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Vineyard Wind limbo is chance for reset - CommonWealth Magazine
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT’S Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, the agency that issues permits for offshore wind projects in federal waters, has called a timeout on the rapidly expanding offshore wind industry in the US. The bureaucratic delay poses an unwelcome challenge for the Vineyard Wind project, the wider offshore wind industry, and states depending on offshore wind to address the threat of climate change.
Game of Thrones & Climate Change?
BEACON HILL HAPPENINGS - House Budget Chair Michlewitz Advances 'Green' Budget: Members of the state's Green Budget Coalition are celebrating the release of the House Ways & Means (HW&M) proposed budget for the 2020 fiscal year. Between the Governor's increase to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which HW&M kept, and the increases to certain line-items by HW&M, the coalition has currently achieved 3 of their 4 goals.
It's time for power grid to look at benefits of offshore wind - CommonWealth Magazine
Sitting on the banks of the Mystic River, the Mystic Generating Station uses natural gas to supply electricity to the Boston area. (Photo by Andy Metzger) Energy Go-slow approach could be risky By Edward N. Krapels Anbaric, electricity prices, ISO-New England, Offshore Wind Apr 15, 2019 The New England region is home to policies aimed at significant reductions in greenhouse gases.
ISO should call for offshore wind transmission discussion - CommonWealth Magazine
Plugging In/ Energy/ Environment/ Opinion The deadline for beginning the debate is now By Edward N. Krapels Electricity, Energy Jan 14, 2019 NEW ENGLAND is in the midst of an energy sea change. Brought about by the people of the region acting through their elected officials, states in the region have passed legislation directing the procurement of large sources of renewable energy, including up to 3,200 megawatts of offshore wind in Massachusetts.
We need more, not less, competition for offshore wind
in the United States is here. With no need to burn fossil fuel, to enrich uranium, to dam rivers, or to build thousands of acres of solar panels, offshore wind is the most benign form of bulk power available to mankind. Plans to seize the potential of offshore wind already have powerful momentum on the East Coast. Between Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey alone, more than 8,000 megawatts of wind power is envisioned.
Mass. puts wind power in gear
have augured a new era for offshore wind in Massachusetts. The Legislature passed the Clean Energy Future Act on July 31, officially laying out a path to doubling Massachusetts’ procurement of offshore wind to 3,200 MW. The next day, Gov. Charlie Baker’s Department of Energy Resources publicly released the pricing for the first 800 megawatts of offshore wind energy.
Planned transmission key to offshore wind race
– in the 14 days it has until adjournment – is continuing to lead the nation in its careful deliberation over “what’s next” in the Commonwealth’s determined push for a cleaner energy economy. The State is fresh off its first procurement of the first 800 megawatts out of 1,600 megawatts of procurement authority that the Legislature previously authorized for offshore wind. Legislators have initiated debate setting the stage for larger and accelerated development of offshore wind.
My recipe for embracing renewables
the miracle of Moore’s Law from our computer technology – exponential progress in speed, power and efficiency, all while prices drop. Until recently, the world of electric power has been a laggard, but that’s quickly changing: At last, the relentless forces of innovation are now bearing down on electric power, with profound implications for how we will harness and deliver it.
How New York can solve its power problem | Crain's New York Business
There is tension in New York energy circles. In urban areas downstate, which use a lot of power, development of power generation has been slow. That has driven calls for transmission projects to bring energy, especially renewable energy, from upstate. How much more of this transmission will be needed over the next 20 years? The answer isn’t obvious. New York has a complex electricity situation.
How New York can solve its power problem | Crain's New York Business
There is tension in New York energy circles. In urban areas downstate, which use a lot of power, development of power generation has been slow. That has driven calls for transmission projects to bring energy, especially renewable energy, from upstate. How much more of this transmission will be needed over the next 20 years? The answer isn’t obvious. New York has a complex electricity situation.
With renewables, intermittency is a problem - CommonWealth Magazine
Progress continues in the New England clean energy revolution: Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island recently announced their intention to negotiate seven power contracts with wind and solar developers selected through an unusual three-state bidding process.
States are where clean energy action is - CommonWealth Magazine
ON THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE and energy policy, the candidates for president couldn’t be farther apart, as evidenced by their brief exchange at last week’s first debate. For Hillary Clinton, decisive action is needed immediately to head off “the most catastrophic consequences” of global warming. Donald Trump has often used the word “hoax” to describe climate change and specifically would forbid the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
Long-term energy contracts make sense
The headline of a recent CommonWealth magazine story states, “Clean power will cost more.” Although presented as simple fact, the headline actually begs a more complicated question: “More than what?” The story endorses the notion that ratepayers are more exposed to higher costs through long-term contracts rather than short-term energy transactions. But given the volatility of the energy markets and the manifest destiny of clean power, long-term contracts likely will end up being a good bargain.
Krapels: Court adds urgency to state’s energy debabe
Now, it's official: Massachusetts needs to pick up the pace in reducing greenhouse gases.That's the verdict from the state's Supreme Judicial Court, which ruled a few weeks ago that the Commonwealth's enforcement of policies to meet a mandated 2020 deadline for emissions reduction weren't aggressive enough.But the SJC's ruling doesn't require a public policy miracle.
Krapels: Court adds urgency to state’s energy debate
Posted Jun. 11, 2016 at 1:00 PM Updated Jun 14, 2016 at 10:50 AM
Krapels: Court adds urgency to state’s energy debabe
Now, it's official: Massachusetts needs to pick up the pace in reducing greenhouse gases.That's the verdict from the state's Supreme Judicial Court, which ruled a few weeks ago that the Commonwealth's enforcement of policies to meet a mandated 2020 deadline for emissions reduction weren't aggressive enough.But the SJC's ruling doesn't require a public policy miracle.
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