission from the building of the wind farm “takes a huge load off the investors, the developers and the capital.”…read more>>
What’s in store for the wind industry? Growth will certainly continue. The question is how much?
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Source: Mother Nature Network Reporter: By Steve Pollak
WASHINGTON, DC (March 16) – The premise seems simple: use wind energy to push a turbine and generate electricity with no greenhouse gases or associated pollution.Problem solved, right? Wind energy should be the answer to all our energy problems….read more>>
Maryland Looks Into Price Cap As It Promotes Offshore Wind Energy Initiative According To SNL Energy
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Source: Benzinga Reporter: by Corina Rivera
Maryland (March 16) – Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration is working on a type of price cap as part of legislation that would require public utilities to enter into long-term power purchase agreements with offshore wind energy projects…read more>>
Offshore Wind Has Major Job Creation Potential
Release Date: March 11, 2011
Source: Environment Maryland
Maryland, (March 11) – Offshore wind farms require workers in dozens of fields and create a wide variety of economic opportunities for Maryland, according to a new report co-authored by Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center and the United Steelworkers…read more>>
The Energy Daily Announces The 2010 Leadership Awards
Release Date: March 10, 2011
Source: Internal
WASHINGTON, DC (March 10, 2011) – Most Dynamic Energy Practice
The Energy Daily’s panel of judges has chosen Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP as the Most Dynamic Energy Practice for its key role in the development of the innovative Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) project, the 350-mile offshore transmission line proposed to serve wind farms planned off the Mid-Atlantic coast.
The $5 billion project, which is backed by a consortium that includes Google Inc., Good Energies, Marubeni and Trans-Elect, has been hailed by federal, state and industry officials as a major step forward for their efforts to site thousands of megawatts of clean wind generation some 15 miles out to sea between New Jersey and Virginia.
“Conceptually, it looks to me to be one of the most interesting transmission projects that I’ve ever seen walk through the door,” said Jon Wellinghoff, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). “It provides a gathering point for offshore wind for multiple …. read more>>
Atlantic Wind Connection Newsletter March 2011
Release Date: March 2011
Source: Internal
WASHINGTON, DC (March 2011) – The Obama administration will move “aggressively . . . to process any applications to build offshore transmission lines, such as potential regional ‘backbone’ lines that would serve multiple future offshore wind projects…read more>>
Google funds major wind farm network
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Source: Green Economy
Maryland (March 1) – Search engine backs $5 billion Atlantic Wind Connection venture
If you’re searching for someone to invest in submarine cables, you could always try Google. The company behind the world’s favourite search engine is buying . . .read more>>
Bullding a Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Industry
Release Date: January/February 2011
Source: EnergyBiz Reporter: By Markian Melynk
WASHINGTON, DC (February 2011) – Strong networks are the foundation of a modern economy. Railroads, highways, communications, air traffic and electricity networks provide the capability to move people, goods, information and energy. Networks can make possible….read more>>
How a $5 Billion Power ‘Backbone’ Was Born on a Ski Lift
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Source: The New York Times Reporter: By Peter Behr
WASHINGTON, DC (February 23) – The Atlantic Wind Connection, a visionary $5 billion transmission line intended to bring 6,000 megawatts of offshore wind power into the mid-Atlantic region, has raised the bar for potential risks and rewards in the renewable energy world….read more>>
AWC Files Answer in Rate Case Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Source: Internal
WASHINGTON, DC (February 15) – AWC filed a Motion for Leave to Answer and Answer to the comments and protests filed in response to AWC’s December 22, 2010 petition for a declaratory order for incentive rate treatment and request for approval of a return on equity (“ROE”) for its investments in the Atlantic Wind Connection project.
Download: AWC Files Answer in Rate Case Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Administration Will Move ‘Aggressively’ on Offshore Transmission Backbone Project
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Source: Internal
WASHINGTON, DC (February 11) – The Obama administration will move “aggressively . . . to process any applications to build offshore transmission lines, such as potential regional ‘backbone’ lines that would serve multiple future offshore wind projects along the…read more>>
Renewable energy backers lobby Va. lawmakers
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Reporter: By Steve Szkotak
WASHINGTON, DC (January 20)– In an era where new power plants cost billions and the huge components of offshore wind farms require an industrial base to manufacture, solar power proponent Kent Baake came to the Capitol on Thursday backing two low-key alternative….read more>>
Update: Ventower seeks US tower plant for offshore wind
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Source: Internal Reporter: By Richard A. Kessler
http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/wind/article241810.ece
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WINNIPEG, (January 18) – Ventower Industries is looking for a plant site along the US East Coast to supply foundations and towers for proposed Atlantic Ocean wind farms in federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf, chief executive Gregory Adanin tells Recharge….read more>>
Teshmont Consultants LP to provide engineering services for Google’s Atlantic Wind Connection Project
Release Date: January 14, 2011
Source: PRNewswire
WINNIPEG, (January 14) – Teshmont is very pleased to announce that it has been selected by Atlantic Grid Development (AGD) to be the Owner’s Engineer for the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) Project. The AWC project involves the development of an offshore high voltage direct….read more>>
AWC Filing with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Source: Internal
WASHINGTON, DC (December 22) – Today, Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) filed a petition with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under sections 205 and 219 of the Federal Power Act (entire filing www.atlanticwindconnection.com/ferc/201012filing/Petition_for_Declaratory_Order.pdf [8.5MB])… read more>>
Download: AWC Filing with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Download: Brattle Executive Summary
Wind Power
Release Date: November 23, 2010
Source: CBCRadio
WASHINGTON, DC (November 23) – Google is pioneering a new plan for the Atlantic Ocean… it will lay a cable about six feet under the sea-bed and for about 550 kilometres along the coast of the United States. It could cost as much as 5-Billion-dollars. And some are asking if this signals…read more>>
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Opinion: Wind will be backbone of New Jersey’s energy future|
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Source: New Jersey Newsroom Reporter: By Markian Melnyk
WASHINGTON, DC (November 19) – They say history repeats itself. We are now embarking on an historic era for New Jersey energy production, with wind energy being the innovative force for change, just like the Model T was to transportation a hundred years ago….read more>>
Proposed transmission line, federal leases bolster prospects for offshore wind power in Maryland
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Source: Maryland Clean Energy Center
Maryland (November 18) – Two major announcements in less than a month could propel Maryland closer to creating an offshore wind power industry…read more>>
Atlantic Wind Connection Files Unsolicited Right-of-Way Application with BOEM
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Source: Internal
WASHINGTON, DC (October 12) – Building on the significant momentum in support of the development of the Mid-Atlantic region’s abundant offshore wind energy resource, the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) today filed the first-ever unsolicited right-of-way application with the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the use of certain areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to construct an offshore transmission system…read more>>
Download: ROW Application FAQ’s
Download: Right Of Way Requested Line And Hub
Google backs ‘superhighway’ for wind power
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Source: Washington Post Reporter: Juliet Eilperin and Debbi Wilgoren
WASHINGTON, DC (October 12) – Internet search engine giant Google announced Tuesday that it is investing in a mammoth project to build an underwater “superhighway for clean energy” that would be able to funnel power from offshore wind farms to 1.9 million homes without….read more>>
Editorial: Blowing in the offshore wind
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Source: Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON, DC (October 12) – The forecast for the East Coast is windy with a chance of 6,000 megawatts — or enough electricity to power 1.9 million homes. That’s what a $5 billion offshore transmission line proposal unveiled yesterday could make possible along the….read more>>
Developer proposes offshore wind power link to mid-Atlantic grid
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Source: Climatewire Reporter: Peter Behr
WASHINGTON, DC (October 12) – An independent power transmission developer is proposing to build an underwater high-voltage cable “backbone” network to deliver up to 6,000 megawatts of electricity from future offshore wind farms into the mid-Atlantic states….read more>>
Capitol News Connection, East Coast Wind Farms to Create Own Transmission Grid
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Source: Capitol News Connection Reporter: Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
WASHINGTON, DC (October 12)- A central transmission grid for the growing number of offshore wind farms springing up along the east coast is essential to that new industry’s continued growth. It’s also important to the federal government’s efforts to foster the development wind….read more>>
Major Wind Energy Backbone Transmission Project Announced by Trans-Elect; Backed by Good Energies, Google and Marubeni Corp.
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Source: Internal Reporter: Frank Maisano, 202-997-5932 (C), 202-828-5864 (O)
WASHINGTON, DC (October 12) – Capturing the enormous potential of offshore wind energy along the Mid-Atlantic coast took a significant step forward today with the announcement of the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) backbone transmission project led by well-established….read more>>
Offshore Wind Power Line Wins Backing
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Source: The New York Times Reporter: Matthew L. Wald
WASHINGTON, DC (October 12) — Google and a New York financial firm have each agreed to invest heavily in a proposed $5 billion transmission backbone for future offshore wind farms along the Atlantic Seaboard that could ultimately transform the region’s electrical map….read more>>
