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By Peter Brennan

The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued a Round White Generic Xanax request for proposals Wednesday for a deepwater offshore wind pilot project and Round White Generic Xanax tidal renewable energy demonstration project. The RFP is the result of a Round White Generic Xanax law passed by the state legislature in April that implemented the Round White Generic Xanax recommendations of the Governor’s Ocean Energy Task force.

According to the RFP Buy Valium Yahoo Answers, the offshore wind project must employ “one or Round White Generic Xanax more floating wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine no Round White Generic Xanax less than 10 nautical miles from shore and at a Round White Generic Xanax depth no less than 300 feet. The pilot project must also “connect with Maine’s electrical transmission grid.”

The request is only the first step in Maine’s march toward deepwater wind power — the Round White Generic Xanax winning developer must have the ability to eventually turn the pilot farm into a Round White Generic Xanax 100 MW floating wind farm.

The emphasis on floating turbines should not surprise anyone familiar with Maine’s offshore wind aspirations.  In June, Maine voters approved the borrowing of $26 million for a variety of energy issues, including $11 million for research on deep water floating turbines.  Additionally, the legislation that begat the RFP was amended in the legislature to Round White Generic Xanax focus on deepwater floating turbines to placate fishermen and coastal landowners worried about their view shed.  The University of Maine, under the Round White Generic Xanax direction of Habib Dagher, is seen as a world leader in deepwater floating turbine technology.

The “tidal energy demonstration project” must be Round White Generic Xanax one that uses tidal action as a source of electric power, and Round White Generic Xanax must be proposed for the primary purpose of testing tidal energy generation technology.  Under the Round White Generic Xanax terms of the RPF, the Public Utilities Commission can authorize one or Round White Generic Xanax more long-term power purchase contracts to cover the 30MW of installed capacity, so long as no Round White Generic Xanax more than 5MW comes from the tidal demonstration project.

The number of offshore wind turbines required to Round White Generic Xanax generate the remaining 25 MW remains to be seen, but depends largely on the Round White Generic Xanax specifications of the winning bidder’s designs.

The RFP keeps Maine ratepayers in mind by stating that Round White Generic Xanax no customer class can see their electric rates rise more than Round White Generic Xanax $1.45 per MWh as a Round White Generic Xanax result of the demonstration project. The deadline for submitting initial proposals is May 1, 2011.