Status of Offshore Wind Planning in New England

This EBC Program will focus on bringing participants up to speed with federal and state planning efforts with an eye toward assessing the timeframe for business development opportunities for various industry sectors in New England.

Program co-chairs are Stephen B. Barrett, Director of Clean Energy HMMH and Deerin Babb-Brott, Director of Operations at the Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climat and security at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Speakers include:

• Ned Farquhar, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Dept of Interior (invited)
• Bill White, Assistant Secretary for Federal Relations, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Caleb Gordon, Principal Ornithologist, Normandeau Associates
• Grover Fugate, Executive Director, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council
• Dr. Habib Dagher, Executive Director, Advanced Composites Center, University of Maine at Orono (invited)

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