Offshore Wind: Ready for Prime Time?

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Energy Insights Opinion
• In This Report
• Situation Overview
• Table: Geographic Dispersion of Operational Offshore Wind Energy Projects, Year-End 2007
• Figure: Offshore Wind Market Development in Europe, 2000-2007
• Table: Overview of Selected U.S. Offshore Wind Projects
• Figure: Global Offshore Wind Power Installed Capacity and Cumulative Capacity, 2006-2011
  • Technology Developments: Bigger, Moving to Deeper Depths
  • Figure: Progression of Expected Wind Turbine Evolution to Deeper Water
  • Offshore Wind' s Economic Equation
  • Recent North American Offshore Wind Activities
  • Table: Status of Select North American Wind Development Activities
    • U.S. Offshore Wind Development Activities
      • Federal-Level Direction and Support Increasing
      • Texas Issues Competitive Offshore Wind Bid Leases
      • MMS Green Lights Cape Wind: Possibility of 2008 Permit
      • Delaware Offshore Wind Proposal to Delmarva Power Imperiled by Cost Concerns
      • Long Island Power Authority Planned Offshore Project Terminated Due to Cost Concerns
      • Offshore Proposal to Supply Power to New York City Draws on Lessons Learned from Failed LIPA Project
      • New Jersey Receives Three Offshore Wind Energy Proposals
      • Rhode Island Receives Application for Upward of 1.2GW, But Proposed Moratorium a Threat to Development
      • Preliminary FERC Permit Sought for Wind/Wave Hybrid Installation in Washington State
      • South Carolina, Georgia Utilities Separately Engaging/Engaged with Universities to Evaluate Offshore Prospects
    • Canadian Offshore Wind Development Activities
      • Great Lakes Offshore Wind Proposals Move Forward in Ontario
      • NaiKun Wind Farm on Track to Begin Construction in 2009
  • Meeting the Challenges Ahead
  • Figure: Horns Rev Wind Farm, Denmark
• Future Outlook
• Essential Guidance
  • Actions to Consider
    • Actions for Offshore Wind Project Developers
    • Actions for U.S. Utilities
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  • Related Research
    • Energy Insights Research
    • Other Research
  • Synopsis