Floating wind madness in Maine

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Floating wind madness in Maine
By
David Wojick
|
June 17th, 2024
 
The Government of Maine has really big plans for floating wind, a floating net zero fantasy in fact. Since floating wind power is the next big green thing it is worth taking a close look at this ruinous vision.

Floating wind is a fad not an established technology. It has yet to be built at utility scale or tested in a hurricane. The world’s biggest grid connected system is a tiny 50 MW and just came online off Scotland.

The cost of floating wind is necessarily much greater than fixed wind. A fixed wind tower sits on a simple monopile while a floating tower sits on a huge complex structure called a floater. We are talking about massive 500 foot towers with 500 ton turbines on top and 300 foot blades catching the wind.

 https://www.cfact.org/2024/06/17/floating-wind-madness-in-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=floating-wind-madness-in-maine&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=floating-wind-madness-in-maine