The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Energy => Topic started by: thackney on March 09, 2021, 02:02:45 am
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Biden administration gives major push to giant offshore wind farm
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/08/biden-administration-offshore-wind-474371
The Interior Department said on Monday it had completed its environmental review for a massive wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, a key step toward final approval of the long-stalled project that will play a prominent role in President Joe Biden's effort to expand renewable energy in the U.S.
The completion of the review is a breakthrough for the U.S. offshore wind industry, which has lagged behind its European counterparts and the U.S. onshore industry that has grown rapidly, even during the pandemic. It also marks a key acceleration for the Biden administration that has advocated renewables growth on public lands and waters....
...The proposed 800-megawatt project, called Vineyard Wind, would be located approximately 12 nautical miles off the coast of Martha's Vineyard and would be the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in the country. Two other small offshore projects have been built off the coasts of Rhode Island and Virginia, but at 30 MW and 12 MW, respectively, are a fraction of the size of the Vineyard Wind project, which needs a final record of decision before construction can begin. That decision could come this spring....
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Noticeably absent from this article is how much $ in subsidies was provided by the taxpayers toward this.
Seems this would be an important piece of data.
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What does the proposed construction of windmills off Martha's Vineyard tell us?
That the power of the Korrupt Kennedy's has come to an end.
Hopefully Drunken Teddy will be able to see the ugly things from his grave. (Or has Arlington been desecrated?)