National Grid and Cape Wind Sign Power Purchase Contract
May 10, 2010 Source: Electric Energy Online
“Waltham, May 10, 2010 - In a landmark move, National Grid and Cape Wind will file a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities on Monday under which National Grid will buy clean power from the nation’s first large-scale, off-shore wind farm, which is expected to come online by the end of 2012. Under the Green Communities Act, all of the Commonwealth’s investor-owned utilities are required to enter into long-term contracts to purchase at least three percent of their electricity supply from renewable generators.”
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Opposition for a National Wind System
May 1, 2010 By Stefanie Lewis
“The
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been working on a nationwide grid for renewable energy, specifically wind-powered. In response, the
Coalition for Fair Transmission Policy, including investor-owened utilities, public power entitiues, elected officials and state energy officials, is
trying and stop the plan from being approved.”
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With Solar and Wind Energy, the Maximums Do Matter
Feb. 16, 2010 By Dan Fink
“Unfortunately, for any energy source, there is a maximum point where it simply can't get any better, and that's determined by the laws of physics…”
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