TheDay.com - Study: Ocean Alternative To LNG Project Could Be Built
Broadwater Officials Say Report Didn't Take A Close Enough Look
By Judy Benson, June 8, 2007
A report weighing Broadwater Energy's proposal for a floating gas terminal in Long Island Sound says the level of wind and wave action in the nearby Atlantic Ocean does not preclude an alternative type of facility from being built there instead.
The April report was done by consultants at the Duxbury, Mass., offices of Battelle, a science and technology firm, for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. It was provided to media outlets by the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, one of the main groups opposing Broadwater Energy, which proposed the gas terminal...
The report was done as part of the ongoing evaluation by the New York Department of State into whether the Broadwater project is consistent with the permitted uses in its waterways, said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign.
“This report is immensely hopeful,” Esposito said Wednesday. “We've been strongly searching for alternative locations and technologies. Is this perfect? No. Is it better that putting it in an estuary? Yes.”
