Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans and Diamond Offshore Wind, a subsidiary of Diamond Generating Corp., announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Sept. 23 regarding evaluation and potential early development of wind power generation in the Gulf of Mexico. The agreement could put Entergy into making its first step to deliver another source of clean power to customers. Work still needs to be done, according to Phillip May, Entergy Louisiana president/CEO. The MOU provides a legal framework for Entergy and Diamond to work toward development of potential offshore wind demonstration projects located in Louisiana state waters and on a near-term evaluation of grid interconnection to determine size and locations. Louisiana has an opportunity to develop an offshore wind industry that could service the entire country, according to Chris Wissemann, CEO of Diamond Offshore Wind. Entergy Louisiana currently has approximately 280MW of renewable resources. Diamond is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp. (Entergy 09/23/22) Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans and Diamond Offshore Wind seek to evaluate offshore wind (entergynewsroom.com)
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