Comments on: Huge wind and ocean energy project planned for offshore North Carolina http://climateprogress.org/2009/09/09/huge-wind-and-ocean-energy-project-planned-for-offshore-north-carolina/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:20:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Sotabeadeolla http://climateprogress.org/2009/09/09/huge-wind-and-ocean-energy-project-planned-for-offshore-north-carolina/#comment-134476 Sotabeadeolla Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:54:12 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/?p=11088#comment-134476 Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me! Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me!

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]]> By: Bob Wallace http://climateprogress.org/2009/09/09/huge-wind-and-ocean-energy-project-planned-for-offshore-north-carolina/#comment-109398 Bob Wallace Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:40:40 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/?p=11088#comment-109398 A little off topic, but.... Norway launches floating wind turbine. Currently installed offshore turbine towers are attached to the sea floor and thus are limited in location by water depth. Depths of 60 meters and less are now the restricted range. "The turbine known as Hywind, which measures 65 metres (213 feet) tall and weighs 5,300 tonnes, lies some 10 kilometres (seven miles) off the island of Karmoey near the Scandinavian country's southwestern coastline, the company said. It rests upon a floating stand that is anchored to the seabed by three cables. Water and rocks are placed inside the stand to provide balast. Hywind can be used in waters from 120 metres to 700 metres deep allowing it to be placed much further away from the shore than static wind turbines already in operation." This opens up some excellent very windy areas off the Northwest Coast of the US. http://www.physorg.com/news171634899.html A little off topic, but….

Norway launches floating wind turbine.

Currently installed offshore turbine towers are attached to the sea floor and thus are limited in location by water depth. Depths of 60 meters and less are now the restricted range.

“The turbine known as Hywind, which measures 65 metres (213 feet) tall and weighs 5,300 tonnes, lies some 10 kilometres (seven miles) off the island of Karmoey near the Scandinavian country’s southwestern coastline, the company said.

It rests upon a floating stand that is anchored to the seabed by three cables. Water and rocks are placed inside the stand to provide balast.

Hywind can be used in waters from 120 metres to 700 metres deep allowing it to be placed much further away from the shore than static wind turbines already in operation.”

This opens up some excellent very windy areas off the Northwest Coast of the US.

http://www.physorg.com/news171634899.html

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