A multi-user, planned transmission system to harness wind power off New England’s coast could result in onshore electric grid cost savings of over USD 1 billion and significantly reduce environmental impacts, a report prepared for transmission developer Anbaric shows. The report, Offshore Transmission in New England: The Benefits of a Better-Planned Grid, describes the limitations of…Read More

The Brattle Group has detailed onshore electric grid cost savings of over $1 billion and significantly reduced environmental impacts in adopting a multi-user, planned transmission system to harness wind power off New England’s coast in its recent report on offshore wind. The report, Offshore Transmission in New England: The Benefits of a Better-Planned Grid, describes the limitations of…Read More

Wakefield, MA — May 14 – A groundbreaking report on offshore wind transmission by consulting firm The Brattle Group, details onshore electric grid cost savings of over $1 billion and significantly reduced environmental impacts in adopting a multi-user, planned transmission system to harness wind power off New England’s coast. The report, Offshore Transmission in New England: The…Read More

Originally published in Riviera US transmission system developer Anbaric says it has “the wind at its back” for the development of an open-access transmission system for offshore wind on the east coast of the US that would be developed independent of generation. The company said a growing number of industry leaders and environmental groups are supporting…Read More

Renewable, affordable and abundant, offshore wind holds promise to transform our energy supply. Some 14,000 MW of capacity could be tapped off the southeastern coast of New England lease areas alone. But there’s an urgent policy debate happening now about how to efficiently maximize our offshore wind potential. At Anbaric, we embrace a fundamental, forward-thinking…Read More