3.0.0 2773 2023-01-11T13:17:06Z 2023-01-11T13:17:06Z Senate S S 2009-11-16 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg01 Energy Subcommittee Hearings by 2009-12-08T19:26:06Z Referred to 2009-11-16T21:02:03Z 2009-12-08 sseg01 Energy Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-330. Committee 2009-11-16 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2009-11-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11385) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-11-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N Energy Alternative and renewable resources Energy efficiency and conservation Energy research Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Government information and archives Higher education Licensing and registrations Manufacturing Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Research administration and funding Research and development Energy 00 2009-11-16 Introduced in Senate 2010-05-07T19:42:23Z Offshore Wind Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to implement a program to: (1) improve the energy efficiency, reliability, and capacity of offshore wind turbines; and (2) reduce the cost of manufacturing, construction, deployment, generation, and maintenance of offshore wind energy systems.

Requires the Secretary to implement the program to support: (1) the design, demonstration, and deployment of advanced wind turbine foundations and support structures, blades, turbine systems, components, and supporting land- and water-based infrastructure for application in shallow water, transitional depths, and deep offshore water; (2) the full-scale testing and establishment of regional demonstrations of offshore wind components and systems to validate technology and performance issues relating to the components; (3) assessments of the offshore wind resources for inclusion in a publicly accessible database; (4) the design, demonstration, and deployment of integrated sensors, actuators, and advanced materials; (5) advanced blade manufacturing activity to stimulate the development of the blade manufacturing capacity of the United States; and (6) methods to assess and mitigate the effects of wind energy systems on marine ecosystems and marine industries.

Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education to establish national offshore wind centers. Requires such a center to be designed to: (1) focus on deepwater floating offshore wind energy technologies; and (2) facilitate the conduct of initiatives to advance program activities.


]]> Offshore Wind Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2009 Display Title Offshore Wind Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to support the research, demonstration, and development of commercial applications for offshore wind energy, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Offshore Wind Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2773is/xml/BILLS-111s2773is.xml 2009-12-08 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-330. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.