In an update to the US Dept of Energy’s “Wind 101” featured here in July 2011 is this great article.
“Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Offshore Wind Energy
Great timing with the big Wind 100 event coming up June 14, 2014 to call for offshore wind here on Long Island.
To coincide with Global Wind Day, I’ve been working with Sierra Club to help bring Offshore Wind to Long Island!
It can now be announced “Wind 100” will be a Long Island-wide event. It starts in Montauk and culminates in a truly grand finale in Long Beach!
To help impact public awareness to the day, the event and the cause, Sierra Club Member Matthew Kearns will be running over 100 miles (WOW !) from Montauk to Long Beach where he will arrive at a huge event for wind power! It is not just a coincidence he will run through town after town that was affected by Superstorm Sandy. He wants to raise awareness that we must switch from dirty fossil fuels, that also fuel climate change, to clean wind energy.
Mr Kearns said his concept is he is running from Montauk, known as “the End” and feels his run represents going from fossil fuels’ “end to a new beginning” in clean energy.
Save the Date:
WHO: Wind Energy Supporters, Special VIPs, and you!
WHAT: Wind 100 Rally for Wind
WHEN: Evening of Saturday, June 14,
WHERE: Long Beach, NY. exact location TBD
Please contact All Our Energy here to get involved.
You can go to the Sierra Club page to register to volunteer or attend by clicking here
Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.
Happy Earth Day!
What are you doing to commemorate?
My efforts are ongoing.
I have alluded to an upcoming event and it is happening. It’s going to be BIG! I can’t reveal more just yet, other than to say…
Save the date:
June 14, 2014
No, it is not a coincidence it lines up with Global Wind Day…!
Would you like to be involved?
Get in touch:
https://www.allourenergy.com/contact.html
The national organization is launching a new chapter for Queens and Nassau County, New York residents.
Find out what YOU can do to address climate change through the citizen empowering, free-market based, non-partisan plan this group of 4000 volunteers works towards.
Once enacted, the clean energy economy would be unleashed to solve the climate crisis.
You can find out more about them at http://citizensclimatelobby.org/
from their flyer:
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Present
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS WORKSHOP
Wednesday 4/23 from 6-9:30pm.
Panera Bread
23-58 Bell Blvd
Bayside, NY 11360.
this event on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/639778242755951/
RSVP: Queens@citizensclimatelobby.org
You’ve changed your lightbulbs and insulated your home. You shop at the farmers’ market for local produce. When possible, you walk or ride your bike.
There is not much more you can do to address the climate crisis until…
….it is possible to buy an electric car you plug into the smart grid powered by renewable energy and help your neighbors to insulate their homes.
What you need – what we all need- is an economy-wide global switch from fossil fuels to renewables. The USA must lead and Congress has to pave the way.
How in the world do you make THAT happen?
We’ve got a clue! Come find out from the experts.
Please spread the word about this event to anyone who you know that may be interested!
and please feel free to email any questions to Queens@citizensclimatelobby.org.
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Last year, Team STATE, winners of the 2013 EmPower Solar Student Competition, went to the U.S. Solar Decathlon in California.
This year, EmPower solar are raising the stakes and will send the 2014 winners to the Solar Competition in Versailles, France.
Do you know a high school student on Long Island or in NYC? Encourage them to enter!
Students, it’s this simple:
This Year’s awards night will be in May at the Town of Hempstead Energy Park.
You can find the 2014 competition instructions and registration form here.
Get your passports ready! We wish everyone the best of luck!
Sierra Club are organizing a call to action :
New York State is busy setting its energy agenda with the 2014 Energy Plan. Our families deserve a plan that moves us forward by increasing our commitment to job-creating renewable energy sources like wind and solar power.
Event Details
WHO: New York energy officials, Sierra Club, and You!
WHAT: New York Energy Plan public hearings
Albany
WHEN: Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 10:00 AM
WHERE: Albany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, NFS Auditorium, 255 Fuller Road, Albany NY [map]
Brooklyn
WHEN: Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 3:00 PM
WHERE: Brooklyn College, Gold Room, Student Center 6th Fl, Campus Road & E 27th, Brooklyn NY [map]
Manhattan
WHEN: Thursday, February 20, 2014, 10:00 AM
WHERE: John Jay College, 2nd Fl, 524 W 59th St (between 10th and 11th), New York, NY [map]
Buffalo
WHEN: February 25, 2014 10:00 AM
WHERE: SUNY Buffalo, Center for Tomorrow, North Campus, Flint & Service Center Road, Buffalo NY [map]
Long Island
WHEN: Monday March 3, 2014, 1:00 PM
WHERE: SUNY Farmingdale, Little Theater at Roosevelt Hall, Melville Road, Farmingdale, NY [map]
Syracuse
WHEN: Thursday, March 6, 2014, 11:00 AM
WHERE: SUNY ESF, Gateway Center, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse NY [map]
Questions: contact David Alicea at david.alicea@sierraclub.org or Jennifer Tuttle at jennifer.tuttle@sierraclub.org
I will be there on March 3, 2014 at SUNY Farmingdale.
I must say-just being there is a huge statement, so join in and have your say as to New York’s Energy plan.
please RSVP to Sierra Club here:
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageServer?pagename=event_FLD_NY_EnergyPlan
December 18, 2013, Hauppague NY. Today, Sierra Club and New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), amongst other supporters, delivered the 12,944 signatures they received to the Long Island office of Governor Andrew Cuomo, calling on the governor to expand and support wind energy in New York.
“This outpouring of public support for wind power demonstrates that New Yorkers are ready for Governor Cuomo to make our state a national wind power leader,” said Sierra Club Organizer David Alicea. “Governor Cuomo can lead us into the 21st century by making a strong commitment on wind energy that will boost our economy, create jobs, and clean up our air.”
The petitions demand » Read more..
Neal Lewis, of the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College Addresses The “Why Offfshore Wind” discussion at the Offshore Wind For New York Conference, November 13, 2013.
While I was making video clips of key notable and quotable speakers from the conference, a few different reports came in on Offshore Wind For New York 2013.
see those video reports here at All Our Energy’s You Tube Channel
You can check out the reports at these links below:
Highlights from the 3rd Annual Offshore Wind Conference By Annie McClelland At Citizens Campaign for the Environment.
Here is the article from Newsday:
LI wind-energy projects may get a second wind from LIPA, feds
By all means, please pass along any others you find!
click here if video doesn’t load
Our Final Video report installment from The Offshore Wind For NY Conference. The focus is on the policy and political will needed to bring offshore wind to NY
We hear from Catherine Bowes, National Wildlife Federation; Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment; Doug Sims, Natural Resources Defense Council; Gordian Raacke, Renewable Energy Long Island; Lisa Dix, Sierra Club.
As mentioned in the video, sign the Sierra Club Petition to Gov. Cuomo to expand wind energy here.
Additionally, Speaker here Doug Sims, Of NRDC has recently released a very important and informative paper:
Doug Sims: Fulfilling the Promise of U.S. Offshore Wind
News to start 2014
Hello friends. On the newsfront, just click the links to see the stories I’ve been following…
YOU ARE RENEWABLE ENERGY
Watt’s Happening: The Three Shades of Green
Working In Wind blog from Meredith
Thinking about working in wind? Hear from some experts.
ACTION
Sierra Club : Tell Congress to Protect Clean Energy Jobs
INNOVATION
Largest Wind Turbine In World Ready For Production
New Wind Power Cheaper than Existing Coal and Natural Gas in Many Parts of the Country
US Hybrid licenses fuel cell tech from United Technologies
INDUSTRY NEWS
Clean energy future moves closer – legal victory for Cape Wind, FAA approval upheld
Tourists Flock to Wind Turbines: 14 Examples of Ecotourism
Wind Power Rivals Coal With $1 Billion Order From Buffett
LOCAL
Long Island could lead the nation, world in offshore wind power
what do you think?
what are you reading about?
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