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OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY INFORMATION
SOURCES
GENERAL
Renewable Energy Resource: A Research Guide for Students
http://www.aresearchguide.com/energy.html
Renewable Energy Access (free weekly
newsletter)
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/home
Renewable Energy Technologies for Use
on the Outer Continental Shelf
http://ocsenergy.anl.gov/documents/docs/NREL_Scoping_6_06_2006_web.pdf
Ocean Energy:
The ocean can
produce two types of energy: thermal energy from the sun's heat, and
mechanical energy from the tides and waves.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/tech/oceanenergy
Sierra Club Conservation Policy (see
Offshore Oil and Gas, and Energy Facility Siting)
http://www.sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/index.asp#Energy
GOVERNANCE
FEDERAL WATERS
US Minerals Management Service
http://www.mms.gov/
http://www.mms.gov/offshore/RenewableEnergy/RenewableEnergyMain.htm
STATE WATERS
Massachusetts
Existing and Potential Ocean-Based Energy
Facilities and Associated Infrastructure in Massachusetts—a written report
and map products illustrating existing and potential ocean-based energy
facilities.
http://www.mass.gov/czm/oceanmanagement/projects/projects.htm.
WINDPOWER
The
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC), General Electric (GE), and the
U.S. Department of Energy have formed an Organizing Group to discuss and
create guidelines for an offshore wind
collaborative, with input from a wide range of stakeholders
interested in sustainable, technologically sound development of offshore
wind energy resources
http://www.mtpc.org/renewableenergy/owec.htm
http://www.mindbranch.com/catalog/print_product_page.jsp?code=R374-166
For general wind power info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power
USFWS
http://www.fws.gov/habitatconservation/wind.htm.
National Wind Coordinating Committee
http://www.nationalwind.org/
Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory
www.nrel.gov/wind/
TIDAL POWER
Hydrokinetic and Wave Energy Technologies Technical and Environmental Issues
Workshop, October 26-28, 2005 in Washington, DC
Proceedings are available on DOE's Idaho National Lab (INL) website at:
http://hydropower.inl.gov/hydrokinetic_wave/
U.S. Ocean Wave Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Center
(create and test wave-power technologies).
http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2006spring/features/seapower.html
Tidal Power News; The Latest Headlines and Information about Tidal Energy
and Ocean and Wave Generator Electricity.
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/tidal-power/
WAVE
EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute)
Wave Energy Reports, 2003-2005
http://www.epri.com/targetWhitePaperContent.asp?program=270686&value=05T084.0&objid=297213
September 2006
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