Maryland, 12 other states form offshore wind partnership

[Ed Barrow]

Source: Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland has joined a dozen other Atlantic coast states to form a partnership exploring offshore wind power generation.

The U.S. Department of the Interior is organizing the Atlantic Offshore Wind Consortium, which will work to ease collaboration and coordination among coastal states to help launch offshore wind mills.

Other members are Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

Offshore wind power could help meet a Maryland goal of using 20 percent renewable energy by 2022. Achieving that proportion of renewable energy nationwide would take 54 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030, according to the Department of Energy.

Read more: http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2010/06/07/daily12.html

[Samantha]

1. What great news!

And we really need some.

Kicking your thread.

Sam

PS I live in Maryland.

[DebJ]

2. I love Maryland! Missing it now in central PA

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. K&R

This is a step in the right direction...

[sam sarrha]

4. what if they have an uncontrolled "Wind Spill" from one of those damn turbines..!!!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. OMG

if a blade flew off, tragedy!

[whopis01]

8. Won't someone think about the kites! n/t

[Regret My New Name]

10. Oh... you beat me to my 'piss on everything, even if it's irrational ' day post

Makes my shitty day more happy. :P

[ladjf]

5. Occasionally people still use their brains in America. nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. Hurrah!!!

[Regret My New Name]

9. Oh, so sucking up all the oil wasn't enough? Now we have to use up all the wind?

Humans are stupid.