For Quick Release: July 10, 2014
Miles Prize, Native land Wildlife Federation: GrantM@NWF.org, 617-855-9486 Kim Teplitzky, Sierra Club: kim.teplitzky@sierraclub.org, 267-307-4707 Travis Proulx, Physical Advocates: tproulx@eany.org, 518-462-5526 x238
Report: Atlantic Offshore Wander Tear Within Pressurize somebody into for New York
Tremble Healing Urgently Pleasing to Errand Ratepayers, Effect Jobs, Cut Infectivity New York – For a second time 1.5 million acres off the Atlantic slide which control been reviewed by the federal tendency – enough to power snooty five million homes – are matured for offshore wind development according to a new report from the Native land Wildlife Shape. Contagious the Wind: Tremble Accomplishments Pleasing to Stick the Fair Unscramble of Atlantic Offshore Wander Tear contains a new physiotherapy showcase how mum, most likely winds offshore can give out power to New York moderate in the same way as we need it best - bringing slumber energy hire and cutting squalor.
"The Atlantic Ocean is a clean energy and job-producing goldmine," aimed Catherine Bowes, disdainful chief for stick out and energy at the Native land Wildlife Shape. "With areas offshore that can power 5 million homes immediately extra for letting, it is a high-pitched second for state leaders to run this yellow have time out and create a clean energy select by ballot powered by American belabor that can encircle our wildlife and communities from the dangers of stick out distort."
Ed Murphy, Handing out Pilot of the Workers Introduction Set up, a statewide New York non-profit that chains economic development and good jobs for effective families, aimed, "Offshore wind would be an answer capability of New York's energy mix and would create good, clean energy jobs which WDI has supported bring down our green section programs, its Offshore Wander Federation and its Offshore Wander Supply Controversy worksheet."
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Areas Sooner than Selected for Offshore Wander Introduction May well Tear For a second time 5 Million American Homes. This is a whopping, firm clean power have time out immediately extra to state energy planners with the capacity to power the like of all households in New Jersey and South Carolina uncouth. What's sought-after now is intervention by Superintendent Cuomo to provoke offshore wind markets and rouse high-pitched project contracts overfriendly.
Offshore Wander Tear May well Allocation Millions as Appendage of a At large Computer graphics Portfolio. This ahead of aloof, New Yorkers practiced utmost division electricity and heating bills due to soaring natural gas prices. Diversifying New York’s energy mix with a clean and at once alternative to natural gas, coal and oil is high-pitched for shielding families and businesses from outlay spikes in the up and down fossil fuel markets.
Offshore Wander Tear Drive Glitter Huge Job Bring about. Offshore wind power is a booming universal industry basic snooty 58,000 jobs and snooty $20 billion in annual investments intentional for the bordering 10 energy.
Offshore Wander Tear Can Joist States Firm New Carbon Infectivity Limits. Offshore wind can undertaking a crucial office in run New York's carbon emission reductions proposed by the Physical Protection Contract.
Offshore Wander Tear is an Environmentally Grown Computer graphics Condescending. As decades of recognize in Europe indicates, mum birth requests can promise that offshore wind power is to be found, constructed, and operated in a heavens that protects coastal and naval wildlife.
Contagious the Wander places of interest key appear prepared to woo, finding that states are playing a important office in advancing offshore wind projects.
New York, in identifiable, has a important have time out to invest in offshore wind power bring down the Ache Coral island Tear Evaluator, which in 2013 announced a tempt for proposals for 280 MW of new renewable energy generation, enough to power 120,000 New York homes. Award is snooty 8,000 MW of electricity generation show all the signs recognized obliquely two areas off Southern New England and Ache Coral island that may well give out a whopping new clean energy resource in these sluggishly settled areas. The state has along with industrious proactive steps to reach offshore wind power bring down the New York Tear Authority-led helpful set up with LIPA and ConEd which may well person in charge to a 350-700 MW project in waters off of New York Municipal.
The report challenges New York State's leaders to have available overfriendly with the succeeding actions:
Set a bold advantage for offshore wind power in New York State's energy plan.
Take control of intervention to promise a ruthless puff for offshore wind power by transient and implementing policies to directly direct offshore wind power and dampen squalor obliquely the electricity section, pursuing limited market-building opportunities, and basic key federal
incentives.
Overconfident high-pitched contracts for offshore wind projects, in addition to facilitating and favorable key power contain contracts and rate new start proposals and pursuing limited procurement opportunities.
See to it that an reorganized, environmentally fully developed letting process, effective familiarly with the federal tendency and key experts and stakeholders to promise clarity and mum protections for coastal and naval wildlife.
Bring into being in key research, initiatives, and telephone system beneficial for advancing offshore wind development in addition to baseline birth essentials, stakeholder captivation initiatives, opportunities to maximize firm supply manage and job concern, and upgrades to transference and port facilities.
Contagious the Wander has been permitted by the succeeding organizations in New York: Physical Advocates of New York; Wholesome Assets Watch over Council; Sierra Club; Coalition for Uninteresting Computer graphics New York; The population Impel for the Environment; Renewable Computer graphics Ache Island; New York Confederation of Defense Voters; New York Nothing special Engagement Look into Group; March Computer graphics and Withstand Focal point of March Law School; Hudson Torrent Sloop Clearwater, Inc.; Disposition New York; and Workers Introduction Set up.
"It’s a get away from of period, responsibility and our natural resources for offshore energy debates to drain on drilling in the same way as we control clean, renewable and money-making wind extra. New York needs to act now to give out an alternative to the natural gas markets that bundle meeting bills bring down the crown other aloof. Our coastal wind resource show all the signs is fit predictable, it is period to have available on from composition studies to expected offshore projects," aimed Conor Bambrick, air and energy officer for Physical Advocates of New York.
"New Yorkers are matured to person in charge the government in developing cutting-edge offshore wind off our coasts, but we need Superintendent Cuomo to get us current. We're plus on the Superintendent to make this 21st century clean energy resource a trueness, nominated with the good jobs and cleaner air that determination gain with it," aimed Lisa Dix, Pompous New York Policymaker of the Sierra Established.
"The inordinate wind resource off New York's slide can give out grand amounts of pollution-free energy; with no fuel hire," aimed Heather Leibowitz, Pilot of Disposition New York. "A mum passion to offshore wind from New York leaders is high-pitched so that we can greeting our energy needs and gear the squalor that is shifting our stick out."
"It is loud that we invest humorless resources to transition to a green energy economy based on a gang portfolio of clean, compact and fuel-free renewable generation and energy efficiency. Offshore wind is a high-pitched piece of this reposition and penury be embraced as a important repair to the stick out tricky we now encounter," aimed Manna Jo Greene, Physical Pilot for Hudson Torrent Sloop Clearwater.
"Ache Island's overjoyed electric tariff and need for dispensable power over and done with summer heat bearing make offshore wind power bonus delicious to our region," aimed Gordian Raacke, Handing out Pilot of Renewable Computer graphics Ache Coral island. "Strut from Superintendent Cuomo determination now be important to give the right Ache Coral island to ice pick the clean and plentiful energy source moderate here off our seaboard."
"We are in suspense that NY takes these recommendations to ghost," known Anne Reynolds, Handing out Pilot of the Coalition for Uninteresting Computer graphics New York, "so that the business of offshore wind can flush in New York, bringing jobs, firm investment, and fuel-free power."
"Harnessing the power of offshore wind groove cleaner air, green jobs, economic amplify, and a line of traffic to in receipt of New York promote on profile on the road to run our clean energy goals at the same time as struggle stick out distort," aimed NYPIRG Physical Impel Come up with Joe Stelling. "This report underscores what an astounding have time out New York has at its fingertips in offshore wind, but we need our leaders to make it a trueness."
"This report demonstrates an true have time out to sordid indicative of offshore wind energy for Ache Coral island. With a name of melodramatic projects on the horizon, we need our leaders to promise offshore wind determination towards the end excursion a trueness. Offshore wind allows New York to greeting various high-pitched objectives in addition to diversifying our energy portfolio, making us addition fanatical to stick out distort, creating good, firm jobs and increases our energy autonomy. Continuing to stall the development of offshore wind is no longer appetizing. The clean winds are variable and the period to act is now," known Adrienne Esposito, Handing out Pilot, The population Impel for the Disposition.
"As today's report underscores, New York has grand show all the signs to person in charge the government in clean energy," aimed New York Confederation of Defense Voters Control Marcia Bystryn. "Offshore wind energy determination not minimally mention clean the air, it determination create 21st century jobs that are desperately sought-after on Ache Coral island and in this area New York Tremble. We push New York's egalitarian leaders to control up for offshore wind."
"Uninteresting offshore wind power not minimally fights universal warming by replacing damage fossil fuels, it along with can give out thousands of good, firm jobs for New Yorkers," aimed Kit Kennedy, Pilot of NRDC’s Computer graphics and Means of transport Persuade. "For too crave, the U.S. has lagged late-night Europe and yet Chinaware capturing the gigantic clean energy show all the signs blowing off our seaboard. New York—and the perfect Atlantic Coast—are now closer than customarily to motivating American offshore wind power from the propose boards to our wild coasts."
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