Press Releases

February 24, 2012 Deepwater Wind Statement on BOEM’s Announcement of Wind Energy Area for Rhode Island and Massachusetts October 20, 2011 Deepwater Wind Signs Agreement with Siemens to Buy World's Most Advanced Offshore Wind Turbine October 7, 2011 Deepwater Wind Submits Plan for Nation's First Regional Offshore Wind Farm to Supply Multiple East Coast States September 22, 2011 Block Island Wind Farm Project Advances with Cutting-Edge Marine Surveys, Expanded Team September 15, 2011 Deepwater Wind to Propose Offshore Wind Farm and Inter-State Transmission System to New York Power Authority August 17, 2011 Deepwater Wind Heralds Announcement of Federal Call for Information for Rhode Island Offshore Wind Development July 1, 2011 RI Supreme Court Upholds Block Island Wind Farm Power Contract

Deepwater Wind in the News

May 7, 2012 William Moore: National Ocean Policy Makes Smart Business Sense January 4, 2012 US eyeing Euro offshore wind, Long Island still on the fence October 12, 2011 Deepwater to Build First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm October 7, 2011 RI Firm Submits Offshore Wind Farm Proposal October 3, 2011 Poll Shows Majority of Islanders Support Offshore Wind February 10, 2011 Developer Considers Building 1,000-Megawatt Offshore Wind Farm February 7, 2011 Deepwater Wind Statement on U.S. Department of the Interior and Department of Energy’s “A National Offshore Wind Strategy: Creating an Offshore Wind Industry in the United States” News Archive »

Council supports wind farm bill

by Dan West

Town Council members were outspoken Tuesday about the proposed Block Island wind farm before voting to support a Rhode Island Senate bill that would circumvent the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decision rejecting a contract between National Grid and Deepwater Wind.

The PUC’s 85-page unanimous ruling against the proposed power purchase agreement (PPA) between the private developer and National Grid found that the contract failed to be commercially reasonable.

Sen. Susan Sosnowski introduced a bill April 29 to allow a group of four department heads to review the power purchase agreement and either certify the agreement or not. The departments that would have a voice in the new process are the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, the director of the Office of Energy Resources and the director of the Department of Administration. The group would review the power purchase agreement and written comments from the public before making its decision; however, there would be no evidentiary hearings. Read more…

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