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By Peter Brennan

So, have you finished reading through your backlog of Top Ten (and Top 11) lists of 2011?

We understand. Looking back on the past year is usually fun (and easy to write). We’ve fallen prey to Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose that temptation ourselves. But in many ways, 2011 was a tough year for Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose the emerging offshore wind industry. Tax incentives and loan guarantees went from Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose uncertain to unlikely. A major project suspended development.

This has Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose all been reported, and we are not going to dwell. We here at Offshore Wind Wire are Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose looking forward to an exciting year. There are so many questions on our minds.

Will federal politicians match policy to Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose rhetoric and actively support the offshore wind industry? Will Fishermen’s Energy deliver on its very ambitious timeline? Can Cape Wind continue its recent momentum and Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose find a buyer for the second half of the project’s planned output? And what will BOEM change its name to this year? (We’re hoping for an unpronounceable symbol).

So, without further ado, here are Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose the top six stories to watch in 2012:

1) The Production Tax Credit

This extension of the Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose PTC is depicted as a make-or-break issue for the industry, but the Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose larger issue is the sporadic approach that Congress has taken to Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose this and other renewable energy incentive programs. As Todd Griset noted in an Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose excellent November column, over the past two decades the PTC “has faced expiration and been extended seven times.” If Congress is serious about developing an offshore wind industry (and that’s an open question) it will need to provide a longer-term strategy. Last July’s Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act would be a good start.

2) Fishermen’s Energy

New Jersey-based Fishermen’s Energy has Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose said that they will be able to begin land based construction this Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose year, put “steel in the water” in 2013 and have turbines spinning by Labor Day of that year.  It all apparently hinges on a decision from the state’s board of public utilities. If the Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose project hits, or comes close to, these goals then it seems as if New Jersey will have Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose the first operational offshore wind farm.

3) North Carolina

North Carolina advocates have Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose repeatedly touted their state as having the best offshore wind in the Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose country. When BOEM opens the leasing process for the Tar Heel state, low development costs and Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose a strong resource will present the industry with an enormous opportunity.

4) Cape Wind Buyer

The Cape Wind project received some good news at the Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose end of 2011, when Massachusetts’ highest court approved the Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose power purchase agreement between the developer and National Grid. Company officials are Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose now hoping that the good news will translate into a Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose buyer for the second half of the project’s electricity. In comments to the Associated Press, Cape Wind Vice President Dennis Duffy said that the court’s “decision was a Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose major point, giving everybody a lot of real confidence in the Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose project … the investment community has duly noted that event.”

5) Maryland Legislation

Last year, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley introduced a bold plan – requiring utilities to Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose purchase electricity from offshore wind projects. The Maryland legislature was less bold, and Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose got tied up in discussions of conflict of interest and Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose ratepayer costs. O’Malley, thankfully, is Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose back at it. His plan is before the legislature again and Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose Maryland citizens rallied this week at the statehouse to support offshore wind development. If this Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose plan goes through, it will be a testament to political perseverance and Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose grassroots organizing.

6) Floating Turbines in Maine

Maine has Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose been at the forefront of deepwater floating turbine technology for some time now, largely thanks to Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose the efforts of Habib Dagher, UMaine professor and leader of the Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose DeepCWind Consortium. In November it Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose was announced that Norwegian energy giant Statoil had taken an interest in developing a Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose deep water project in the Gulf of Maine. While BOEM will not issue a Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose decision on Statoil’s application until 2014, the Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose Maine Public Utilities Commission is currently reviewing proposals for a Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose deepwater floating pilot project off of Monhegan Island that would consist of eight three-megawatt turbines. The PUC hopes to Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose decide on a developer by early 2012. At that point the Is 10mg Of Valium A High Dose future of deepwater wind in the Gulf of Maine will become more clear.