The Birth Of Hawaii Ocean Wind

Hawaii offshore wind projects get boost from Obama administration

James Pritchard, June 23, 2016 (Pacific Business News)

“…[A] call for information to gauge the offshore wind industry’s interest in acquiring commercial wind leases in two areas encompassing a combined 485,000 acres of submerged federal lands off Oahu…[initiated efforts by the Obama Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Hawaii Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force] effort to develop the state’s ocean wind potential…[It will help Hawaii reach its mandate for] 100 percent clean-energy generation by 2045…[ Progression Hawaii Offshore Wind and Alpha Wind Energy] have expressed an interest in developing [wind energy farms of about 400 MW in the early 2020s], each at an estimated cost of $1.6 billion, in federal waters off Oahu…” click here for more

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