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MLA unhappy with wind power initiative
BAR HARBOR A Gulf of Maine offshore wind power initiative Maine Governor Janet Mills rolled out late last year has raised concern in the lobster fishing community, with Maine Lobstermen’s Association Executive Director Patrice McCarron telling The Islander that “the area identified by the state of Maine for a potential offshore wind farm is prime fishing bottom for Maine fishermen.”
Mills first announced plans to explore offshore wind development last June, when she signed a bill requiring the Public Utilities Commission to approve a floating offshore wind demonstration project, the first of its kind in the United States. The program, Aqua Ventus, is run through the University of Maine and is funded through $39.9 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Two agencies in the U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Tuesday an agreement to coordinate on the regulation of offshore renewable energy, on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Dec. 22 to clarify their roles in ensuring an efficient use of resources for renewable energy production, such as offshore wind. BSEE s activity is critical to BOEM s management of renewable energy development on the OCS, BSEE Director Scott Angelle said in a statement, and the MOA clarifies that role.
North America offshore wind energy market size to expand profusely over 2020-2026 padovanews.it - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from padovanews.it Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Doug Fraser, Cape Cod Times
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11:21 am UTC Jan. 17, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden’s climate plan proposes building thousands of offshore wind turbines as a key contributor to the goal of a carbon-free U.S. energy sector by 2035.
With the states largely carrying the ball as the Trump administration stepped back from climate change and clean energy, the pressure is on for the new administration to come through on its promise.
“The actions by the states across the country have been really important and kept the U.S. moving forward in spite of a lack of leadership in Washington,” Josh Albritton, director of climate change and energy at the Nature Conservancy, said. “That change is happening . but to get to 2050 (net-zero carbon emissions nationally) we need the federal government.”