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| 麻州州長奚莉(Maura Healey)和ACP華府特區執行長Jason Grumet對談。 (周菊子攝) |
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| 麻州州長奚莉(Maura Healey)出席美國離岸風力會議，宣佈 和羅德島州、康州簽合作備忘錄。 (周菊子攝) |
(Boston Orange 周菊子綜合報導)
麻州和羅德島州、康州10月4日這天，在美國清潔電力協會的離岸風力會議於波士頓的海恩斯
(Hynes) 會議展覽中心舉行時，宣佈簽署新英格蘭地區的第一個離岸風力多州合作備忘錄，預定攜手尋求6千萬瓦的離岸風力。
這也是美國第一個這類多州備忘錄，由麻州能源資源處(DOER)，康州能源及環境保護處
(DEEP)，以及羅德島州能源資源處(
OER)三方簽署。
麻州DOER野心最大，已於8月30日發出3600
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麻州和羅德島州、康州這3州合作，是為尋求多州離岸風力項目提案，以擴大新英格蘭地區以足夠規模發展項目，可以減少的成本開銷。
這3州要求離岸風力發展商就2024年各州特定要求，提交多州離岸風力項目計畫。實際的項目挑選將視乎各州的個別評估提案成本，以及給納稅人的福利。
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| 這場離岸風力會議雖然是美國的會議，卻有來自荷蘭、 蘇格蘭、加拿大許多其他國家的企業參展。 (周菊子攝) |
根據美國離岸風力市場報告，全美的離岸風力管道比之前一年成長了13.5%，在全美各州的項目，已有40,083萬瓦在營運及建設中，其中包括2項已在營運，共有42萬瓦風力，正在施工中，總共有932萬瓦的2項計畫，以及正在申辦許可，總共有18,581萬瓦電力的18項計畫。
Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, and Connecticut Sign First-Time Agreement
for Multi-State Offshore Wind Procurement
This
agreement creates a pathway for a
potential multistate procurement for offshore wind – the first
of its kind in the United States
BOSTON
– Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut today announced New
England’s first offshore wind multi-state
coordination memorandum of understanding (MOU), which
creates a pathway for a potential coordinated selection of
offshore wind as each state solicits offshore wind energy generation
through their
respective state procurements. This MOU is the first
of its kind in the United States. 
蘇格蘭的攤位。
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Governor Maura Healey announced
the MOU at the American Clean Power Association’s Offshore WINDPOWER
Conference in Boston.
Through this MOU, the
three states will together seek multi-state offshore wind proposals
that would expand benefits for the region, capture
cost reductions by developing projects at scale, and develop
into viable projects. In coordinating, the states will amplify
efforts to foster regional economic
development, create high-paying, in-demand
jobs, and promote environmental justice and equity.
The three states request that
offshore wind developers submit multi-state offshore wind project proposals for
consideration by the soliciting parties through their respective offshore wind
procurements for selection in 2024. Combined, the
states’ solicitations are for up to 6,000 MW of offshore
wind.
Actual project selections will depend on states’ individual assessments of proposals’ costs and benefits to ratepayers and other evaluation criteria specified in states’ requests for proposals. Any two or three states may agree to select a multi-state proposal(s) up to each states’ procurement authority and split the anticipated megawatts and renewable energy certificates from a single project.
“The climate crisis requires us
to act in new and innovative ways. Massachusetts is proud to join with our
neighboring states to continue to grow New England’s offshore wind industry,”
said Governor Maura Healey. “By working together,
we can amplify the many benefits of offshore wind for
all three states, including regional economic
development opportunities, healthier communities, lower energy
bills, and advantages to environmental justice populations and
low-income ratepayers.”
“Offshore wind
is an important resource in meeting our Act on Climate and renewable energy
goals,” said Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee. “Regional
collaboration through this three states MOU will not only help in advancing
offshore wind projects of large scale by securing cost-effective energy prices
for ratepayers – but it also provides a significant opportunity for long-term
economic development that the offshore wind industry will bring to the three
states.”
“We can go further when we work
together, and I’m excited to be collaborating with our neighbors in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island on this MOU, which opens up the potential
for us to procure clean energy from offshore wind together at more competitive
and affordable rates, for the benefit of the residents and businesses in our
respective states,” said Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont.
The multi-state coordination MOU is an agreement between the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP), and the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER). The MOU can be found at the following respective State Energy Office websites: Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
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