offshore wind power projects Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:41:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 US Government Should Have Supported Wind Industry, Say Scientists https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-government-wind-industry/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-government-wind-industry/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:41:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56861 Scientists from the University of Delaware have concluded that a vibrant, large offshore wind industry is even farther from reality than it was a decade ago. In part, this is because the United States’ federal government has not made alternative energy a priority. The researchers say that through the offshore wind leasing program, the focus […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-government-wind-industry/feed/ 0 56861 US Department of Interior to Announce New Permit Granting System for Wind Power Projects https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-wind-power-projects-20101125/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-wind-power-projects-20101125/#respond Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:42:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=12015 It takes quite a long time for an offshore wind project to be taken from the status of proposal to approved for construction. In this regard, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said that the office is working to accelerate the process of releasing permits and the responsible siting and development of wind energy projects along the Atlantic coast.

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