Carcieri named vice chair of wind power coalition
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By Alex Kuffner Governor Carcieri has been named vice chairman of the Governors' Wind Energy Coalition, a bipartisan group dedicated to promoting wind power. Iowa Governor Chet Culver, chairman of the coalition of 28 state governors, announced the appointment Monday morning. "Governor Carcieri has been an effective advocate for coastal and offshore wind development and a leader in developing Rhode Island's wind resources, including the first offshore wind project in North America that will provide 15 percent of all electricity used in Rhode Island," Culver said in a statement. That project -- the development of two wind farms off the Rhode Island coast by New Jersey-based Deepwater Wind -- was proposed a year ago and has progressed steadily since. In June, Carcieri signed a law that requires Rhode Island's largest electric utility to enter into long-term contracts to purchase renewable energy. That same month, Deepwater agreed to lease land in the Quonset Business Park to assemble wind turbines and stage its projects. Rhode Island, however, is not the only state vying to build the first offshore wind farm in the country. Proposals are on the table in Massachusetts, Delaware, New Jersey and other Atlantic Coast states. The Governors' Wind Energy Coalition is working on several initiatives, including the creation of a national policy guiding wind energy development and promoting the benefits of wind energy. "The development of the nation's wind resources is vital to meeting the nation's 20 percent wind energy goal," Carcieri said. 
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