In New Statement On Offshore Wind, President Biden Does Not Address Vineyard Wind Blade Failure

[DefiantMassRINO]

Meanwhile, in Vineyard Wind news ...

https://nantucketcurrent.com/news/in-new-statement-on-offshore-wind-president-biden-does-not-address-vineyard-wind-blade-failure
In New Statement On Offshore Wind, President Biden Does Not Address Vineyard Wind Blade Failure

Jason Graziadei • Sep 05, 2024

In President Joe Biden's first remarks on his administration's push for offshore wind energy developments since Vineyard Wind's turbine blade failure on July 13, he renewed the commitment to one of the pillars of his climate change agenda but declined to mention the incident off Nantucket or the fact that the signature project remains suspended by the federal government. ...

... Vineyard Wind is the nation's first large-scale offshore wind farm, but the project remains suspended by the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which is conducting a "comprehensive and independent investigation into the causes and factors contributing to the incident."

While Biden mentioned "Made In America" in his statement, the manufacturer of Vineyard Wind's 62 turbines is GE Vernova. The company is indeed based in Cambridge, Mass., but its turbine components - including the blades - are manufactured in Canada and France.

President Biden also mentioned partnering with Native American "Tribes" in his statement, but the one located closest to the Vineyard Wind project - the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) on Martha's Vineyard - has called for a moratorium on all offshore wind development in the United States until further research can be done on the impact of wind farm construction. ...

[Hoodat]

Levelized Cost of Energy

- Land-based wind = $39/MWh

- Fixed bottom offshore wind = $95/MWh

- Floating offshore wind = $147/MWh

https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/88335.pdf


The floating offshore wind that they are proposing is by far the most expensive form of electricity generation in use today.  It is 3½ times more costly than land-based wind.  And this is the loser that Biden is backing.  With our money.

[mountaineer]

Vineyard Wind blade pollution washes up on Smith’s Pt on way into Madaket Harbor. No results from water quality test or impact on scallop beds. Large blade sections remain on seabed.

https://twitter.com/ChalkeMary40147/status/1841178383260254668