Offshore Winds 2018, with Liz Burdock, Executive Director of the Business Network for Offshore Wind (Ep.34)
Release Date: 03/05/2018
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Liz presents an overview of state-level offshore wind developments on both coasts; discusses the implications of technological advances for future offshore wind development; shares news about the Network's work with federal partners to establish national industry standards; announces some upcoming Network-sponsored events; and closes with a prediction about offshore wind prices in the future.
Resources mentioned in the show include:
- Offshore wind energy and fishing thrive together, video by University of Delaware and American Wind Energy Association
- Tradepoint Atlantic
- Maine's Aqua Ventus floating wind turbine
- Navigant Research, Offshore Wind Market and Project Assessment 2017
- Bloomberg, These Four Power Giants Rule the World's Growing Wind Market
- 2018 International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum (IPF)
Recorded February 26, 2018.
Published March 5, 2018.
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