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		<title>Md. seeks energy deal with Bluewater; State may purchase power from Delaware wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Maryland has opened energy supply talks with a Delaware offshore wind developer, hoping to tap into green energy from an expanded wind farm off Rehoboth Beach.
State Energy Administration officials in Maryland said Wednesday that options now under review include using Bluewater&#8217;s proposed turbine complex to power all of Maryland&#8217;s state and county buildings, and possibly drawing energy from a second wind farm that could be built off Ocean City.
Energy policy director William Brandon Farris confirmed broad details of the talks .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>O&#39;Malley backs wind farm; Governor supports Md. participation in Del. offshore project</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley threw his support yesterday behind a wind farm off the coast of Delaware &#8212; a clean energy-generating system that could eventually extend to the waters off Ocean City.
 Maryland&#8217;s support for the turbines 11 to 12 miles off Rehoboth Beach could be crucial toward launching the United States&#8217; first offshore wind energy project &#8212; one that potentially could produce enough power for hundreds of thousands of homes.
O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s statement of interest in offshore wind power came in response .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bluewater wades through federal rules</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[While Delaware government agencies sign off on the long-drawn-out deal between Bluewater Wind and Delmarva Power to put electricity-generating wind turbines off Rehoboth Beach, the U.S. government has put its hand on the tiller.
The U.S. Department of the Interior is now officially in favor of developing wind, wave, ocean current, solar and other energy alternatives on the Continental Shelf under its jurisdiction. And this week its Minerals Management Service, which more typically deals with oil and gas leases, published draft .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Decision of offshore wind farm could come as early as July 31; Federal regulations critical to wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Representatives of four state agencies will reconvene Thursday, July 31, and have planned to cast their final vote on a contract between Bluewater Wind and Delmarva Power that could lead to the nation’s first offshore wind farm.
Representatives of the two companies say they are optimistic the state agencies’ representatives will support their contract.
Bluewater Wind and Delmarva Power announced they had come to an agreement June 23, six months after a vote on a draft power purchase agreement between the two .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Co-ops make deal with Pa. wind farm; Delmarva Power to buy other half of land-based project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Delaware Electric Cooperative and its 11 sister co-ops have signed an agreement to buy power from a planned land-based wind farm in Pennsylvania.
The Old Dominion Electric Cooperative has signed a 15-year agreement with AES Corp. for power from a planned wind farm straddling Tioga and Bradford counties in north-central Pennsylvania. It is named the Armenia Mountain Wind Energy Project.
The purchase includes half the power and half the renewable energy credits from the facility, which is expected to produce between .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>State: Cost of wind power overstated</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The average residential Delmarva Power customer could end up paying just 70 cents a month more over the next 25 years for Bluewater Wind&#8217;s power than they would have paid for fossil-fuel generated electricity, a team of state consultants said Thursday.
The projection is significantly lower than the &#36;6.46 a month &#8220;wind power premium&#8221; the consultants projected in a December analysis of the previous proposed contract between Bluewater and Delmarva, which would have had Delmarva buy twice as much wind power. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature clears the way for offshore wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a rare display of expediency, Delaware officials enacted a new law in a matter of hours to clear the way for the establishment of what may be the first offshore wind farm in the nation.
Senate Bill 328 passed both chambers of the General Assembly on June 25 and was quickly signed into law.
“One of the benefits of the system we have in Delaware is the ability to move quickly for the right purposes,” said State Rep. Robert Valihura (R-Delaware .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind contract deemed highly symbolic</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delaware lawmakers took an &#36;800 million step toward a cleaner energy future last week, endorsing a 200-megawatt offshore wind farm likely to spin off more noise than light &#8212; at least for now.
The Bluewater Wind venture on average would power only one out of 15 light bulbs in Delaware&#8217;s homes and small businesses when it begins operation in 2013.
That 6.7 percent share of nonindustrial power sales would pose no threat to coal as king of overall electric supply in Delaware .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Chamber of Commerce OK with wind deal</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[No big businesses complaining about surcharge, official says.
DOVER &#8212; The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce is satisfied with the Bluewater Wind compromise, an official there said Wednesday.
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The chamber was one of the early skeptics of the Bluewater plan. Its president, James Wolfe, raised concerns about a plan to require Delmarva Power to buy the power from a wind farm off the coast of Rehoboth Beach.
In a letter to policymakers in March, Wolfe said he&#8217;d rather see Bluewater compete with other .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Minner signs offshore wind legislation</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Additional costs go to Delmarva customers in surcharge.
DOVER &#8212; Legislation to finalize the agreement between Delmarva Power and Bluewater Wind became law Wednesday night after gaining approval from both chambers of the Legislature and a signature from the governor.
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The two companies announced the agreement Monday after more than a year of conflict between them to strike a compromise on providing renewable energy to the state by building a wind farm off the shore of Rehoboth Beach.
Senate Bill 328 was filed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm deal could mean higher electric bills</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delmarva Power&#8217;s deal with Bluewater Wind to build a wind farm off the coast of Rehoboth Beach could mean higher electric bills for customers.  
The company said bills will probably increase anywhere from &#36;3 to &#36;4 each month, though the increases will not kick in for several years. That increase is smaller than the original proposal that could have meant increases of &#36;20 per month for customers, Delmarva Power&#8217;s Gary Stockbridge said.  
News of the increase received mixed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bluewater ready to go on wind farm; Escape clause unlikely to be used</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The contract signed by Bluewater Wind and Delmarva Power came with a clause that allows Bluewater to walk away without penalty if the project doesn&#8217;t look economically feasible within the next two years.
Monday&#8217;s &#36;800 million, 25-year contract is for a wind farm planned a dozen miles offshore of Rehoboth Beach.
Jim Lanard, a Bluewater spokesman, said Tuesday the escape clause should not be a big concern, because the company can&#8217;t envision a scenario where it would be forced to void the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore wind pact moves forward a step, but questions remain</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The agreement between Delmarva Power and Babcock &#038; Brown now comes down to one thing: economics.
A long, protracted battle may now be at an end. A lot of people are claiming victory and Delaware seems closer to a cleaner source of energy. But a big question remains: Can the participants make the offshore wind project work economically?
It has the potential to do so. The coastline in this part of the country seems prime for a larger offshore wind farm. A .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore wind pact OK&#39;d for Delaware; &#36;800 million deal leaves room for more investors</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delmarva Power signed a landmark offshore wind power deal with Bluewater Wind on Monday, agreeing to buy enough power to light 50,000 homes in Delaware for the next 25 years.
The long-awaited, &#36;800 million deal could make Delaware the first state in the nation to build a wind farm off its shores. An array of as many as 70 towering windmills would rise in a tract east of Rehoboth Beach by 2012.
The farm also could be expanded in coming years if .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bluewater Wind deal appears resolved; Insiders say accord in hand, but paperwork not finished</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[After more than a year of back-and-forth between Bluewater Wind and Delmarva Power over a proposed offshore wind farm, the stage appears set for the final act.
Neither side spoke publicly this weekend about the status of negotiations, which Senate Majority Leader Anthony DeLuca, D-Varlano, said last week were near completion. As of Friday, just one matter in a hundred-plus-page contract remained to be negotiated.
Two people who have been informed about the status of negotiations said on Sunday that the last .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm deal still at a standstill</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bluewater Wind has no power-purchase deal with Delmarva Power yet, but a Bluewater official urged supporters of an offshore wind farm to keep the faith.
&#8220;We are down to the final few issues, less than a handful, and both parties are working hard to find consensus on them. That consensus will be reached very soon,&#8221; said Bluewater spokesman Jim Lanard on Wednesday afternoon.
Both sides, as well as Senate Majority Leader Anthony DeLuca, have expressed optimism in recent days that a deal .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind deal appears to be near</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bluewater Wind and Delmarva Power continued to chisel away at a wind farm compromise Tuesday.
No deal was announced, but even Delmarva officials sounded optimistic a deal could be done, despite the company&#8217;s long-expressed strong reservations about a state-arbitrated wind power contract.
&#8220;We&#8217;re working with Tony,&#8221; said Delmarva President Gary Stockbridge, referring to Senate Majority Leader Anthony J. DeLuca. &#8220;At best, we&#8217;re encouraged.&#8221;
Bluewater wants to put up a wind farm 11.7 miles off the coast of Rehoboth Beach, with Delmarva signing a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No deal yet for Bluewater, Delmarva; Parent company selling European wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The financial troubles of Bluewater Wind&#8217;s parent company will likely not have an impact on the project being debated in Delaware, observers said.
But one analyst said the Bluewater project has other issues that make it far from a sure thing, even if they sign a contract with Delmarva Power.
&#8220;I would not worry about the specific financial troubles of the parent organization right now,&#8221; said Nathaniel Bullard, a Washington-based senior analyst with New Energy Finance of London. &#8220;There&#8217;s plenty of time .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bluewater wind &#39;cautiously optimistic&#39; about ongoing negotiations</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Negotiations on a stalled bid for offshore wind power in Delaware have resumed in Dover. The talks could result in an offshore wind farm off Rehoboth Beach selling power to Delmarva Power and a regional municipal electricity corporation.
A vote on a proposed contract between Delmarva Power and Bluewater Wind was tabled in December, but efforts to reach agreement on a contract have recently regained strength.
“We are making a lot of progress through the leadership of Lt. Gov. John Carney and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/16/bluewater-wind-cautiously-optimistic-about-ongoing-negotiations/</link>
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		<title>Bluewater, Delmarva in talks this weekend; Resolution forcing contract languishes in Senate as adjournment nears</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bluewater Wind and Delmarva Power will work through the weekend to try to forge an agreement on a long-term offshore power deal, with the talks boosted by Bluewater&#8217;s agreement this week to move forward with a smaller power-purchase guarantee.
Senate Majority Leader Anthony J. DeLuca, D-Newark East, said he is hopeful a compromise can be reached by next week, when time will essentially run out for negotiations he has been coordinating.
&#8220;At this stage, I&#8217;m pretty optimistic that we&#8217;re going to be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/14/bluewater-delmarva-in-talks-this-weekend-resolution-forcing-contract-languishes-in-senate-as-adjournment-nears/</link>
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		<title>Delmarva Power signs contracts with onshore wind power providers</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delmarva Power has entered into long-term contracts with an Annapolis-based onshore wind provider. The power company said the deal will help meet its renewable energy goals in Delaware and bring wind energy to Delawareans at a lower cost than the proposed offshore Bluewater Wind farm.
Two 20-year contracts will provide Delmarva Power with 100 megawatts of power. Delmarva Power president Gary Stockbridge said, “These contracts demonstrate that, with land-based wind power, we can obtain clean, renewable energy for our Delaware customers .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/12/delmarva-power-signs-contracts-with-onshore-wind-power-providers/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>High winds during storm can knock out wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Before we choose to build an offshore wind power plant, we should be aware of some engineering problems with wind power. In particular, too much wind is a problem.
On June 5 The News Journal reported that a storm the evening before had winds measured as high as 62 mph in Lewes, near the proposed site for Bluewater Wind’s facility.
Let’s imagine that the facility was already built and operating. As winds pick up, windmills spin and generate a full 450 megawatts. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/12/high-winds-during-storm-can-knock-out-wind-farm/</link>
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		<title>State looks at buying Bluewater electricity; Municipalities may take more, too</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delaware officials are exploring whether the state can join in the purchase of power from a proposed Bluewater Wind offshore farm and help coax Bluewater and Delmarva Power closer to a long-term contract.
Delmarva has resisted a 25-year contract endorsed by a state arbitrator that would require it to buy about a quarter of its electricity from Bluewater&#8217;s wind farm. Delmarva has said the proposed contract makes its customers buy too much electricity at too high a cost and wants the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/11/state-looks-at-buying-bluewater-electricity-municipalities-may-take-more-too/</link>
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		<title>Delmarva signs deal to buy wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delmarva Power announced Monday it had signed a long-term contract with AES Corp. of Arlington, Va., to buy up to 70 megawatts of land-based wind power.
The wind power would come from Tioga and Bradford counties, in north-central Pennsylvania, said Delmarva spokeswoman Bridget Shelton.
The 15-year contract comes after Delmarva announced a contract with Synergics Wind Energy last week for up to 100 megawatts.
The News Journal
10 June 2008
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				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/10/delmarva-signs-deal-to-buy-wind-power/</link>
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		<title>Delmarva makes case for land-based windpower</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delmarva Power President Gary Stockbridge says his utility has been &#8220;playing defense.&#8221;
While at times appearing to be dead in the water, the Bluewater Wind offshore wind project off the coast of Sussex County continues to enjoy widespread support. It comes despite Delmarva&#8217;s claims that the project could raise utility bills 20 to 50 percent for its rate-payers. Numbers vary, although the utility seems to have settled on a &#36;240 a year figure.
Lt. Gov. John Carney, locked in a tough race .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/06/delmarva-makes-case-for-land-based-windpower/</link>
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		<title>Wind farm deal could be reached within days</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bluewater Wind, Delmarva Power and municipal utilities are edging closer to a deal that could end a yearlong battle over building a &#36;1.6 billion offshore wind farm.
Senate Democrats are pushing for a compromise that could be reached within a matter of days, according to those close to the talks. But they temper such optimism with the fact that Delmarva has walked away from earlier talks.
Delmarva has adamantly opposed the existing contract, developed by a state arbitrator, which would require it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/06/wind-farm-deal-could-be-reached-within-days/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Developer contracts with Delmarva Power for wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Though two Synergics wind turbine projects in Garrett County have not yet been filed with the Maryland Public Service Commission, the energy expected to be produced by them has already been put under contract.
&#8220;We are excited to work with Delmarva to bring this project to fruition,&#8221; Wayne Rogers, the chairman of Synergics, said. &#8220;As Maryland&#8217;s first utility wind project, this step is further evidence that Western Maryland can help to meet our region&#8217;s growing need for power. We are proud .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/04/developer-contracts-with-delmarva-power-for-wind-energy/</link>
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		<title>Petitions call for legislators to approve Bluewater wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s been all quiet on the wind front in Delaware, as the state’s budget woes dominate discussion in the Legislature. For now, debate by elected officials of a proposed offshore wind farm has been moved to the back burner in Dover.
But offshore wind farm supporters continue to lobby lawmakers to approve the project, the fate of which has been in limbo since December, when representatives of four state agencies tabled a vote on a proposed contract between Bluewater Wind and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/04/petitions-call-for-legislators-to-approve-bluewater-wind-farm/</link>
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		<title>Delmarva signs onshore wind contract</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delmarva Power, making a preemptive strike against the proposed Bluewater Wind offshore wind power project, has signed a pact with a land-based wind farm for up to 100 megawatts of power.
Delmarva signed with Annapolis-based Synergics Wind Energy for the energy and renewable energy credits from wind farms in western Maryland. They are 20-year contracts, beginning in 2009. Terms of the deal aren&#8217;t public yet, so the cost isn&#8217;t known.
The power would be used by western Maryland electric customers, while boosting .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/04/delmarva-signs-onshore-wind-contract/</link>
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		<title>Delmarva OKs land-based wind power deal</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a pre-emptive strike against a proposed Bluewater Wind contract, Delmarva Power has signed contracts with a land-based wind farm provider for up to 100 megawatts of power at any given time.
Delmarva announced today it had signed the contract with Annapolis, Md.-based Synergics Wind Energy for up to 100 megawatts of energy and renewable energy credits from wind farms in western Maryland. The 20-year contracts would begin service in 2009.
The contracts have not yet been made public. They are subject .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/03/delmarva-oks-land-based-wind-power-deal/</link>
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		<title>Wind-power tax credits up in the air</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delaware’s two big wind-power initiatives face an uncertain future as millions of dollars in federal subsidies are being held up in Congress.
Since 1992, the wind-production tax credit has played a vital role in helping wind-farm developers compete with cheaper, dirtier forms of electricity.
In 2007, the government paid &#36;690 million in the subsidy to producers of renewable fuel such as wind, solar and geothermal, according to the General Accounting Office.
But the tax credit expired briefly in 1999, 2001 and 2003, each .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/02/wind-power-tax-credits-up-in-the-air/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Plane crash was second fatal accident in week releated to wind-turbine research</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 16:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The plane crash that killed two people and injured two more Saturday was the second fatal accident in less than a week involving researchers studying the effects that off-shore wind turbines might have on the environment.
On May 12, a crewmember of a Flemington-based research vessel, studying the effects of a planned wind farm off the coast of Rehoboth Beach, Del., was killed when the vessel broke apart and washed ashore during a northeaster.
In Saturday&#8217;s crash near the Eagles Nest Airport, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/21/plane-crash-was-second-fatal-accident-in-week-releated-to-wind-turbine-research/</link>
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		<title>One dies, one rescued from boat; Rough seas damage wind farm research vessel</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[One crewman died Monday after gale force winds and giant waves damaged a specialized research ship launched in March to study Delaware&#8217;s offshore wind power resources.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Nick Cangemi said one of two crew members rescued by helicopter from the the RV Russell W. Peterson did not have any vital signs when pulled from the ship, reportedly after one of its tripod supporting legs had broken while the ship was propped out of the water.
&#8220;We took both people .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>2 rescued as research vessel sinks off Rehoboth</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A punishing gale broke apart a research ship launched in March to study Delaware’s offshore wind power resources, forcing the Coast Guard to rescue two crewmen from the sinking vessel.
An Atlantic City-based helicopter plucked two crewmen from the RV Russell W. Peterson at about 9:30 a.m. after they reported the ship was being pushed onto a jetty, taking on water and in danger of sinking.
Both men were ferried to Peninsula General Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., according to Petty Officer .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Leasing the ocean for wind harvesting</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 11:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[At a point beginning three nautical miles from the U.S. coastline and extending 200 nautical miles seaward lie the vast, federally-controlled waters of the outer continental shelf. There the winds and waves are consistent, the currents strong, and the human activities minimal: conditions ideal for marine renewable energy projects.
Federal laws limit the leasing of the outer continental shelf for energy harvesting almost entirely to oil and gas explorers. Or at least until now. A federal agency in April announced 16 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/12/leasing-the-ocean-for-wind-harvesting/</link>
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		<title>Delmarva Power says it will reword controversial advertisement</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delmarva Power officials say they will recast recently published newspaper ads against the proposed Bluewater Wind project. The company stands behind the information they contain but will no longer use the headline “Public Notice,” which has drawn a complaint to the Public Service Commission (PSC).
University of Delaware professor Jeremy Firestone filed a draft complaint with the commission, seeking a retraction of the ads and an apology from the company. This week an environmentalist group retaliated against Delmarva Power with radio .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/09/delmarva-power-says-it-will-reword-controversial-advertisement/</link>
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		<title>Bid to curb wind farm fight costs fizzles</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A legislative move to keep Delmarva Power from having its customers foot the bill for the Bluewater wind farm fight fizzled today, at least temporarily.
House Concurrent Resolution 50, whose prime sponsor is Rep. John J. Kowalko, D-Newark South, recommends that the Public Service Commission deny any request by Delmarva to pass on the costs to ratepayers.
But Kowalko’s resolution encountered heavy weather in the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee, whose chairman, Ocean View Republican Rep. Gerald W. Hocker, blasted it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Delmarva pursues onshore wind deal</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delmarva Power says it hopes to sign long-term contracts with six developers of new land-based wind farms.
But Delmarva officials declined to publicly release the bids, citing competitive confidentiality.
Delmarva is trying to stop Delaware lawmakers from ordering the utility to sign a 25-year contract to buy offshore wind power from Bluewater Wind. Offshore wind power is too expensive, utility officials say.
On Wednesday, Delmarva President Gary Stockbridge said Delmarva, in conjunction with the Delaware Electric Cooperative, has decided to negotiate with six .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-wind Delmarva ads called misleading</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cited costs not accurate, Bluewater argues
A Delmarva ad circulated throughout Delaware has raised eyebrows at the Public Service Commission and with Bluewater Wind.
The first line of the ad states: &#8220;Attention: Delaware customers of Delmarva Power. You may be forced into a 25-year energy commitment that could raise your electric bill by more than 30 percent.&#8221;
The nearly full-page ad was published in the Sunday News Journal under the large headline &#8220;Public Notice.&#8221;
On Tuesday, PSC Chairwoman Arnetta McRae cautioned Delmarva about the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Delmarva Power selects six companies for onshore wind farm talks</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delmarva Power said Wednesday that it has selected six companies with
which to negotiate contracts for 460 MW of power from onshore wind farms.
     Delmarva had 31 offers in response to a solicitation for alternatives to
a power purchase agreement with Bluewater Wind, an offshore wind developer. 
     That PPA, tabled in December and still under debate, was the result of a
state law that required Delmarva to contract for power produced in the state.
 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Millions of dollars, state energy policy at heart of dispute</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[When the Sustainable Energy Utility was formed last year, lawmakers envisioned a small nonprofit that could help Delawareans insulate their homes, buy energy-efficient refrigerators or install solar panels.
But the SEU&#8217;s scope could grow dramatically, thanks to a regional effort to tax polluters. Its coffers could swell by &#36;5 million to &#36;12 million per year, thanks to so-called &#8220;carbon taxes.&#8221; At a time when other agencies are cutting back, the SEU could become a big player in the state&#8217;s environmental efforts, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm supporters claim votes</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A resolution approving a wind farm off the shore of Rehoboth Beach would pass if voted on by the Senate today, two Democratic and two Republican senators told The News Journal this week.
With two months left in the session, the Senate is the last government hurdle for Bluewater Wind&#8217;s 150-turbine energy project, but Democratic leaders have yet to schedule a vote on the resolution.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a big issue for my district,&#8221; said Sen. George Bunting Jr., D-Bethany Beach, calling it a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Move seeks ratepayer protection in wind fight</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A bipartisan group of legislators Thursday unveiled a move to try to keep Delmarva Power from having its customers foot the bill for the Bluewater wind farm fight.
House Concurrent Resolution 50, whose prime sponsor is Rep. John J. Kowalko, D-Newark South, recommends that the Public Service Commission deny any request by Delmarva to pass on the costs to ratepayers.
&#8220;The campaign being waged by Delmarva Power and Bluewater and the expenses of that campaign must be borne by those entities. Bluewater .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Draft offshore wind farm report gets mixed reviews from legislators</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers gave mixed views on a draft copy of the Senate Energy and Transit Committee’s renewable energy hearings report, which has been leaked to some legislators and others. The report recommends Delaware not pursue an offshore wind farm and challenges the Public Service Commission proceedings that led to the proposal.
A University of Delaware professor who received the leaked document says the report could leave a permanent stain on the state and could set the state up for a major lawsuit.
Following .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Panel issues criticism of wind deal</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Final report of McDowell committee refrains from outright rejection of plan
DOVER &#8212; A Senate panel approved a controversial report critical of the Bluewater Wind contract, and the state process that led to it.
But the panel removed language urging the rejection of the contract, instead instructing policymakers merely to give &#8220;great weight&#8221; to the recommendations.
This could give Bluewater some wiggle room to continue its efforts to convince senators of the merits of the 25-year contract with Delmarva Power.
The vote of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate panel OKs report critical of offshore wind farm project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[DOVER — The Senate energy committee has approved a draft report critical of a proposed wind farm off the Delaware coast.
The panel voted 4-2 in favor after dropping a recommendation that the Senate vote to instruct the legislature&#8217;s controller general to vote against the wind farm, which would kill the idea. The panel instead recommended that the Senate instruct the controller general to give serious weight to its report.
Stanton Democrat Karen Peterson, who voted against the report, said the hearings .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Report on wind farm: Agencies bent rules</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sen. authors accused of trying to kill project
The Public Service Commission and two state agencies exceeded the law, distorted bidding rules, overlooked risks and ignored cheaper alternatives before endorsing a proposed offshore wind project, according to a recently obtained draft Senate report.
Senate Democratic caucus members discussed the document secretly last week and then called for revisions. But leaked copies circulated throughout the weekend as debate intensified over a stalled proposal that would make Delmarva Power sign a 25-year &#8220;must-take&#8221; electricity .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>House bill demands wind park approval; Resolution heads to an uncertain fate in Senate</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The House solidly approved a resolution Thursday demanding approval of a 150-turbine offshore wind park east of Rehoboth Beach.
The 25-11 vote was the clearest legislative endorsement so far of the &#36;1.5 billion construction project and came as project supporters lobbied to head off a damaging report that is soon to be released by a Senate committee.
&#8220;I think that&#8217;s a significant vote, because it represented not only upstate and downstate, but it&#8217;s also bipartisan,&#8221; said Rep. Robert J. Valihura, R-Beau Tree, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Report may doom offshore wind power initiative</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delaware should kill a 25-year purchase proposal for offshore wind energy, according to a senator’s draft report prepared for a legislative committee reviewing the state’s energy supply.
Democrats pulled back from releasing the report Wednesday to wait for a final review by the full Senate Energy and Transit Committee, but four lawmakers agreed to discuss various details with The News Journal.
While the draft says that Bluewater Wind’s offshore energy venture in Delaware could be jump-started with public aid, the report – .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislators angered at Delmarva&#39;s slow action on onshore wind plan</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some leaders of House, set to vote on Bluewater, say utility lying about promise of cost estimates.
Delmarva Power says it won&#8217;t release the details of its proposed land-based wind power contracts until about June 1. That&#8217;s about a month before the end of the legislative session.
Some House Republicans expressed frustration at Delmarva, saying the electric company promised them cost estimates by next week so they can compare them to the proposed 25-year Bluewater Wind offshore contract.
The lawmakers vowed to press .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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