By CARRIE L. GENTILE A South Coast legislator hopes to jump-start the development of large-scale, competitive, offshore wind energy off the Massachusetts coast, but was quick to clarify this is not the controversial Cape Wind project proposed for Nantucket Sound. Massachusetts Speaker pro tempore Patricia A. Haddad (D-Somerset) filed a bill mandating state utility companies to purchase 2,000 megawatts of power generated by offshore… More
Herald News: State Rep. Haddad, local group push for wind energy
By Michael Holtzman The head of a Providence offshore wind start-up company with international financial backing likens the location potential for this energy sector to the oil industry decades ago. FALL RIVER — The head of a Providence offshore wind start-up company with international financial backing likens the location potential for this energy sector to… More
Boston Globe: Legislators backing wind power blow into Denmark
Jon Chesto Representative Patricia Haddad was one of the legislators on the Denmark trip. Most of the talk about energy on Beacon Hill has focused on solar power and Canadian hydro. But judging from a field trip to Denmark that legislators took this month, proponents of offshore wind are determined not to be left out… More
South Coast Today: Hydro, wind power could face tug-of-war in Beacon Hill energy talks
By Mike Lawrence NEW BEDFORD — With the 2016 state budget through the Legislature and Gov. Charlie Baker filing a hydropower-focused bill last week, Beacon Hill seems poised to talk about energy legislation, but wind energy proposals that could boost business at New Bedford’s Marine Commerce Terminal still might not be heard until after Labor… More
Commonwealth Magazine: Baker pushes regional energy approach Plans to rely on utilities for purchases of gas, renewables
By Bruce Mohl THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION said on Wednesday it plans to work with utilities in Massachusetts and neighboring states to purchase renewable energy and expand the region’s natural gas pipeline infrastructure. In a brief, vaguely worded statement, the governor said electric distribution companies operating in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut have agreed to put… More