Comments on: Delaware to get offshore wind http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:49:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: alex45 http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-18010 alex45 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:14:08 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-18010 Very nice article... Your links and analyzing are simply super... It is one of the well organized articles.... Thanks, ================ Alex <a href="http://www.alcoholaddiction.org/delaware" rel="nofollow">Delaware Alcohol Addiction Treatment</a> Very nice article…
Your links and analyzing are simply super…
It is one of the well organized articles….

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]]> By: Earl Killian http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-15009 Earl Killian Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:13:34 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-15009 Bluewater hopes to put as much as 600 MW of turbines at the site, if they can find others to sign contracts. The 200 MW is simply the first signed contract. At http://tinyurl.com/3n4g2c you will find the estimate of 1.6 billion if it ends up being 450 MW. The other interesting thing about that story was the line "it took public outcry demanding a wind deal ... to prompt Bluewater and Delmarva to finally reach an agreement." Bluewater hopes to put as much as 600 MW of turbines at the site, if they can find others to sign contracts. The 200 MW is simply the first signed contract. At http://tinyurl.com/3n4g2c you will find the estimate of 1.6 billion if it ends up being 450 MW. The other interesting thing about that story was the line “it took public outcry demanding a wind deal … to prompt Bluewater and Delmarva to finally reach an agreement.”

]]> By: hapa http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14996 hapa Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:26:09 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14996 we could probably settle on a minimum now. how about 200GW peak. we could probably settle on a minimum now. how about 200GW peak.

]]> By: Mauri Pelto http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14994 Mauri Pelto Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:57:12 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14994 We just need that first one offshore and the snowball will start rolling. Only after we have a number will we able to assess, what capacity of offshore wind we wish to pursue. We just need that first one offshore and the snowball will start rolling. Only after we have a number will we able to assess, what capacity of offshore wind we wish to pursue.

]]> By: hapa http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14992 hapa Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:33:20 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14992 i first read all those numbers as meters. aieee! huge! it's just weird, in feet. i have to translate. they're using <a href="http://deblog.bluewaterwind.com/index.php?itemid=8" rel="nofollow">vestas 3MW turbines</a>. kind of disappointingly, because they were contracting with only one utility, the farm is half the size the developer proposed. i wonder if somebody else could have stepped in to buy the rest. something to think about when deployment of wind starts in earnest. i mean this is one of the good differences between central and distributed generation -- the modularity means the facility can easily be <em>larger</em> than any one customer wants, allowing for co-ops to participate, multiple utilities to participate -- but here it means we get less clean energy installed in a planned project than we could have. i first read all those numbers as meters. aieee! huge!

it’s just weird, in feet. i have to translate.

they’re using vestas 3MW turbines. kind of disappointingly, because they were contracting with only one utility, the farm is half the size the developer proposed. i wonder if somebody else could have stepped in to buy the rest. something to think about when deployment of wind starts in earnest.

i mean this is one of the good differences between central and distributed generation — the modularity means the facility can easily be larger than any one customer wants, allowing for co-ops to participate, multiple utilities to participate — but here it means we get less clean energy installed in a planned project than we could have.

]]> By: Paul K http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14988 Paul K Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:45:25 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14988 Rehoboth Beach is one of the best on the Atlantic coast. There's nothing here in the Midwest that comes close. It might be Delaware's top tourist spot. This should be the second Atlantic wind project. The opposition to Cape Wind is a national scandal. As E. Killian's link illustrates. Cape Wind was rejected for mainly aesthetic reasons. The spoiled view - ridiculous! wind turbines are beautiful - would hurt the tourism industry. Opposition by those hurt financially is understandable. Opposition by Robert Kennedy Jr. is beyond baffling. He, like climateprogress, promotes the Hansen end of creation projection. He called those who disagree with him guilty of treason, a crime punishable by death. He condemns the oil companies, rails against coal, and says we must bring CO2 emissions 80% below current levels to avoid unimaginable catastrophe. But when push comes to shove, the view from his veranda and local business interests are more important. Rehoboth Beach is one of the best on the Atlantic coast. There’s nothing here in the Midwest that comes close. It might be Delaware’s top tourist spot. This should be the second Atlantic wind project. The opposition to Cape Wind is a national scandal. As E. Killian’s link illustrates. Cape Wind was rejected for mainly aesthetic reasons. The spoiled view – ridiculous! wind turbines are beautiful – would hurt the tourism industry. Opposition by those hurt financially is understandable. Opposition by Robert Kennedy Jr. is beyond baffling. He, like climateprogress, promotes the Hansen end of creation projection. He called those who disagree with him guilty of treason, a crime punishable by death. He condemns the oil companies, rails against coal, and says we must bring CO2 emissions 80% below current levels to avoid unimaginable catastrophe. But when push comes to shove, the view from his veranda and local business interests are more important.

]]> By: Earl Killian http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14984 Earl Killian Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:12:18 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14984 Andy, Bluewater appears to have learned from the Cape Wind saga. See their visualizations, which are designed to head off objections right away: http://www.bluewaterwind.com/de_photos.htm Andy, Bluewater appears to have learned from the Cape Wind saga. See their visualizations, which are designed to head off objections right away:
http://www.bluewaterwind.com/de_photos.htm

]]> By: Andy Bauer http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14979 Andy Bauer Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:52:14 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/25/delaware-to-get-offshore-wind/#comment-14979 Good for Delaware! Here's hoping that Ted and Robert Jr. change their tune about Cape Wind. Good for Delaware!

Here’s hoping that Ted and Robert Jr. change their tune about Cape Wind.

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