Offshore power : building renewable energy projects in U.S. waters / Markian M.W. Melnyk, Robert M. Andersen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Stepping Off Dry Land: The Case for Offshore Renewable Energy 1 -- 2 An Unfamiliar Environment: Offshore Conditions and Energy Resources 31 -- 3 Marvelous Machines: Harvesting Nature's Offshore Energy Crop 53 -- 4 Carving Out a Piece of the Shelf: Project Siting Decisions 89 -- 5 Acquiring Rights to Project Sites: MMS and Offshore Renewables; FERC and Hydrokinetics 123 -- 6 Action and Its Impacts: Project Review under the National Environmental Policy Act 167 -- 7 Nature and Machine Coexisting Offshore: Federal Protections for Natural and Cultural Resources 199 -- 8 Still More Permits: The Roles of Other Federal and State Agencies Reviewing Proposed Offshore Projects 229 -- 9 Renewable Energy Goodwill: Managing the Public Consultation Process 263 -- 10 Connecting to the Grid: Adapting to Intermittent Renewable Energy Supplies 293 -- 11 Working the Numbers: Financing and Insuring Offshore Renewable Energy Projects 329 -- 12 Cultivating Disruptive Change: The Economic Challenge of Offshore Renewable Energy 371.

'As the United States seeks ways to meet the ever-increasing power needs of its large coastal population areas, theres a growing focus on the plentiful renewable energy resources located just offshore. In their new book, energy experts Markian Melnyk and Robert Andersen outline the important new offshore options available to a nation on the threshold of a green revolution. The experience gained by early offshore oil and gas prospectors, as well as by more recent developers of European offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy projects, provide a wealth of knowledge that can be readily transferred to North American marine energy projects. Whether youre a developer, financial backer, or regulator, Offshore Power charts a course for long-term deployment of marine renewable energy facilities, and creates a compelling picture of a greener future.'--from books.google.com.hk.