Atlantic Wind Connection - What are our prospects for offshore wind energy?

New York Technology Council and the Cleantech Corridor joint event: Atlantic Wind Connection - What are our prospects for offshore wind energy? May 21, 2012 New York Institute of Technology Broadway Auditorium MODERATORS Sarah Biser, Partner, McCarter & English LLP Ran Kohn, Executive Director, Cleantech Corridor, Inc. PANELISTS Markian Melnyk, President and Founder, Atlantic Wind Connection Charles Komanoff, Director of the Carbon Tax Center, Komanoff Energy Associates Robin Shanen, Project Manager, NYPA Clint L. Plummer, VP Development, Deepwater Wind Google has pledged $5 billion for an ambitious offshore wind energy plan to deliver renewable power to the Middle Atlantic States and the Atlantic coast is estimated to have a wind energy capacity of 100,000MW. As a comparison, the Indian Point nuclear power plant, that Governor Cuomo wants to shut down, has the capacity for 2,000MW—New York State will need to replace it. The Atlantic Wind Connection project presents the potential for tapping into this huge energy resource. But the fact is that we are living through a flood of cheap natural gas giving energy developers pause. What lies ahead? Is the Atlantic Wind Connection in our future or is wind energy in trouble? Are the prospects for onshore wind any better? What are the prospects for renewable energy to be major job-creating enterprise for our region? https://www.nytech.org/events/atlantic-wind-connection PUNKCAST#2055 Webcast support: NYI - http://nyi.net