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Poli/Science Board: Offshore wind
Posted on 10/12/17 at 9:48 am
Posted on 10/12/17 at 9:48 am
Man we need a science board, but unfortunately, Renewable Energy/Climate Science has morphed in to as political a topic as any I have ever seen.
Interesting report by the National Academy of Sciences on the potential future energy capacity of Offshore Wind.
We need to make rational decisions about future energy needs and the best ways to meet them.
NAS Report offered for your edification.
Interesting report by the National Academy of Sciences on the potential future energy capacity of Offshore Wind.
We need to make rational decisions about future energy needs and the best ways to meet them.
NAS Report offered for your edification.
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Posted on 10/12/17 at 9:56 am to Sid in Lakeshore
weren't offshore wind farms proposed several years ago and one of the Dems were against it because of the "view" it would disrupt?
Posted on 10/12/17 at 9:56 am to Sid in Lakeshore
Keystone Engineering in Metairie has been working on wind farms for years. Don't know how much success they've had building their platforms though. Here it's really expensive.
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This post was edited on 10/12/17 at 9:57 am
Posted on 10/12/17 at 9:59 am to Errerrerrwere
The first offshore wind farm was installed off RI this time last year. A lot of challenges exist to them being more widespread.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:11 am to Sid in Lakeshore
I am surprised Musk isn't pushing for floating solar platforms as a rebuttal to the heat trapping argument against large farms, since water is also a heat trap.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:11 am to Sid in Lakeshore
Offshore wind farms can't document the number of birds killed because they would fall into the ocean and sink and become fish food.
Environmentalist hate birds!
#blm
Environmentalist hate birds!
#blm
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:14 am to Sid in Lakeshore
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We need to make rational decisions
Agree, but there's precious little rationality to be found on the TD Poli Board. Just a lot of quasi-literate alt-right propaganda.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:15 am to Errerrerrwere
As noted the first US offshore wind farm is installed and running.
The support structures (the portion below what would normally be an a terrestrial wind turbine) were designed by Keystone Energy out of their Metairie Louisiana office (HQ). They were fabricated at Gulf Island Fabrication in Houma Louisiana and one of the main installation contractors was MONTCO out of Louisiana.
Louisiana played an inordinately large roll in bringing that project to fruition.
The support structures (the portion below what would normally be an a terrestrial wind turbine) were designed by Keystone Energy out of their Metairie Louisiana office (HQ). They were fabricated at Gulf Island Fabrication in Houma Louisiana and one of the main installation contractors was MONTCO out of Louisiana.
Louisiana played an inordinately large roll in bringing that project to fruition.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:15 am to The Maj
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weren't offshore wind farms proposed several years ago and one of the Dems were against it because of the "view" it would disrupt?
if by democrat, you mean trump, yeah. He was against them in scotland for this exact reason.
But yeah, I think it was ted kennedy against cape cod wind farm, but so was Bill Koch.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:17 am to bamaphan13
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A lot of challenges exist to them being more widespread.
Each development presents its own unique site specific challenges. Several other projects are currently in development on the US OCS.
BOEM.gov/Renewable Energy
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:18 am to Quarterite
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but there's precious little rationality to be found on the TD Poli Board. Just a lot of quasi-literate alt-right propaganda.
The thread was going fine. This is why we can't have nice things.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:18 am to The Maj
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one of the Dems were against it because of the "view" it would disrupt?
Locals often oppose the siting of wind farms due to impacts to the "viewshed". IMO it is just more of the NIMBY attitude.
It is one of the issues considered during the NEPA consultation process.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:19 am to bobby_3_sticks
They’ll tie 9/11 to Democrats if you give them enough space and time here
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:19 am to bobby_3_sticks
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f by democrat, you mean trump, yeah. He was against them in scotland for this exact reason.
Nope, I believe it was a former Dem Messiah known as John Kerry...
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:20 am to udtiger
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I am surprised Musk isn't pushing for floating solar platforms
Floating wind turbine platforms have been deployed and larger projects are under development in order to site wind farms in areas of deep water (>100m).
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:21 am to BestBanker
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Offshore wind farms can't document the number of birds killed
Well, pird populations are very limited offshore. Most birds tend to stay over land. But that is still a concern. Bird radards are just one potential mitigation being developed.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:23 am to The Maj
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Nope, I believe it was a former Dem Messiah known as John Kerry...
The Cape Wind project was kille dby a coalition of Dems and Repubs (Koch being the main antagionist, but even the Kennedys were against the sighting within sight of Marthas Vinyard).
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:23 am to Sid in Lakeshore
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Locals often oppose the siting of wind farms due to impacts to the "viewshed". IMO it is just more of the NIMBY attitude.
It is one of the issues considered during the NEPA consultation process.
I was under the impression that they were Miles out in the ocean. Is that not true? Seems stupid if so. You can't see oil rigs from the beach usually.
This post was edited on 10/12/17 at 10:24 am
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:23 am to The Maj
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Nope, I believe it was a former Dem Messiah known as John Kerry...
Nickname
Posted on 10/12/17 at 10:24 am to Sid in Lakeshore
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Locals often oppose the siting of wind farms due to impacts to the "viewshed". IMO it is just more of the NIMBY
I am not against them but I am against government subsidies to make them work economically. If they work, they work and should stand alone, period.
However, most of you coastal states have "horizon" limits for things like drilling rigs and I am certain they would be applied to wind farms as well. This will pose a problem for economic viability for them and when you couple that with the fact that I don't think you would want to build them in hurricane prone areas, you start to limit their application.
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