Is an Offshore Wind Boom Coming for America?

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🗓️ 26 August 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

America’s first offshore wind project, the 30-megawatt Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island, is almost complete. The developer, Deepwater Wind, is already eyeing much bigger projects off the Atlantic coast. Meanwhile, following the federal government’s attempts to make offshore leasing easier, a number of East Coast states are adopting policies to encourage new projects. These developments have onlookers excited about the prospects for offshore wind in the U.S. Is America set to follow Europe, which has built many thousands of megawatts of projects? We'll discuss all the latest developments for offshore wind in the country. Later in the show, we'll discuss Bill McKibben’s latest piece on WWIII mobilization for cleantech. Finally, we’ll look back on the last ten years for the Northeastern regional carbon trading market, called RGGI. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:39.0	I'm Stephen Lacey, welcome. Welcome.
0:48.0	And we're back. We may have had a three week summer hiatus,
0:51.0	but the news didn't stop,
0:52.0	so although I might be struggling to
0:54.3	remember my co-host's names I am ready to talk about everything that's been
0:58.2	happening in the industry in recent weeks. Up first we're going to focus on the
1:02.2	positive activity around offshore wind here in the US.
1:05.0	Then we're going to discuss Bill McKibbin's latest piece on World War III-like
1:09.6	mobilization for Clean Tech, which is sparking debate.
1:12.1	And finally we'll look back at the last 10 years of the for Clean Tech, which is sparking debate.
1:13.1	And finally, we'll look back at the last 10 years of the regional carbon trading market
1:16.6	in the Northeastern U.S. called Reggie.
1:19.3	Back from her isolated cabin in the Adirondacks is Catherine Hamilton.
1:23.0	Hamilton.
1:24.0	Hello, Catherine, how are you?
1:25.0	Well rested, I assume.
1:26.0	Yes, it's great to be back, although isolated is relative considering how many people are in my family.
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