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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Melnyk, Markian M. W.
Corporate Author:	Knovel (Firm)
Other Authors:	Andersen, Robert M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corp., [2009]
Subjects:	Offshore electric power plants. Ocean energy resources. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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.