Offshore power building renewable energy projects in U.S. waters

• Main Author: Melnyk, Markian M. W.
• Other Authors: Andersen, Robert M.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corp., ©2009.
• Subjects: Offshore electric power plants.; Ocean energy resources.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781615839827; 9781593702113
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xx, 476 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)

Table of Contents:

• 1 Stepping Off Dry Land: The Case for Offshore Renewable Energy 1
• 2 An Unfamiliar Environment: Offshore Conditions and Energy Resources 31
• 3 Marvelous Machines: Harvesting Nature's Offshore Energy Crop 53
• 4 Carving Out a Piece of the Shelf: Project Siting Decisions 89
• 5 Acquiring Rights to Project Sites: MMS and Offshore Renewables; FERC and Hydrokinetics 123
• 6 Action and Its Impacts: Project Review under the National Environmental Policy Act 167
• 7 Nature and Machine Coexisting Offshore: Federal Protections for Natural and Cultural Resources 199
• 8 Still More Permits: The Roles of Other Federal and State Agencies Reviewing Proposed Offshore Projects 229
• 9 Renewable Energy Goodwill: Managing the Public Consultation Process 263
• 10 Connecting to the Grid: Adapting to Intermittent Renewable Energy Supplies 293
• 11 Working the Numbers: Financing and Insuring Offshore Renewable Energy Projects 329
• 12 Cultivating Disruptive Change: The Economic Challenge of Offshore Renewable Energy 371.