Rhode Island Issues RFP for Offshore Wind Power
Rhode Island wants to get in the offshore wind power game. According to govtech.com, Rhode Island has issued a Request For Proposal (RFP) for offshore wind power. The RFP is for 1.3 million gigawatt hours per year of wind energy and contemplates entering into a long term contract:
Rhode Island is developing a means to execute long-term contracts for renewable energy. This will be done either through the distribution companies, a quasi-public state power authority, or both. With either mechanism, the State of RI will use its best efforts to assure a long-term contract for energy produced by the facility.Allan Loudell of WDEL, 1150 AM, wants to talk about Rhode Island and other developments at 5:35 [sorry, it was 5:25]
posted by Tom Noyes at 1:53 PM
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1.3 million gigawatt hours per year would be an average power output of 148 GW. Something tells me that's a misstatement ;)
Hey, guess what! My niece's husband, Alex, has the very first contract for wind power in RI with the town of Providence. His little start-up company won a bid for one tower last month.
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