Posted on 01/14/2022 4:55:07 AM PST by rktman
The Biden administration laid out an ambitious plan Wednesday for government-funded wind farms along the east coast, which it said would sustain millions of Americans’ energy needs.
Multiple federal agencies are planning to collaborate on the project, which will be completed by 2030, Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland said during a renewable energy conference in Boston on Wednesday. Overall, at least 30 gigawatts will be produced by offshore wind farms by decade’s end.
“The Interior Department is laying out an ambitious roadmap as we advance the Administration’s plans to confront climate change, create good-paying jobs, and accelerate the nation’s transition to a cleaner energy future,” Haaland stated.
“Together, we will meet our clean energy goals while addressing the needs of other ocean users and potentially impacted communities,” she continued. “We have big goals to achieve a clean energy economy and Interior is meeting the moment.”
The farms would produce enough energy, Haaland added, to support more than 10 million homes by 2030, the Associated Press reported.
The U.S. wind sector currently has a total capacity of 118 gigawatts, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Roughly 3% of the nation’s total energy is produced by wind farms, additional government data showed.
“We are working to facilitate a pipeline of projects that will establish confidence for the offshore wind industry,” Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Amanda Lefton said in a statement.
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Let’s build them on the border on top of a big wall. That’s a compromise.
Sorry. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. I kid you not. As far as I recall, the ocean is gonna do pretty much whatever it wants to do.
The elite won’t.
And they’ll throw the illegals under the bus as soon as they have outlived their usefulness.
The problem is, the illegals are less likely to be constrained by American values and morals and will be harder to control and hence pose a more unpredictable threat to the elite than law abiding Americans.
And the elitists have to know this.
“Wind is not consistent “
A regular Inspector Clouseau there.
I don’t know why a state like Texas that is awash in oil and natural gas needs those stupid ass ugly windmills.
Here in Maine our soon to be ex-governor, Janet Mills (demonrat) has been pushing and subsidizing those ugly wind mills and solar farms with taxpayer money for some time now.
My family owns a chunk of land and we’ve gotten letters from companies in New York City, Boston and San Francisco that want to rent part of our land for thirty years.
Those letters are never answered by us.
Fiberglass, I believe.
The only food on the shelves will be canned beans. Just have to get everyone to face the same direction.
1. During storms and other high wind times the windmills have to shut down because of the high speeds involved.
2. In winter during low wind speed, the freezing cold causes the gear box oil to freeze, so the windmills have to be fed with electricity to keep them warm.
The working guts of a wind generator.....see the white hard hat on the top of the cabinet..(upper right)...gives some idea of the size of the beast.
So Lesgo Brandon will need standby power plants to supply 10 million homes...for when there is no wind or during shutdown maintenance periods.
Ha....self destroying windmill...the blade cuts the tower...../snicker.
Yeah right?
Neither is sunshine for that mater. SMH
But I keep garlic above my door, so thet nasty ol’ global warming ain’t a-gonna spook me nohow, boss. Follow the science and use Obeia to ward off the evil sperits.
Clear cutting “old growth” forests is ok so long as you are building wind or solar farms.
Fewer trees, less CO2 needed.
Ugh!
Every time I see these stupid windmills they’re never moving.
Except when I went to Canada... they were all moving. I remember thinking to myself that it was so weird to see them all actually moving.
I have a suggestion. Have FERC issue a rule that any new generation project must be able to produce at a level equal to 85% of the total nameplate rating of the project for a minimum of 168 hours (7 days) and be dispatchable on 15 minutes notice. So if someone wants to build a 5000 MW wind project then it has to be able to produce at least 4,250 MW constantly for a week. You can do it however you want, batteries or thermal generation but failure to do so when required will incur SERIOUS financial penalties.
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