Editor’s Note: More current information at Re-examine Kent State Now; The Truth is in the Tape calling for immediate exploration of the Strubbe Tape to uncover the truth at Kent State. Also, more writing from Laurel Krause & Delaney Brown on Kent State & Allison Krause, The Aftermath of Loss, Becoming Galvanized.
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Posts Tagged ‘Wave Energy Blogger’
Speaking Your Truth
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Northern California, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged 1970, Alan Canfora, Allison Krause, California, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Kent State, Kent State Murders, Kent State Shootings, Kent State University, Laurel Krause, Laurie Krause, May 4, May 4th Kent State, Mendo, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on May 24, 2009 | 39 Comments »
Mendocino Energy Launches
Posted in California, DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, EPRI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mushroom Bioremediation, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, SRI, Silicon Valley, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Stanford, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOD, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, EPRI, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast, Mendocino Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, NOAA, Northern California, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy Incubator, Renwable Energy, Silicon Valley, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, May 20, 2009
At this core energy technology incubator, energy policy is created as renewable energy technologies and science move swiftly from white boards and white papers to testing, refinement and implementation.
The Vision
Mendocino Energy is located on the Mendocino coast, three plus hours north of San Francisco/Silicon Valley. On the waterfront of Fort Bragg, utilizing [...]
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 [...]
Scottish Oyster Installing at EMEC
Posted in Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aquamarine Power, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Europe, Fugro Seacore, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, Ocean Energy, Oyster, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Energy Trials on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, March 25, 2009
Aquamarine Power has signed a $2.7 million contract with Fugro Seacore to install their wave energy generator, the Oyster, at the European Marine Energy Center.
Aquamarine’s Oyster converter is designed for waters that are from 26-52 feet deep with anticipated installation 550 yards offshore in the second half of 2009. The Oyster has [...]
FERC Proposes Smart Grid Energy Policy & Invites Comments
Posted in Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, News, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Electricity Generation, FERC, Interoperability Standards, Mendocino Coast Current, MendoCoastCurrent, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, March 20, 2009
Yesterday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), led by Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, filed this FERC Smart Grid Policy Statement introducing a proposed Smart Grid, interoperability standards with an interim period rate plan. FERC has invited comments by May 1, 2009.
FERC offered this summary:
This proposed policy statement and action plan provides guidance to inform [...]
Wellinghoff Now FERC Chair with Kelly Nominated – Updated
Posted in Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, FERC, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: On September 21, 2009 FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly declined a nomination to serve a second term on the panel. Kelly, a Democratic commissioner nominated by President Obama, said she was leaving her post for the private sector. A FERC spokeswoman said Kelly would remain in her seat until Congress adjourns later this year.
In [...]
Secretary Salazar: Renewable Energy Now Top Priority
Posted in California, DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Green Recovery, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Biomass, BLM, Cape Wind, Dept of Interior, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy and Climate Change Task Force, Environmental Issues, EPA, FERC, Funding, Geothermal Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, OCS, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Solar Energy, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on March 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, March 11, 2009
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that he has just signed his first order establishing renewable energy generation as the top priority of the Department of the Interior. Following President Obama’s lead in steering the United States into this new energy path, he said this agenda would create jobs and grow [...]
Wellinghoff Publishes Opinion on FERC Role in Ocean Energy
Posted in DOE, DOI, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Electricity Generation, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Jon Wellinghoff, Marine Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, February 14, 2009
Acting Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Jon Wellinghoff recently published Facilitating Hydrokinetic Energy Development Through Regulatory Innovation.
Consider it required reading as a backgrounder on US wave energy policy development, FERC’s position on the MMS in renewables and FERC’s perceived role as a government agency in renewable energy, specifically marine energy, development.
Missing from this key [...]
Wellinghoff on Energy Stimulus Funds, Removing Renewable Energy Obstacles and FERC
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy, Energy Research, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Research, Smart Grid, Socio-Economic Issues, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Demand Response, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Infrastructure, Energy Resarch, Energy Siting, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Restructuring, FERC Review Team, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Jon Wellinghoff, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Bills, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent from Platts Energy Podium, February 12, 2009
The recently approved Economic Stimulus Plan includes expanding the US electric transmission grid and this may be the just the start of what will be a costly effort to improve reliability and deliver renewable energy to consumers from remote locations, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Acting Chairman Jon [...]
Pelamis P2 Powers On in Orkney
Posted in EU-15, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, England, Funding, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Aguçadoura, Cornwall, E.On, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Enersis, England, Europe, Funding, Ocean Prospect, Orcadian Wave Farm, Orkney, Pelamis, Pelamis Wave Power, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Scotland, ScottishPower, UK, United Kingdom, Wave, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wave Hub on February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MaritimeJournal.com, February 12, 2009
Edinburgh-based Pelamis Wave Power has won an order from UK renewable energy generator E.On for the next generation Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, known as the P2.
The P2 will be built at the Pelamis Leith Docks facility and trialed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. This is the first time a [...]
Carnegie Corp Now Licensed to Explore Wave Energy Off Australia
Posted in Australia, Energy Research, Geothermal Energy, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, South Australia, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Australia, Carnegie Corp. Carnegie, CETO, Geothermal Energy, Port MacDonnell, Premier Mike Rann, Renewable Energy, South Australia, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL, The Advertiser, February 11, 2009
Wave energy company Carnegie Corporation has been licensed by the Australian state government to explore the seabed off the southeast coast. It is the first license issued in South Australia for a company to search for suitable sites for wave-harnessing technology.
Carnegie Corporation, which has demonstration wave energy projects operating in [...]
E.On Testing Pelamis Wave Energy Device Off Scotland
Posted in Energy Research, Europe, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged E.On, Europe, European Marine Energy Centre, MendoCoastCurrent, Orkney, Pelamis, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, February 10, 2009
E.On is moving forward to install and test a single wave device to be fully operational in 2010. Based around a single 750kW Pelamis P2 device that is currently being built in Edinburgh, it will be installed and tested at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney.
The first year of technology [...]
CETO Maker Sees Buoyant Future in Wave Energy
Posted in Australia, Biomimicry, Electricity Generation, England, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Thermal, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Wave Energy, UK, Wave Farm, CETO, Sea Turbine, Renewable Energy, Biopower Systems, CETO Wave Energy, Carnegie Corporation, Biomimicry, Wave Energy Blogger, Electricity Generation, Austraila, Wave Energy Device, Tidal Power, bioWAVE, Britain on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID FOGARTY, Reuters Climate Change Correspondent, February 5, 2009
For millennia, Australia’s rugged southern coast has been carved by the relentless action of waves crashing ashore.
The same wave energy could soon be harnessed to power towns and cities and trim Australia’s carbon emissions.
“Waves are already concentrated solar energy,” says Michael Ottaviano, who leads a Western Australian [...]
OPT Oregon Wave Energy May Roll In Soon
Posted in Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, FERC, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Oregon, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Economic Stimulus Plan, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Funding, Lockheed Martin, Obama, OPT, PowerBuoy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SUSAN CHAMBERS, The World, February 4, 2009
Coos Bay, Oregon — The jobs are coming, so Ocean Power Technologies insists.
OPT spokesman Len Bergstein said Monday the company wants to get stimulus funds from the federal government.
“We have a strong interest in presenting a project that would be jobs-ready right now,” Bergstein said.
OPT wants to get a [...]
Surprising Oregon Wave Energy FERC Permit Issued
Posted in Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Improper Practices, Legal Issues, MMS, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Comm. Terry Thompson, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Review Team, FINE, Fishermen, Gardiner, Ground Zero, Lincoln County, MMS, MOU, Newport, North Spit, OPT, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Rob Bovett, Southern Oregon, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
SUSAN CHAMBERS, The World, February 3, 2009
Coos Bay — The announcement came as a surprise to everyone.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Thursday order issuing a preliminary permit for a 200- to 400-buoy wave energy project off of Newport shocked Ocean Power Technologies leaders as well as the public.
“It’s a project, a site that is not [...]
Lockheed, OPT Going for Wave Energy in the West
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Research, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Environmental Issues, Iberdrola, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, Oregon, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Converter, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 31, 2009
On January 26, 2009, Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies agreed to work together to develop a commercial-scale wave energy project off the coasts of Oregon or California.
OPT is providing their expertise in project and site development as they build the plant’s power take-off and control systems with their PowerBuoy for electricity [...]
PG&E Scores $6M for Mendocino, Humboldt Wave Energy Projects
Posted in CPUC, California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, CPUC, Dept. of Energy, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Rejection, FERC Review Team, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Stakeholders, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editors Note: On May 11, 2009, PG&E pulled-out of Mendocino WaveConnect, read it here: http://tinyurl.com/qwlbg6 . The remains of the $6M are now solely allocated to Humboldt WaveConnect.
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
PG&E caught a major renewable energy wave today as the California Public Utilities Commission approved $4.8 million in funding their centerpiece wave energy [...]
Mendocino Files Powerful FERC Motion to Intervene
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC Preliminary Permit, Green Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino County, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
As the Monday, February 9, 2009 before 2 p.m. deadline for filing FERC Motion to Intervene papers regarding the Green Wave LLC wave energy preliminary permit off the Mendocino village coast approaches, locals, the City of Fort Bragg and fishing organization are participating and electronically filing their views with FERC.
Here’s the excellent [...]
Mendocino Energy
Posted in Biomimicry, Bioremediation, California, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Green Economy, Green Recovery, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mill Site Clean Up, News, Northern California, Obama, Ocean Energy, Patents, Renewable Energy, Research, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Sustainable, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, Dept. of Energy, DOE Review Team Leads, DOI Review Team Leads, FERC License, Fort Bragg, Funding, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 17, 2009
Here’s the post from MendoCoastCurrent in the Citizen’s Briefing Book at President-elect Barack Obama’s change.gov site:
Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force
Immediately establish and staff a Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force chartered with exploring and fast-tracking the development, exploration and commercialization of environmentally-sensitive renewable energy solutions in solar, wind, wave, green-ag, et [...]
Mendo Coast Current Sees RED
Posted in News, tagged California, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, President-elect Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 17, 2009
Today at the Citizen’s Briefing Book at President-elect Barack Obama’s change.gov site, I shared this:
Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force
Immediately establish and staff a Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force chartered with exploring and fast-tracking the development, exploration and commercialization of environmentally-sensitive renewable energy solutions in solar, wind, wave, green-ag, [...]
Obama’s Clean, Green Energy Economic Recovery
Posted in Alaska, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Congress, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Energy, Event, FERC, Green Collar Jobs, Green Construction, Green Economy, Green Recovery, MMS, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, Sustainable, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged American Recovery & Reinvestment Program, DOE, DOI, Economic Issues, Energy Technology, FERC, Green Collar Jobs, Green Construction, Green Jobs, Green Recovery, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 8, 2009
Key President-elect Barack Obama renewable energy quotes from his January 8, 2009 speech to the U.S. Congress and citizens, on his top economic priorities as he takes office.
“. . .the first question that each of us asks isn’t ‘what’s good for me?’ but ‘what’s good for the country my children will inherit?”
On [...]
FERC Chief Resigning
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged California, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, FERC, FERC Restructuring, FERC Review Team, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Joseph T. Kelliher, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, Oregon, President Obama, Rhode Island, San Luis Obispo, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 7, 2009
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher today issued the following statement:
Today I announce my intention to step down as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), effective January 20, 2009. Although my term as commissioner does not end until 2012, I will also immediately begin to recuse myself from [...]
Tidal Energy Limited Gets Boost from Propeller and Wind Technologies
Posted in Environmental Issues, Europe, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged BWEA, Converteam, DeltaStream, Eco2, Environmental Issues, Marine Current Turbines, Ocean Current Turbine, Pembrokeshire, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, SeaGen, Tidal Energy, Tidal Energy Ltd., Tidal Turbines, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ALOK JHA, Guardian UK, January 5, 2009
Propellers on ships have been tried and tested for centuries in the rough and unforgiving environment of the sea: now this long-proven technology will be used in reverse to harness clean energy from the UK’s powerful tides.
The tides that surge around the UK’s coasts could provide up to a [...]
FERC Official Appearing in Fort Bragg January 13, 2009
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Environmental Issues, Event, FERC, Fort Bragg, MMS, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Obama, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Ann F. Miles, California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC License, Fishermen, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from article by FRANK HARTZELL, The Mendocino Beacon, December 24, 2008
On January 13, 2009, from 5-7p.m. at Fort Bragg Town Hall, a “top official from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will appear to explain the agency’s strategy on developing what it calls “hydrokinetic” power as an alterative energy source.
Ann F. Miles, FERC’s director [...]
MIT with Portuguese Technology Institute Collaborating in Wave Energy Pilot
Posted in Energy, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MIT, Massachusettts, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Electricity Generation, Instituto Superior Tecnico, MendoCoastCurrent, MIT, Oscillating Water Columns, OWC, Porto Wave Energy, Portugal, Prof. Antonio Falcao, Prof. Antonio Sarmento, Prof. Chiang Mei, Prof. Luis Gato, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Science Daily, December 20, 2008
MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean waves than existing systems, and use it to power an electricity-generating turbine.
Wave energy is a large, widespread renewable resource that is environmentally benign and readily scalable. In some locations [...]
Hawaii Poised to Become Leader in Wave Energy
Posted in Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Green Recovery, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Better Place, Economic Stimulus Plan, Hawaii, Obama, Oceanlinx, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Rep. Cynthia Thielen, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CYNTHIA THIELEN, The Star Bulletin, December 21, 2008
Rep. Cynthia Thielen represents the 50th District (Kailua-Kaneohe Bay) in the State House
An unusual consortium comprised of large utilities, environmental groups, energy think tanks and ocean energy developers has just written to President-elect Barack Obama about the tremendous potential of wave energy and the role it can play [...]
U.S. Wave Energy Begins in Rough Waters
Posted in CPUC, California, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, California Energy Commission, CPUC, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Green Jobs, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Ocean Protection Council, PG&E, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN DRISCOLL, The Times-Standard, December 15, 2008
A white paper commissioned by the state of California says that tapping the ocean for power should be done carefully.
The report for the California Energy Commission and the Ocean Protection Council looked at the possible socio-economic and environmental effects of the infant industry, including what it might mean for [...]
GreenWave Granted Wave Energy Permit in Mendocino
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, DOE, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC Preliminary Permit, Green Wave, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, Pelamis, PG&E, Tony Strickland, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article at the Mendocino Beacon, December 11, 2008
On December 9, 2008 “the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted a Southern California development company exclusive rights to 17 square miles off the town of Mendocino for a wave energy study.
GreenWave LLC’s intent is to eventually produce a 100 megawatt wave energy power [...]
DONG Energy Opens Denmark’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm
Posted in Denmark, Europe, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Denmark, DONG Energy, Europe, MendoCoastCurrent, Offshore Wind Farms, Onshore Wind Farms, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, December 9, 2008
DONG Energy and Wind Estate A/S opened the second stage of Overgård wind farm on December 2, 2008. With the construction of 10 new wind turbines next to 20 existing turbines, Overgård will now be Denmark’s largest onshore wind farm.
The wind farm, situated approx. 25 km northwest of Randers in East Jutland, [...]
Swift Wind Now Selling Small Wind Turbines
Posted in Michigan, News, Small Wind, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged MendoCoastCurrent, Michigan, Small Wind, Swift Wind Turbine, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, December 8, 2008
In late October 2008 Michigan-based Cascade Engineering launched the Swift Wind Turbine in North America.
“With rising energy costs and increased environmental consciousness, we’ve seen more people turning to small wind. For the past several months, we’ve been inundated with requests for the Swift before we’ve even launched the product” said Michael Ford, [...]
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 [...]
PG&E Adds 103MW Wind Energy Project to Portfolio
Posted in California, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Babcock & Brown, California, Central California, Hatchet Ridge Wind, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 21, 2008
San Francisco — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Hatchet Ridge Wind LLC, a subsidiary of Babcock & Brown, to purchase up to 103 megawatts (MW) of wind energy. The project will generate up to 303 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy annually. This [...]
California Wave Energy Report: Socio-Economic & Environmental Effects
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Socio-Economic Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Energy Trials on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 18, 2007
Developing Wave Energy in Coastal California: Potential Socio-Economic and Environmental Effects, authored by a team of scientists from H.T. Harvey and Associates, UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, UC Santa Cruz, the Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research, Planwest Partners and Humboldt State University, and jointly funded by the California Ocean Protection Council and the California [...]
Frank Hartzell’s Coverage of Mendocino Wave Energy Wins Awards
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California Wave Energy, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Frank Hartzell, Ground Zero, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 9, 2008
MendoCoastCurrent applauds Frank Hartzell’s reporting in the Fort Bragg Advocate-News and the Mendocino Beacon, and in winning reporting awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest for work published in 2007. The awards were recently announced at CNPA’s annual awards luncheon in late October 2008.
Reporter Frank Hartzell’s on-going, in-depth and [...]
Recent Oregon Wave Energy Test Advances Research
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Oregon, Research, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, Columbia Power Technologies, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, Newport, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, Oregon, Oregon State University, Oregon Wave Energy Trust, OSU, OWET, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Energy Trials on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, October 13, 2008
A new prototype of a wave energy device being developed by Oregon State University and Columbia Power Technologies was successfully tested last month in the ocean off Newport, Oregon, providing valuable data and moving the research program closer to commercialization.
In a $1 million research effort during the past year, 18 different “direct [...]
California Rejects PG&E Contract for Wave Energy
Posted in California, Economic Issues, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged California, CPUC, Economic Issues, Eureka, Finavera, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
MATT NAUMAN, San Jose Mercury News, October 27, 2008
The California Public Utilities Commission rejected a Pacific Gas & Electric contract for wave energy, saying the utility was going to pay too much for a technology that’s still largely experimental.
Last December, PG&E said it would be the first utility in the nation to get energy from [...]
Mendocino County Granted FERC Role as FERC Asserts Position in Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, DOE, DOI, Eureka, Federal Power Act, FERC, FERC Denial, FERC License, FERC Preliminary Permit, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Northern California, OCS, Outer Continental Shelf, PG&E, Renewable Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, October 16, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) claimed that it has jurisdiction over hydroelectric projects located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), pointing to laws that define its role.
FERC addressed the jurisdictional question, raised by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Management Service (MMS), in the context of a rehearing order on [...]
PG&E Awarded $1.2M by DOE for Mendocino & Humboldt Wave Energy
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOE, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article in the Fort Bragg Advocate-News, September 18, 2008
PG&E “expects to be granted $1.2 million this week by the U.S. Department of Energy to study wave energy off Fort Bragg and Eureka” and is seeking “the new money earlier this summer to move its local wave energy study under a Federal [...]
Fort Bragg Sues FERC Over Wave Energy
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Oregon, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, Coastal Zone Management Act, Environmental Issues, Federal Power Act, FERC, FERC Conditioned License, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Lincoln County, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, Oregon, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 9, 2008
Fort Bragg, California City Council has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Concerns escalated last August when FERC denied Fort Bragg’s second request for a rehearing on FERC’s national licensing policies for wave energy or hydrokinetic energy projects. The community stakeholders, [...]
MMS Developing New Oil & Natural Gas Leasing Program on OCS
Posted in MMS, News, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, tagged MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Outer Continental Shelf, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 9, 2008
Saying the nation’s energy situation has dramatically changed in the past year, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today jumpstarted the development of a new oil and natural gas leasing program for the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. The action could give the next administration a two-year head start in expanding energy production [...]
PG&E Dumps MMS Wave Energy Involvement & Mendocino County Sues FERC
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article at the Mendocino Beacon, September 4, 2008
PG&E decided last week not to be the national test case for the Minerals Management Service’s wave energy program.
Just two weeks earlier, the utility officially filed paperwork to pursue those same far offshore wave energy leases. None of the filings have yet been provided [...]
Making Wave Energy on Sonoma & Marin Coasts?
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marin, Mendocino, News, Sonoma, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Sonoma, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GABE MELINE, Bohemia.com, September 3, 2008
While presidential candidates call for alternative forms of energy and “sustainable” is the word of the year, the idea of ocean-wave buoys along the Sonoma and Marin coast continues to attract attention as a potentially viable form of energy.
Though no firm proposal is in place, the wheels have been turning [...]
U.S. Installed Wind Energy Tops 20,000 Megawatts
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Event, Germany, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged AWEA, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Germany, Horizon Wind Power, MendoCoastCurrent, PTC, Renewable Energy Systems Americas, U.S., Vestas, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Xcel Energy on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 4, 2008
The American Wind Energy Association released today that the U.S. wind industry has surpassed the 20,000-megawatt (MW) installed capacity milestone, achieving in two years what had previously taken more than two decades (the 10,000-MW mark was reached in 2006). Wind now provides 20,152 MW of electricity generating capacity in the U.S., producing [...]
Raser Announces First Geothermal Power Plant in New Mexico
Posted in Geothermal Energy, New Mexico, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Bill Richardson, Geothermal Energy, Lightning Dock, MendoCoastCurrent, New Mexico, PureCycle, Raser Technologies, UTC Power, Wave Energy Blogger on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, August 22, 2008
Raser Technologies joined with New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, former United States Secretary of Energy, to announce the beginning of the construction phase of the first commercial geothermal power project in New Mexico. Raser Chairman Kraig Higginson introduced Raser’s geothermal power project at Lightning Dock near Animas, New Mexico along with its [...]
FERC Denies Rehearing on Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, Oregon, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Elizabeth Mitchell, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Conditioned License, FERC Denial, FISH, Fort Bragg, Lincoln County, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, OCS, Oregon, Rulemaking, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on August 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurent, August 12, 2008
Last Friday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released its latest denial for a rehearing on the Mendocino Wave Energy project on the Northern California coast.
The denied Petitioners include Fishermen Interested in Safe Hydrokinetics (FISH) with Attorney Elizabeth Mitchell, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg, Lincoln County in Oregon and others representing concerned citizens, [...]
Mendocino Coast Wave Energy Plans Continue to Raise Concerns
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Elizabeth Mitchell, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Jim Martin, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Northern California, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MADDALENA JACKSON with MendoCoastCurrent edit, The Sacramento Bee, August 11, 2008
Oil companies, some politicians and commuters paying $4 for a gallon of gas might look at California’s coast and think of crude oil pooled below the sea floor.
California’s North Coast, however, holds promise of another energy bounty.
In less time than it would take to fire [...]
US MMS Moving on OCS Alternative Energy Leases
Posted in California, Delaware, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Florida, Fort Bragg, Georgia, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, New Jersey, News, OCS, Research, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged California, Delaware, Environmental Issues, EPAct, Florida, Georgia, Minerals Management Service, MMS, MMS Leases, MMS Nominations, New Jersey, OCS, Outer Continental Shelf, Rulemaking, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GreenCarCongress.com, July 26, 2008
The US Minerals Management Service (MMS) is proceeding with the consultation and analyses necessary to move toward the issuance of limited leases under its interim policy for authorizing alternative energy data collection and technology testing activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
MMS announced its interim policy in November 2007 to jumpstart basic [...]
Northern California Wave Energy Authorization Inches Forward
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged FERC, Fishermen, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, MMS Lease Program, NEPA, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN DRISCOLL, The Times-Standard, July 24, 2008
The Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has cleared another hurdle toward developing wave energy projects off the Humboldt and Mendocino county coasts.
Recently the U.S. Minerals Management Service announced that it would go forward with analyzing limited leases for alternative energy projects on the outer continental shelf. It follows a [...]
Book Spotlight: The Dominant Animal by Paul & Anne Ehrlich
Posted in Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Issue, Mendocino Coast Current, News, tagged Anne H. Ehrlich, Book Spotlight, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Evolution, MendoCoastCurrent, Paul R. Ehrlich, The Dominant Animal, Wave Energy Blogger on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, August 6, 2008
In humanity’s more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it. In short, we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a world that threatens our own species? What can we do to [...]
Feds Press Congress to Lift Oil Drilling Ban
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, MMS Leases, Northern California, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Schwarzenegger, U.S. Congress, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, The San Francisco Chronicle, July 31, 2008
The U.S. Interior Department ratcheted up the pressure on Congress Wednesday to open more of the country’s coastline to offshore oil drilling, a move petroleum companies have sought for decades.
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said his department will lay the groundwork for selling undersea oil-drilling leases on [...]
MMS Proposing Rules for OCS Wind & Wave
Posted in Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, EPAct, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, NEPA, OCS, PEIS, Rulemaking, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 9, 2008
ACT NOW! – ‘MMS Rulemaking’ Public Review & Comments Accepted Thru September 8, 2008
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that will regulate alternative energy production activities and alternate uses of existing facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The [...]
MMS Leasing Outer Continental Shelf for Wind & Wave Energy
Posted in California, Delaware, Environmental Issues, Florida, Fort Bragg, Georgia, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, New Jersey, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged California, Delaware, Dept. of the Interior, EPAct, Florida, Georgia, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, MMS Lease Program, MMS Nomination, NEPA, New Jersey, OCS, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 8, 2008
Act Now! Related ‘MMS Rulemaking’ Public Review & Comments Accepted Thru September 8, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC – The Minerals Management Service (MMS) announced today that it is proceeding with the consultation and analyses necessary to move toward the issuance of limited leases under its interim policy for authorizing alternative energy data collection [...]
NASA Ocean Wind Maps May Reveal Best Wind Energy Sources
Posted in California, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, NASA, News, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged MendoCoastCurrent, NASA, Offshore Wind, Offshore Wind Farms, QuickSCAT, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Maps, Wind Turbines on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 9, 2008
Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth’s ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool: global satellite maps from NASA. Scientists have been creating maps using nearly a decade of data from NASA’s QuikSCAT satellite that reveal ocean areas where winds could produce energy.
The new maps have many potential uses [...]
New Jersey Briskly Planning Offshore Wind Power
Posted in Environmental Issues, Funding, Issue, Mendocino Coast Current, New Jersey, News, Research, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Windmills, tagged Environmental Issues, Fishermen, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, New Jersey, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 23, 2008
If the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities agrees next month to build offshore wind turbines, then projects covering as much as 40 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean could be built locally over the next several years.
Plans on file in the state BPU office here show most of the proposals favor [...]
File Your Comment on Mendocino Wave Energy Development at FERC
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, DOE, FERC, FERC Comments, FERC License, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Green Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, North Coast, Northern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
Just a couple of weeks ago, Ann Miles, Director of Hydropower Licensing at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission visited the Mendocino coast. The centerpiece of her presentation on January 13, 2009 at Fort Bragg Town Hall was to explain the FERC Hydokinetic [...]
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