MendoCoastCurrent, July 06, 2009
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $153 million in Recovery Act funding to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Under the Dept. of Energy’s State Energy Program (SEP), states and territories have proposed statewide [...]
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DOE Awards $153 Million to State Energy Programs
Posted in ARRA, DOE, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Funding, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Arkansas, ARRA, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Funding, Georgia, Kentucky, Local Energy Strategies, Mississippi, Montana, New York, Renewable Energy, SEP, State Energy Programs, Steven Chu, U.S., US Energy Policy, Virgin Islands on July 7, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Ocean Energy Surges Forward
Posted in California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, Fishermen, Hawaii, Humboldt, Maine, Marine Renewable Energy Center, Minerals Management Service, MMS, New York, Northern California, Ocean Renewable Power, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind, PG&E, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Surfers, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Verdant, Wave Energy, WaveConnect, Wind Energy on April 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, April 24, 2009
Three miles off the craggy, wave-crashing coastline near Humboldt Bay, California, deep ocean swells roll through a swath of ocean that is soon to be the site of the nation’s first major wave energy project.
Like other renewable energy technology, ocean energy generated by waves, tidal currents or steady offshore [...]
FERC Dismisses All Grays Harbor Permit Apps
Posted in Alaska, California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, MMS, Massachusettts, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, UAE, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, Grays Harbor, Hawaii, Massachusetts, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, MOU, New York, OCS, OCS Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wave Energy, Renewable Energy, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 23, 2009
In Octoberr 2008 Grays Harbor Ocean Energy applied for seven Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) preliminary permits for projects located in the Atlantic Ocean about 12 to 25 miles offshore off the coasts of New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and in the Pacific Ocean about 5 to 30 miles off the coasts [...]
New York Testing Small Wind on Albany Skyscraper
Posted in Electricity Generation, New York, News, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Wind Energy, U.S., Wind Turbines, New York, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Electricity Generation, Albany, Small Wind Turbine, Gov. David Paterson, Corning Tower, NYSERDA on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
RICHARD RICHTMYER, AP via Forbes, February 2, 2009
New York state officials are using a small wind turbine atop Albany’s tallest building to test a big renewable energy idea.
The turbine stands 17 feet above the roof of the 41-story Corning Tower. Its 7-foot diameter blades can produce up to 1.5 kilowatts of electricity when spinning at full [...]
Wave Energy Pilot with Grays Harbor Off Rhode Island
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Massachusettts, New Jersey, New York, News, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Block Island, California, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fishermen, Governor Donald Carcieri, Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., Hawaii, Massachusetts, MMS, New Jersey, New York, Oscillating Water Columns, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TED NESI, Providence Business News, December 5, 2008
The list of suitors lining up to develop renewable energy projects off Rhode Island’s coastal waters is getting longer.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has begun reviewing a permit application from Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., a year-old company based in Seattle, to build 100 large towers that [...]
Capturing Ocean Energy
Posted in Australia, Economic Issues, England, Environmental Issues, Europe, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, New York, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, tagged Australia, AWS, Cornwall, East River Project, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Europe, FERC, Finavera, New York, OPT, Pelamis, Portugal, Scotland, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., UK, Underwater Windmills, United Kingdom, Verdant, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wave Hub, Wind Energy on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Guardian.co.uk, December 3, 2008
Way back in Napoleonic Paris, a Monsieur Girard had a novel idea about energy: power from the sea. In 1799, Girard obtained a patent for a machine he and his son had designed to mechanically capture the energy in ocean waves. Wave power could be used, they figured, to run pumps and [...]
New York Agency Approves Iberdrola Energy East Plan
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, New York, News, Spain, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Energy East, Iberdrola, Issue, New York, Senator Schumer, Spain, Tidal Energy, U.S., Wind Energy on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Associated Press, September 4, 2008
Albany — New York utility regulators have given the global energy company Iberdrola the go-ahead to buy Energy East.
The 4-0 vote by New York’s Public Service Commission yesterday clears the way for the $4.6 billion deal, which includes Energy East subsidiaries Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. and New York State Electric [...]
Coal-fired Energy Company to Disclose Global Warming Risks
Posted in Carbon Capture Technology, Climate Change, Coal-fired Power Plants, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Issue, New York, News, U.S., tagged AES Corp., Andrew Cuomo, Ceres, Climate Change, CO2, Coal-fired Power Plants, Dominion, Dynergy, Environmental Issues, Global Warming Legislation, Martin Act, New York, Peabody Energy, Xcel Energy on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, The New York Times, August 28, 2008
One of the country’s largest builders of coal-fired power plants will give investors detailed warnings about the risks that global warming poses to its business under a deal with New York’s attorney general.
The agreement Wednesday between the attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, and the company, Xcel Energy [...]
Noble Environmental Growing to 23M+ Shares in IPO
Posted in Funding, IPO, Improper Practices, Issue, New York, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Funding, Improper Practices, IPO, New York, Noble, Noble Environmental, Wind Farm Siting on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ROHDEC12, Wind Power Law Blog, August 29, 2008
Noble Environmental Power, Inc. has filed a revised preliminary prospectus in which it indicates that it intends to sell in its initial public offering (IPO) up to 23,437,500 shares, and that it also has granted its underwriters (Lehman Brothers, JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and Citibank) a 30-day option to [...]
Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid’s Limits
Posted in California, FERC, Issue, New York, News, Texas, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged California, FERC, Horizon Wind Power, Maple Ridge Wind, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, U.S., U.S. Congress, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on August 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MATTHEW L. WALD, The Energy Challenge @ The New York Times, August 27, 2008
When the builders of the Maple Ridge Wind farm spent $320 million to put nearly 200 wind turbines in upstate New York, the idea was to get paid for producing electricity. But at times, regional electric lines have been so congested that [...]
NYC Calling for Renewable Energy Solutions
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, New York, News, Solar Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Bloomberg, East River Project, Geothermal Energy, Landfill Gas Power, New York, Offshore Wind, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, Verdant Power, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID EHRLICH, Cleantech Group, August 20, 2008
The Big Apple is looking for offshore wind, as well as bridge- and building-mounted turbines, and tidal, solar, geothermal, and landfill gas projects.
New York City has launched a request for renewable energy projects that could see the city’s skyline altered by wind turbines, solar panels and other clean technologies.
The [...]
NYC Mayor Bloomberg Offers Windmill Power Plan
Posted in New York, News, Solar Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged Bloomberg, New York, NYC, Offshore Wind Farms, Solar Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Tidal Turbines, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Windmills on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MICHAEL BARBARO, The New York Times, August 20, 2008
In a plan that would drastically remake New York City’s skyline and shores, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is seeking to put wind turbines on the city’s bridges and skyscrapers and in its waters as part of a wide-ranging push to develop renewable energy.
The plan, while still in [...]
In Rural New York, Wind Energy May Bring Corruption
Posted in IPO, Improper Practices, Issue, Legal Issues, New York, News, U.S., Viewscape Issues, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Andrew Cuomo, First Wind, Hum of Turbines, Iberdrola Renewables, New York, Noble Environmental, Viewscape Issues, Wind Energy on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NICOLAS CONFESSORE, The New York Times, August 18, 2008
BURKE, N.Y. — Everywhere that Janet and Ken Tacy looked, the wind companies had been there first.
Dozens of people in their small town had already signed lease options that would allow wind towers on their properties. Two Burke Town Board members had signed private leases even as [...]
Iberdrola & NY Public Service Commission Meeting on Energy East
Posted in Competition Issues, New York, News, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Competition Issues, Energy East, Iberdrola, New York, Public Service Commission, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Democrat & Chronicle, August 9, 2008
New York’s Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold two sessions related to Iberdrola’s disputed acquisition of Energy East this month in Albany.
The proposed $4.5 billion takeover of Energy East Corp. by Iberdrola SA of Spain will come before the NY PSC on August 20 and 27, 2008, the PSC announced [...]
NY Chautauqua Wind Energy Helping Harness Small Wind
Posted in New York, News, Small Wind, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Bergey, Chautaugua Wind Energy, Helix Wind, New York, Small Wind, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Windterra on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NICHOLAS L. DEAN, The Post-Journal, August 5, 2008
The wind that blows above Chautauqua County homes is an oil field waiting to be tapped, and New York’s Chautauqua Wind Energy wants to help area residents harness the free power supply.
A green energy company, the new local business intends to sell, install and maintain personal wind turbines [...]
NY Attorney General Cuomo to Investigate Wind Power Projects
Posted in Improper Practices, Issue, New York, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Andrew Cuomo, First Wind, Improper Practices, MendoCoastCurrent, New York, Noble Environmental, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 21, 2008
On July 15, 2008 Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced launching an investigation into two companies developing and operating wind farms across New York state amid allegations of improper dealings with public officials and anti-competitive practices.
Subpoenas were served on First Wind (formerly known as UPC Wind) and Noble Environmental Power, LLC. They are [...]
NY Regulators: Make Iberdrola Commit to Wind Energy Development
Posted in Economic Issues, New York, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Economic Issues, Energy East, Iberdrola, New York, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JIM STINSON, Gannett News Service, July 2, 2008
The staff of the state Public Service Commission has again advised its five-member board to disapprove the $4.5 billion sale of Energy East Corp. to Iberdrola SA, but staffers have added a big “however” on wind farms.
In a brief filed in the long-running case, the PSC staff has [...]
Iberdrola’s Bid for New York Utility Hits a Hurdle
Posted in Legal Issues, New York, News, Spain, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Energy East, Iberdrola, Legal Issues, New York, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, International Herald Tribune, June 17, 2008
ALBANY: An administrative law judge advised state regulators on Monday to block a Spanish energy conglomerate’s bid to buy Energy East, a Maine-based utility with operations in four states, including New York, citing anticompetitive concerns.
The recommendation by the judge, Rafael Epstein, largely sided with an earlier recommendation by [...]
Iberdrola’s Stalled Sale Seeks Power From Wind
Posted in Economic Issues, Funding, Issue, New York, News, Spain, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Energy East, Iberdrola, New York, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NICOLAS CONFESSORE, The New York Times, June 4, 2008
ALBANY — One of the world’s largest energy companies proposed on June 3rd to build hundreds of wind turbines in New York, significantly raising the stakes in a nine-month battle with state regulators over its intended purchase of a power company.
Executives of the company, Iberdrola S.A., of [...]
Winds of Change Blow into Lackawanna
Posted in New York, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Lackawanna, New York, Rust Belt, Steel Winds, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
COSMO CATALANO, Matter Network, May 28, 2008
News about the advantages of switching to clean, renewable energy sources is everywhere these days. Reduced pollution, higher quality of life, lowered dependence on foreign sources and less disruption caused by fluctuating prices often top the list. But frequently, the transition from older fossil fuels is seen as a [...]
Noble Environmental Power Getting Ready for Take Off with $375M IPO
Posted in Funding, New York, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Wind Energy, Funding, Wind Turbines, New York, Wind Farms, IPO, GE Energy, Nobel Environmental on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mass High Tech, May 9, 2008
Wind farm developer Noble Environmental Power LLC has filed documents with the SEC for a $375 million initial public offering.
The Essex Conn.-based company plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol NEPI. Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse and JPMorgan are serving as co-lead underwriters. A date for the offering has [...]
New York Wind Turbine Projects Under Investigation
Posted in Environmental Issues, New York, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Cohocton Wind Watch, Criminal Issues, Eminent Domain, Environmental Issues, First Wind of Newton, Franklin County, New York, Steuben County, UPC Wind, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[MendoCoastCurrent Edited], The Star-Gazette, May 8, 2008
Criminal Investigation of Wind Developers & Public Officials Sought
Steuben County’s District Attorney John C. Tunney gave no comment on Wednesday to a demand from a local citizens group, Cohocton Wind Watch, for a criminal investigation of wind turbine projects in the county and a Grand Jury Investigation of suspected [...]
Burke, NY Official Must Turn Over Wind Farm Paperwork
Posted in Issue, New York, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged New York, Noble Chateaugay Windpark, Noble Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm Siting, Wind Farms on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
DENISE A. RAYMO, May 7, 2008, The Press Republican
NEW YORK – A Burke official with an option to lease land to a wind farm company lost his court battle and must answer a subpoena from a Franklin County grand jury.
Town Council member David Vincent must turn over all correspondence, contracts, receipts, leases, purchase agreements, options [...]
It Came From the Sea–Renewable Energy, That Is
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, New York, News, Oregon, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged Aguçadoura, E.On, East River Project, FERC, Finavera, Humboldt, Makah, Mendocino, New York, Pelamis, Pelamis Wave Power, PG&E, Tidal Turbines, Verdant, Wave Energy on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LARRY GREENEMEIER, Scientific American, March 10, 2008
Thirty feet (nine meters) below Manhattan’s East River, next to Roosevelt Island, six turbines—each 16 feet (five meters) in diameter, churning at a peak rate of 32 revolutions per minute—stand at attention on the riverbed. The turbines—which belong to New York City-based Verdant Power, Inc., —are built on a [...]
NY Company Buys First Californian Forest Carbon Credits
Posted in California, Carbon Credits, Carbon OffSets, Climate Change, New York, News, tagged Carbon Credits, Carbon Market, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, Humboldt, Natsource, New York, Pacific Forest Trust, PFT on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, The San Francisco Chronicle, February 12, 2008
NEW YORK – US carbon asset manager Natsource LLC said on Monday it has invested in the first forest-based greenhouse gas emissions reductions under California rules.
Natsource paid a private owner of a redwood forest in Humboldt County represented by nonprofit group the Pacific Forest Trust for [...]
Wave Energy Projects Present Permitting Challenges
Posted in Alaska, California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tidal Stream, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged Alaska, California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Maine, MMS, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tidal Energy, Transmission Costs, Washington, Wave Energy on December 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Note: This is an older article from 2007 yet still very current in its coverage of environmental and permitting concerns related to Wave Energy and Tidal Energy projects.
MICHAEL LUFKIN & LAURA FANDINO, Marten Law Group, July 11, 2007
The adoption of renewable energy portfolio standards promises to push forward investment in the development of wave and [...]
Urban Wind Farm Helps Revitalize the U.S. Rust Belt
Posted in Issue, New York, News, Sustainable, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Bethlehem Steel Mill, Clipper Liberty, Lake Erie, New York, Steel Winds, U.S., UPC Wind, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on November 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Wind farms are normally associated with mountainous areas and remote regions. But how about one planted in a city on the site of an old steel mill? Drew Robb reports. Steel Winds Wind Farm takes up a 30-acre portion of the old Bethlehem Steel mill, located along the shores of Lake Erie in Lackawanna, NY, [...]
