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By Peter Brennan

The Offshore Wind Development Coalition – a newly minted advocacy group – will focus initially on streamlining federal regulations, the Ambien 10mg Daily leader of the organization said last week in an interview with Offshore Wind Wire.

The group, also known as OffshoreWindDC, is Ambien 10mg Daily led by former Deepwater Wind executive Jim Lanard.  Referring to Ambien 10mg Daily the recently approved Cape Wind project, Lanard said that “seven to nine years is far too long of a timeline to attract investors.”

“We hope to Ambien 10mg Daily work with the Department of the Interior to address the concerns of federal regulators and Ambien 10mg Daily industry in order to streamline the federal permitting process” said Lanard.  “No jobs are Ambien 10mg Daily created when development stalls. Streamlined permitting would allow manufacturers and investors to Ambien 10mg Daily invest and see a return on that investment within a reasonable amount of time, thereby creating jobs.”

Lanard said also that Ambien 10mg Daily federal delays could even preclude Cape Wind from being the first offshore wind development in the Ambien 10mg Daily United States.  The nation’s first project, he said, could “be in state waters, due to Ambien 10mg Daily the current federal regulatory structure …. probably Block Island or Fisherman’s Energy off of Atlantic City.”

Lanard expressed his belief that Ambien 10mg Daily the offshore wind industry should have fundamentally different oversight from fossil fuel-based industries.

“The offshore wind industry as a Ambien 10mg Daily whole cannot get caught up in same regulatory regime as oil and Ambien 10mg Daily gas,” he said.  “Offshore wind does not need the Ambien 10mg Daily same level of scrutiny as fossil fuels because the threat to Ambien 10mg Daily the environment in not even comparable … there could never be a BP of offshore wind.”

Based in Washington, DC, the group launched in July with backing from the American Wind Energy Association and Ambien 10mg Daily currently counts seven major offshore wind developers as members. Those members, Apex Wind, Cape Wind, Deepwater Wind, Fishermen’s Energy, NRG Bluewater Wind, OffshoreMW, and Ambien 10mg Daily Seawind Renewable, all currently have projects in planning or development stages throughout the Ambien 10mg Daily United States, including the Great Lakes and several spots on the Ambien 10mg Daily Atlantic Coast.

According to Ambien 10mg Daily Lanard, OffshoreWindDC is in the process of leasing office space and Ambien 10mg Daily adding staff. Lanard is currently the chair and only employee of the Ambien 10mg Daily coalition, but he says that he hopes to add 4-5 staff members to Ambien 10mg Daily fill various positions in the coming months.

“Essentially, we can Ambien 10mg Daily remain a small and focused organization because we will have access to Ambien 10mg Daily the resources of all coalition members,” Lanard said.

The seeds for Ambien 10mg Daily the Coalition were sown roughly a year ago when offshore wind developers realized that Ambien 10mg Daily they needed an advocacy group exclusively dedicated to the burgeoning offshore wind industry. Lanard, who Ambien 10mg Daily at the time worked as the Managing Director at Deepwater Wind, secured the Ambien 10mg Daily blessing of his employer and began working with AEWA and Ambien 10mg Daily the interested developers.

“Deepwater Wind is proud to be a founding member of this coalition,” Deepwater Wind CEO and Ambien 10mg Daily Managing Director William M. Moore said in a statement.  ”We’re confident Jim will provide leadership and Ambien 10mg Daily advocacy on behalf of America’s burgeoning offshore wind industry.”