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JONES ACT WORKAROUND: The U.S. is going to need between four and six gigantic wind turbine installation vessels to support President Joe Biden’s 30 gigawatt-by-2030 offshore wind goal, according to a new Energy Department national lab-led report out this week.
Production of installation vessels, which could set you back a half a billion dollars, is therefore likewise in the early stages and represents the “chicken and egg problem,” said Matt Shields, senior offshore wind analyst at NREL’s National Wind Technology Center. Developers for Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts, the first-of-its-size 800-megawatt offshore project aiming for completion this year, said their foundation components could be picked up directly from the port by the main installation vessel in New Bedford “if Jones Act compliant vessels are available.”
He said he sees the Jones Act barge-to-foreign-WTIV installation method persisting with the current global economic outlook. TONGASS ROAD-BUILDING AND LOGGING RESTRICTIONS REINSTATED: The U.S. Forest Service said yesterday it is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, an effort to settle a two-decade long dispute over America's largest temperate rainforest, after its Clinton-era protections were rolled back during the Trump administration.
Alaska’s governor, Mike Dunleavy , objected to the decision, writing on Twitter yesterday that “Alaskans deserve access to the resources that the Tongass provides — jobs, renewable energy resources and tourism, not a government plan that treats human beings within a working forest like an invasive species.”
"DOE investments are helping to build out a domestic bioenergy supply chain that increases America's energy independence, creates jobs, and accelerates the adoption of cleaner fuels for our transportation needs," said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. "We call for a 48-hour strike ... there will certainly be production cuts, perhaps from tonight but probably more tomorrow, in nuclear and hydro in particular, without going so far as to impact users," Coudour said.
The front month NYMEX futures contract is now trading at a third of its peak in the summer of last year. The lease sale generated $197,558, BLM said in an announcement, a sum that will be shared between the State of Utah, Millard County, and the Federal Treasury.
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