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• NOAA Comment Letters on Individual Tidal, Wave, and Offshore Wind Projects

  The following comment letters provide examples of the types of concerns associated with permitting and licensing marine renewable energy projects.

  Tidal Projects

  • Verdant Power/Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project DLA (pdf - 3.6mb)
  • ORPC/Cook Inlet Tidal Energy Project DLA (pdf - 360kb)
  • New York Tidal Energy Co./East River Tidal Energy Project DLA (pdf - 2.9mb)
  • ORPC/Eastport Tidal Energy Project DLA (pdf - 1mb)
  • Snohomish PUD/Admiralty Inlet Tidal Energy Project DLA (pdf - 3.5mb)

  Wave Projects

  • Finavera/Makah Bay Tidal Energy Project FPLA (pdf - 1.7mb)
  • OPT/Reedsport Wave Energy Project Study Plans (pdf - 112kb)
  • Douglas County/ Wave Energy Project PAD (pdf - 56kb)
  • PG&E/Humboldt WaveConnect Project DLA (pdf - 620kb)

  Offshore Wind Projects

  • Cape Wind Energy Project DEIS (pdf - 596kb)

• NOAA Comment Letters to Marine Renewable Energy Permitting Agencies

  The following comment letters to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and to the Minerals Management Service (MMS) highlight the concerns NOAA has with permitting and licensing marine renewable energy projects.

  • FERC NOI for Preliminary Permits for Wave, Current, and Instream New Technology Hydropower Projects-April 2007 (pdf - 432kb)
  • MMS DPEIS for Alternative Energy Development and Production and Alternate Use of Facilities on the OCS-May 2007 (pdf - 472kb)
  • FERC Proposed Licensing Process for Hydrokinetic Pilot Projects-November 2007 (pdf - 148kb)
  • FERC Policy Statement on Conditioned Licenses for Hydrokinetic Projects-December 2007 (pdf - 208kb)
  • MMS Request for Information and Nominations of Areas for Leases Authorizing Alternative Energy Resource Assessment and Technology Testing Activities-January 2008 (pdf - 2.3mb)

• NOAA Presentations

  The following presentations provide NOAA perspectives on marine renewable energy

  • Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference-April 2009 (pdf - 3.1mb)
  • DOC and DOI Northwest Region Energy Workshop-April 2009 (pdf - 480kb)
  • Energy Ocean Conference-June 2009 (pdf - 1.5mb)
  • Coastal Zone 09 Conference-July 2009 (pdf - 988kb)