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Timeline
Estimated – 2015/2016 - Project(s) begins operation.
Estimated – 2013 for about two to three years - Project(s) construction begins.
Estimated – 2013 - Preferred developer(s) signs contracts for power price agreements.
Estimated – 2013 - Preferred developer(s) successfully completes all reviews and incorporates community input.
2011 for about two years - Preferred developer(s) begin regulatory and environmental reviews, and get additional community input.
Late 2010 or early 2011 - NYPA Web posting of information from preferred proposal(s).
Late 2010 or early 2011 - Trustees select preferred developer(s) pending regulatory and environmental reviews, incorporation of community input and signed contract(s).
2010 to Date:
July 27 - Get Listed! event in Dunkirk.
June 24 - Get Listed! event in Syracuse.
June to late 2010 - NYPA initial review of proposals
June 1 - Proposals due. Five received.
April 12 - Get Listed! event in Rochester.
April 9 - Deadline for question submission.
March 20 - Notice of Intent to Bid due.
March 9 - Presentation to Jefferson County Legislature.
February 24 - Get Listed! event in Buffalo kicks off Glow Business Registry.
2009:
December 1 - RFP announced. (video of press conference)
August - present - Outreach meetings with local and state officials, community and business leaders, general public.
June 16 - President Kessel provides news briefing update on GLOW Initiative.
June 15 - Responses due to Request for Expressions of Interest to initiate efforts to develop offshore wind projects in Great Lakes.
May 19 - Responses due to RFP to examine technical issues related to the viability of such projects.
April 22 - Earth Day - President Kessel announces initiative.
Great Lakes Offshore Wind Project (GLOW)
On June 4, 2010, NYPA President Richard Kessel announced the start of a multi-phase review process for five proposals vying to construct the GLOW project or projects in the New York State waters of Lake Erie and/or Lake Ontario. A timeline for the review is shown on this page.
Background:
On December 1, President Richard Kessel released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of utility scale (120 MW to 500 MW) wind generating projects in New York State waters of Lake Erie and/or Lake Ontario.
The release of the RFP followed several months of outreach to community and business leaders, local and state officials, environmentalists and the general public, whose feedback was incorporated into the document. NYPA had announced the major public-private initiative for the potential development of wind power projects in the New York State waters of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in April.
Outreach continues. On February 24, NYPA and others sponsored an event in Buffalo for companies interested in teaming up with developers to become involved in the GLOW project; similar events have been held in Rochester, Syracuse and Dunkirk.
Project Resources:
- GLOW RFP
- GLOW Myths vs Facts
- GLOW Fact Sheet
- GLOW FAQs
- GLOW Studies
- Screening Selection - .html version, .pdf (printer-friendly) version
- Screening Selection - .html version, .pdf (printer-friendly) version
- GLOW Presentations
- GLOW Business Registry of companies interested in becoming involved in offshore wind development
- NYPA in the Wind newsletter - Spring 2010
Useful Links:
American Wind Energy Association - provides a wind energy tutorial covering all aspects of wind power.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory The U.S. Department of Energy's research lab provides basic information on wind power and DOE's wind research programs, along with links to other resources.
For more information:
Contact us at NYPAWindPower@nypa.gov.