Jim Lanard, President of the Offshore Wind Development Coalition, talks how wind power causes electricity price suppression, and the push back to that.
He explains how offshore wind power will LOWER electric rates, causing lower profits for those who make their money off fossil fuels and ultra high “peak demand” “market rates”… they’re probably not going to like that!
So watch when they come to fight your wind projects.
He tells us what to expect and what we can do about it.
In this 3rd report from the Offshore Wind for New York 2013 Conference, the focus is on the aspects of the utility, the huge power and influence the utility can wield to either get it done or not, and the LIPA (soon to be PSEG Long Island) Request for Proposals (RFP) for offshore wind.
We hear from Neal Lewis, LIPA Trustee / Sustainable Institute at Molloy College Director; Gordian Raacke, Renewable Energy Long Island; Doug Sims, Natural Resources Defense Council; Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment; Jackson Morris, Pace University Energy and Climate Center, and David Daly, incoming President of PSEG Long Island.
Additionally, Speaker here Doug Sims, Of NRDC has recently released a very important and informative paper:
The report shows how wind energy is lowering pollution statewide and what that means for our health and environment.
It also outlines steps needed to expand wind energy to reap more of the benefits it provides.
Hear the Director of Environment New York, Heather Leibowitz, who is joined by David Alicea of The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, explain and reveal the next steps we need to take.
you can do your part by getting involved at these links:
A major topic from the Offshore Wind for New York Conference 2013 was that Long Island, NY is in the perfect location for the resource and for the demand.
Long Island Offshore wind site map, Courtesy Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Speakers:
Catherine Bowes, National Wildlife Federation: “A truly staggering clean energy resource, right where we need it..”
Harnessing New York wind resources offers an opportunity to move toward energy independence while reducing air pollution and the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Wind energy is a clean, emission-free, locally generated source of energy.
Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE), Sierra Club, Renewable Energy Long Island (RELI), the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) are pleased to announce the 3rd annual offshore wind conference, Offshore Wind Power for New York: Reaching America’s Next Clean Energy Frontier. This important conversation will focus on how New York is supporting offshore wind development, the environmental and economic benefits to New York from investing in offshore wind, the critical next steps required to move offshore wind power forward in New York, and the advocacy efforts underway to finally make it a reality.
This event is free and open to the public. We hope you can join us!
I will definitely see you there! If you’re attending please drop me a line on the All Our Energy “Contact Us” page here. Let’s meet!
Nassau Legislator David Denenberg started things off saying “we don’t need Port Ambrose (LNG terminal), fracking, or it’s waste near Nassau County.”
Saturday October 19, 2013 about 150 people in Long Beach, NY joined the worldwide global frackdown movement. In hundreds of cities around the world, citizens gathered to try to help put an end to the dangers and hazards of hydrofracking.
Our local edition met on the newly rebuilt Long Beach Boardwalk to stand against fracking and help send a resounding “no” to the proposed Liquified Natural Gas port off our barrier island.
Nassau Legislator David Denenberg spoke saying » Read more..
Deepwater Wind announced it’s bid has provisionally won both offshore wind energy sites up for auction, located in the federal waters off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
A competitive lease auction – the first-ever auction held in the United States for commercial offshore wind development – was held by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for two parcels, totaling more than » Read more..
