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Offshore Wind For New York Summaries

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.
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.

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!

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What We Can Do : Offshore Wind for NY 2013

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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.

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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

What We Can Expect : Offshore Wind For NY 2013

 
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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!

 
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So watch when they come to fight your wind projects.

He tells us what to expect and what we can do about it.

Utility, Not Futility : Offshore Wind For NY 2013

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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.

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Additionally, Speaker here Doug Sims, Of NRDC has recently released a very important and informative paper:

Fulfilling the Promise of U.S. Offshore Wind

I highly recommend you check it out.

Right Place, Right Time: Offshore Wind For NY 2013

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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

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..”

Dr. Anne Marie Scheidt, Stony Brook Advanced Energy and Research and Technology Center; “Long Island is in almost the best position in the entire country”

Neal Lewis, Sustainability Institute at Molloy College; “Long Island is well suited to take advantage of that resource”

Jackson Morris, Pace University Energy and Climate Center; “Long Island… is the place to build offshore wind”

Lisa Dix, Sierra Club. “there are opportunities to move offshore wind forward in 2014”

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An Untapped Resource: Offshore Wind for NY 2013

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The first in a series of reports from the Offshore Wind Power for New York conference, held at SUNY Stony Brook’s Wang Center on November 13, 2013.

One of the themes was the great resource that we have but we are not using.

Many participating speakers said we are missing out on an economical and ecological way to drive a clean energy economy for New York and Long Island.

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What they are saying:

Neal Lewis of Sustainability Institute at Molloy College. “We have some 1500 megawatts… A significant resource that we are not today taking advantage of”

Gordian Raacke, Renewable Energy Long Island: “LIPA’s Fuel costs (annually are) … taking 1.5 billion dollars out of our pockets, out of our economy.”

Roger Clayman, LI Federation of Labor: “an opportunity .. the vast potential we have, right at our fingertips here on Long Island, to create a new kind of economy.”

Catherine Bowes, National Wildlife Federation: “It is staggering how much clean energy is available out there. ”

Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment: “we need to have offshore wind as part of our clean, safe, homegrown energy portfolio.”

Watch the video to hear them for yourself.

Sierra Club have a petition to take part in to help bring Offshore Wind to Long Island.
you can sign that petition by clicking this link:Tell Governor Cuomo to lead on clean energy .’

All Our Energy November 2013 News Roundup

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There have been some great stories shared on social media, id like to share with you:

first:
please join me at the Third annual Long Island offshore wind conference Wednesday November 13, 2013:
Offshore Wind Power for New York: Reaching America’s Next Clean Energy Frontier

anyone can attend. If you can not and have questions, please let me know and I will try to get you answers!

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Related News:
Giving preference to offshore wind projects with direct community benefits: A new model for encouraging utility-scale community-based renewable energy projects?

and

Community Benefits of Offshore Wind

other news:

The usually fossil fuel-oriented International Energy Agency (IEA), says fossil fuel tax breaks ARE subsidies.
Wind Guru Paul Gipe explains:

and

Ivanpah Concentrated Solar Project Goes Pop

Congratulations to my neighbors Pete and Leah who just went solar, too!

Also, I am in the initial formative stages, working on a project for a big local event… stay tuned.