that is the ISSUE, and it will hurt a huge part of NAVAIR testing that only is done here.....
Wind Farms in Somerset County
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that is the ISSUE, and it will hurt a huge part of NAVAIR testing that only is done here.....
Meanwhile...In VA, only the two-turbine pilot project looks to be going ahead.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dominion-virginia-power-wont-build-offshore-wind-farm-on-tract-it-leased-unless-cost-drops/2013/09/14/4b11661e-1cc8-11e3-82ef-a059e54c49d0_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dominion-virginia-power-wont-build-offshore-wind-farm-on-tract-it-leased-unless-cost-drops/2013/09/14/4b11661e-1cc8-11e3-82ef-a059e54c49d0_story.html
Ed Zachary.
Can anyone explain how Mikulski's comments about the wind turbines in the recent BayNet article (http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/38221), identifies her as a key supporter of Pax River? I don't speak government-ese, so all I hear her saying is wait until the MIT study is complete before doing anything.
1. Wind turbine blades kill bald and golden eagles by the thousands. Thanks to new legislation, they will be able to do so legally. You can probably add ospreys as well. (That should rid us of those pesky little national symbols.)
2. Wind turbine blades produce a low frequency beating that can be felt and affects humans, bats and some animals.
3. Shadows of whirling blades falling across homes have driven some people nearly insane.
4. Manufacture, construction, maintenance & decommissioning costs of wind turbines make them cost ineffective over their life span. They are not green.
5. If you have a TV antenna, kiss your reception good-bye.
The birds and bat problems are well documented. Other than anecdotal, are there creditable links for the rest of this?
2. Wind turbine blades produce a low frequency beating that can be felt and affects humans, bats and some animals.
3. Shadows of whirling blades falling across homes have driven some people nearly insane.
4. Manufacture, construction, maintenance & decommissioning costs of wind turbines make them cost ineffective over their life span. They are not green.
5. If you have a TV antenna, kiss your reception good-bye.
The birds and bat problems are well documented. Other than anecdotal, are there creditable links for the rest of this?
Some hopeful signs that the Maryland offshore wind farm project will soon die the death it deserves.
http://www.somdnews.com/article/20141003/NEWS/141009597/1074/bohanan-calls-wind-turbine-project-x2018-dead-x2019&template=southernMaryland
http://www.somdnews.com/article/20141003/NEWS/141009597/1074/bohanan-calls-wind-turbine-project-x2018-dead-x2019&template=southernMaryland
look like they're back !!!
http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0617/plansareunderwayforoffshorewindfarmsinmaryland.html
Right across from the base. Wicomico county.
http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0617/plansareunderwayforoffshorewindfarmsinmaryland.html
Right across from the base. Wicomico county.
There has a been a sudden burst of activity in the infant large offshore wind farm activity in along the eastern coast, with several of the major players in European and Scandinavian wind energy sector winning the lease auctions here in the US. MD, NJ, NY all let major offshore tracts.
glhs837
Power with Control
I see no evidence of that. What I see are seriously experienced foreign operators coming here to buy up US offshore leases and set up big wind farms...for real. I have to admit I didn't think that would happen...
glhs837
Power with Control
Can those guys hack it if subsidies go away?
That is exactly what they are banking on. This is real money..not the totally wasted crap that has characterized all US offshore wind farm activity to this point. The reductions in operational overheads they've achieved in Europe the last few years are nothing short of stunning...defied all predictions.
glhs837
Power with Control
Sustainable, though? Long term maint upkeep, that sort of thing?
There certainly are maintenance issues to deal with. Turbine blade leading edge erosion is one that bedevils the industry a great deal. The machines are complex. But it's still a "fledgling" industry even where it's huge, in Europe. So the truly long-term issues are yet to be shown..
We don't want them to become "too reliable"...our business is supplying equipment to the vessels that cart the maintenance and repair crews around. ;-)
