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A quick insight for all the baws out there regarding wind energy.

Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:17 pm
Posted by Captain Crackysack
Member since Oct 2017
2231 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:17 pm
Within the next 10 years or so, many of our fellow Louisiana and gulf coast baw brethren will be collecting paychecks thanks to offshore wind development. Guess who owns the largest amount of offshore acreage for future wind development in the US? It’s Shell, BP, and Equinor. Guess who has tons of shipyards with expertise in building specialized, dynamically positioned subsea construction and support vessels? The gulf coast. Guess who owns and operates the nations largest fleet of these specialized vessels? The bayou mafia (Gary Chouest and Shane Guidry). If you think Gary and Shane are just gonna cling to the dying oil field while other companies build vessels to support the offshore wind industry, you’d be mistaken. They are already building vessels to support offshore wind. Eventually, they will be building a ton more. They’ll be building them at Louisiana shipyards and crewing them with Louisiana baws.

So who really gives a rat’s arse if the shite works or not? Shell, BP, Equinor, and all the other majors are “energy” companies now. And they have all announced goals to reach a net zero carbon footprint. They are gonna build these wind farms whether they fricking work or not and Louisiana baws will be laughing all the way to the bank. Braxton will be able to get a new Marucci bat for every tournament if he wants
Posted by burke985
UGANDA
Member since Aug 2011
24584 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:19 pm to
Windmills also very expensive to install. Doubt they waste all that money on Louisiana, chouest will have to venture north or west for that money.
This post was edited on 2/19/21 at 8:20 pm
Posted by Malik Agar
Member since Nov 2012
12076 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:22 pm to
Windmill blades only last a certain amount of time before they have to be thrown out due to wear and tear. Due to the chemical nature of the epoxy resin in the blades, they cannot be recycled so they pay a ton of money to throw them in landfills. Luckily for me, my business deals with the transport on them so I get to double dip on the shipping of them.
Posted by Captain Crackysack
Member since Oct 2017
2231 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:22 pm to
Are you serious? Chouest and Guidry have vessels working all over the world right this very moment. No shite he’s gonna send boats on a 4 day trip up the east coast
Posted by CheEngineer
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2019
4234 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:28 pm to
Rattle off a few of the largest green energy companies for me with out googling them? Then I will certainly be convinced this green bullshite is the future. You realize all those oil companies invested in H2 fuel cells and technology. Where are all the h2 cars today? They also have solar power cars competitions each year they sponsor. Still no Is actually driving one today.
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
5764 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:31 pm to


why offshore in Louisiana . Much more wind an d land in the west
Posted by Captain Crackysack
Member since Oct 2017
2231 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:36 pm to
That’s the point dude. Who gives a shite what the names of the companies are? US offshore wind is already in development. There are turbines already in operation. This isn’t some pipe dream, it’s legitimately happening.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
34912 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:36 pm to
Sooo.... serious question......

Offshore wind farms.... what happens when them hurricanes come?

Do they pump out a frick ton more power?

Do they “move” to safer waters?

Do they retract into the sea?

Or do they just bobble around and hope for the best?
Posted by Captain Crackysack
Member since Oct 2017
2231 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:41 pm to
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why offshore in Louisiana . Much more wind an d land in the west


Jesus fricking Christ. The ignorance of this board. The fricking wind farms aren’t gonna be offshore Louisiana. They are gonna be off the east coast. The vessels used to install the turbines will be built in Louisiana at places like Bollinger. And they will be owned and operated by Louisiana companies like Edison Chouest, Harvey Gulf, and Hornbeck Offshore. Then Louisiana Mariners will take the vessels thru the straits of Florida and up the east coast to perform the work.
Posted by burke985
UGANDA
Member since Aug 2011
24584 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:58 pm to
I'm pretty sure they won't need much more vessels to install turbines offshore above what they already got stacked up in fourchon, there's more to it than just sticking a turbine in the mud offshore. The same people clamoring for these things also don't want to look at them off their coasts because it ruins the view. One turbine base costs millions this is not a viable source of power.
This post was edited on 2/19/21 at 9:07 pm
Posted by Captain Crackysack
Member since Oct 2017
2231 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:07 pm to
Some oilfield vessels can be retrofitted to support offshore wind development, but there are also entire new classes of vessels that are being designed and built specifically for the wind industry
Posted by Concernednewguy7
Texas
Member since Dec 2020
1073 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:41 pm to
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If you think Gary and Shane are just gonna cling to the dying oil field


Why’s it dying? What is the basis for you making such a statement?
Posted by Captain Crackysack
Member since Oct 2017
2231 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:51 pm to
Oil companies are slashing exploration budgets. The CEOs of Shell and BP both said, within the last few weeks, that their new projections show that they have already reached peak oil consumption. The oil industry isn’t going to disappear anytime soon, but the days of 60+ drill ships in the gulf punching holes as quickly as they can or gone. We’ll probably never see more than 25 or so active drilling rigs in the gulf ever again. And I work in the gulf so I see it firsthand. Now 25 drilling rigs can keep a decent amount of boats working, but the next offshore frontier is wind. It just is what it is.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
34912 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 10:28 pm to
So what, you just gonna not answer my questions but get all moody at everyone else?
Posted by obdobd918
Member since Jun 2020
3228 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 10:43 pm to
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So who really gives a rat’s arse if the shite works or not?


They can build them and someone can buy them, but do not expect to have electricity when these windmills freeze or get destroyed by a hurricane. Better have reliable base load generation or get used to blackouts when you need the electricity the most. Investing in gasoline generators will not help. No gas stations will be open.
Will need NG generators with a propane tank you can switch to for a limited time.
NG lines in the south do not have the same coating to prevent freezing like northern states. Need to coat existing lines or replace them with new coated pipelines.

We have entered a global cooling period.
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Posted by Concernednewguy7
Texas
Member since Dec 2020
1073 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 10:56 pm to
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It just is what it is.


It is what it is because of government intervention.
Posted by Captain Crackysack
Member since Oct 2017
2231 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 10:59 pm to
The answer is that I have no clue. I’m just a baw. They definitely don’t retract or move as the offshore windmills that are currently in use are fixed installations in shallow water. They are affixed to bases that are built directly on the sea floor. I assume they just hope for the best. Now I wouldn’t be surprised if, in the future, they start building some sort of floating installations that are either dynamically positioned or anchored to the sea floor in a way that allows them to be moved around for any number of reasons
Posted by Captain Crackysack
Member since Oct 2017
2231 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 11:03 pm to
I agree. I think wind energy is just as stupid as everybody else thinks it is. All that I’m trying to point out is that it is past the point of arguing about it. The projects have already gotten the green light, and at least former offshore oilfield baws are well positioned to capitalize on it because they already have the expertise in offshore construction
Posted by BFIV
Virginia
Member since Apr 2012
7700 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 11:12 pm to
I'm so confused now. I thought all this time that we were going to die from global warming? But we're actually going to freeze to death?
Posted by CitizenK
BR
Member since Aug 2019
9332 posts
Posted on 2/20/21 at 12:09 am to
Everybody is busy offshore, just not the Gulf of Mexico. I run into reps from Coastal Louisiana service companies all the time in Houston making deals for offshore. They all say business is great, just not here any longer.
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