Bluewater Wind

Bluewater Wind is an energy company on the North Atlantic Coast, USA, and in the Great Lakes Region, USA, developing offshore wind energy projects. Bluewater's staff has experience in the wind, energy, environmental, finance, public policy, and marine sectors. Bluewater Wind is part of the Babcock & Brown family of companies.[1]

In response to public requests, Bluewater selects offshore locations, conducts environmental studies and assesses wind resources. In addition, Bluewater selects contractors who plan connection to the grid and arrange for delivery of the energy to customers. Lastly, Bluewater secures financing early on in the development process to see the project through from concept to decommissioning.

The Bluewater philosophy

Every new project begins with information transparency early on in project development, discourse with local stakeholders and voluntary project modifications in response to public input. The company engages with local environmental, trade, union, community, and academic organizations in order to assess the needs and wants of the community.

For example, the companies level of public engagement led to the scrutiny of one potential project site located in the Delaware Bay during the summer of 2007. Local bird protection organizations were concerned about the impact that the wind turbines would have on the migratory pattern of the birds that fly over the bay. The organizations provided evidence of their concerns and explained to Bluewater project management the real costs involved with the site. As a result, the company ceased developments for that site.

Projects

Bluewater Wind is an offshore wind energy developer, with the only offshore wind energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) in the U.S. and two permits to install meteorological towers on the outer continental shelf for the company's North Atlantic Coast projects. As such, Bluewater is executing projects in Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and has begun expanding project development opportunities into the Great Lakes.

The Delaware project is located in the same area as the Atlantic Wind Connection[2] proposed by Google and others.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://bluewaterwind.com/
  2. ↑ Good Energies, Google and Marubeni Investing in Offshore Wind Backbone Green Car Congress, 12 October 2010. Retrieved: 12 October 2010.
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