Offshore Wind Renewable Energy for the East Coast Ivy Main, March 2012
Jan 23, 2015
Offshore Wind
Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Ivy Main, March 2012
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Kentish Flats wind farm. Photo Phil Hollman
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Long Island Power Authority 2003
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
VCERC 2008
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
Offshore Wind: Renewable Energy for the East Coast
So what does it take to get there?
Need some combination of:• Competitive production costs
• Incentives
• RPS
• Limits on carbon
• Price on carbon, pollution, or other externalities
Virginia’s Renewable Portfolio Standardgets a failing grade
Virginia legislation
• 2010: Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority
• Coordinates data-gathering, supply chain, works with local governments
• 2011: Joint Resolution supporting 3000 MW of offshore wind by 2025
• Aspirational only, no carrots and no sticks
2012: RPS further weakened
What is the Sierra Club doing?
We advocate:
• a real RPS
• including externalities in the IRP process
• continuing funding for VCERC
• incentives for offshore wind investment and turbine manufacturing
• removing the $45 million of coal subsidies