July 22, 2010
Newly Created Wind Coalition Hopes to Catch Washington’s Attention
Looking to have a bigger voice in energy issues in Washington, D.C., a group of offshore wind developers, including four companies bidding to build wind farms off the New Jersey coast, has formed a new coalition to promote the alternative energy in the nation’s capitol.
Jim Lanard, former managing director of Deepwater Wind, will be president of the Offshore Wind Development Coalition (OffshoreWindDC), an offshoot of the American Wind Energy Association, which promotes wind power for both land-based and offshore wind farms.
The coalition has been established just as New Jersey and other states up and down the eastern seaboard are enthusiastically embracing offshore wind farms as a cleaner way of delivering electricity to customers. Wind also has the potential to deliver lucrative economic development and jobs as added benefits. The coalition’s founding also coincides with the shakeup of the federal agency overseeing offshore wind development in the wake of its handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil drilling disaster. Read more…
