JULY 16, 2009
7:00 - 8:00 PM Vessel Traffic, Safety, and Offshore Wind
Farms: Navigating the Coast Guard's Review
Process
North Kingstown Free Library
100 Boone Street, Wickford
Edward G.
LeBlanc is chief of the Waterways Management
Division for Coast Guard Sector
Southeastern New England, an area that
includes Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Sound, Buzzards Bay, Nantucket Sound, and
all ocean waters adjacent to Rhode Island,
Southeastern Massachusetts, and Cape Cod.
His division ensures navigation safety
through a variety of preventative measures
including aids-to-navigation, vessel traffic
management, boating safety education, and
compliance with federal regulations.
The Waterways Management Division also
reviews any proposed facility or activity
that may impact navigation on a federal
waterway, such as offshore renewable energy
installations (e.g., wind farms), dredging
and bridge maintenance operations, and
marine regattas.
AUGUST 6, 2009
7:00 - 8:00 PM Rhode Island Ocean Zoning: Where
NOT to Put a Wind Farm in Rhode Island
Waters
South Kingstown Peace Dale Library
1057 Kingstown Road, Peace Dale
Work is underway to gather data to assist in
siting offshore renewable energy facilities
(wind farms) in R.I. coastal waters.
Environmental conditions, existing uses,
ecological impacts, and technological
constraints are all factors to determine
viable sites for offshore energy
development. Malcolm Spaulding, URI
professor of ocean engineering, will
describe the marine spatial planning
approach that is being used. This work
is being done as part of the R.I. Ocean
Special Area Management Plan to zone Rhode
Island's waters.
THE ABOVE LECTURES ARE FREE; HOWEVER,
SEATING IS LIMITED. PLEASE CONTACT
RHODE ISLAND SEA GRANT AT 401-874-6800 TO
RESERVE YOUR SEAT.
The 2009 Summer Community Lecture Series is
sponsored by Rhode Island Sea Grant, the URI
Cooperative Extension/Nutrition and Food
Sciences Department, the R.I. Ocean Special
Area Management Plan, and the participating
libraries. For more information, visit
seagrant.gso.uri.edu..
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NOVEMBER 2-4, 2009 The Ecology of Marine Wind
Farms: Perspectives on Impact
Mitigation, Siting, and Future Uses 8th Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant
Science Symposium
Newport Harbor Hotel, Newport, RI
The development of
offshore renewable energy systems is an
international priority driven by the
need to reduce our dependence on fossil
fuels and decrease human impacts on
global climate. At the same time, the
increasing demand for high quality
seafoods, marine bioactive products, and
recreational opportunities is
accelerating worldwide.
The purpose of this
symposium is to develop opportunities
and document progress toward a new
vision of designed, permitted, offshore
ecosystems that have wind-power energy
systems as their focus to provide mutual
benefits for multiple uses of ocean
space and many new opportunities to
develop the “green economy.”
This symposium will
bring together international experts in
wind energy, biotechnologies, seafoods,
fisheries, aquaculture, and leading
legal and policy experts to discuss
innovative methods for the integration
of these future uses into wind-farm
marine areas.
Five sessions will
be convened each led by an invited,
topical keynote speaker:
Marine Spatial
Planning, Economic, Policy and Legal
Issues
Status of
Innovative Aquaculture Technologies
Suitable for Integration with
Offshore Renewable Energy Systems
Innovations in
Fisheries Systems
Designing and
Managing Offshore Structures to
Enhance Coastal Habitats and Fishing
Discussions on
Formation of International Working
Groups on Knowledge Transfer,
Mitigating Impacts and Future Uses
of Windpower Areas
