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DOI, DOE sign MOU to spur offshore renewable energy projects

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 29 2010

The Department of Interior and the Department of Energy announced today a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which seeks to prioritize and facilitate environmentally responsible deployment of commercial-scale offshore wind and marine hydrokinetic energy technologies on the Outer Continental Shelf

New Jersey report finds offshore wind farms would have minimal environmental impact

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 23 2010

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on June 18 announced the release of a draft report which shows that the development and operation of offshore wind farms off the southern New Jersey coast would have minimal environmental impact

Cape Wind developer down to short list of potential contractors

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 22 2010

The Boston Globe reports that Cape Wind Associates, LLC has narrowed down the list of contractors to build the proposed Cape Wind offshore wind farm, which is slated for the waters off of Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts

DOI teams with Atlantic states to establish offshore wind energy consortium

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 8 2010

The DOI has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with nine states along the Atlantic Coast to form the Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium

Gov. Jindal, Sen. Vitter urge President Obama to lift drilling moratorium

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 4 2010

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, in a letter dated June 2, urged President Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to overturn the moratorium on deepwater drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico

First U.S. freshwater wind farm planned for Lake Erie

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 24 2010

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland announced today that the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. has reached an agreement with General Electric Co. to purchase five wind turbines for a $100 million demonstration wind project in Lake Erie

Sen. Landrieu urges Obama administration to lift moratorium on shallow water drilling, seeks revenue sharing

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 24 2010

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) is urging the Obama administration to end the shallow-water component of the recently issued moratorium on oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

Fisherman's Energy takes step towards wind farm off New Jersey coast

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2010

The Associated Press reports that Fisherman's Energy launched an environmental monitoring buoy from a dock in Atlantic City on Thursday, which will gather environmental and wind conditions data

Secretary Salazar conditionally approves Cape Wind project

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 28 2010

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced his department's approval of the planned Cape Wind project

MMS rewrites oil & gas production requirements

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 19 2010

MMS on April 19 published a final rule that sets limits on the flaring or venting of natural gas into the atmosphere