Posted on 07/28/2015 9:25:06 AM PDT by thackney
The developer of the nations first commercial-scale offshore wind farm installed the first steel foundation for the project off Rhode Islands coast.
The Sunday installation of Deepwater Wind Block Island Wind Farm came just in time for a Monday tour of the site that will include Obama administration officials, lawmakers and Rhode Islands governor, among others.
ADVERTISEMENT It was a very big moment, Jeffrey Grybowski, Chief Executive Officer of Deepwater Wind, told the Providence Journal shortly after watching the first foundations installation from a boat. The company had hoped to install the foundation on Thursday, but the weather did not cooperate, the Journal reported.
The Block Island project will have five turbines, each with a capacity of six megawatts, when it is completed next year.
After repeated delays and setbacks at Cape Wind off nearby Massachusetts, the Block Island farm is set to become the first United States demonstration of offshore wind, which is far more prevalent in Europe and other places.
The tour by dignitaries included Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Abigail Ross Hopper and Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D).
Deepwater Wind and Rhode Island officials have demonstrated what can be accomplished through a forward-looking vision and good working partnerships, Jewell said in a statement following the tour.
Block Island Wind Farm will not only tap into the enormous power of the Atlantics coastal winds to provide reliable, affordable and clean energy to Rhode Islanders, but will also serve as a beacon for Americas sustainable energy future.
this should be really cool when a big ask storm hits them....
The piers and dead birds will attract fish.
They will reap the whirlwind?
I doubt RI gets worse storms than the North Sea.
I was reading about the “London Array” wind farm. The first set of 175 wind turbines was completed in 2013.
The second set of 166 turbines was canceled due to objections from he Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
The dead birds will go directly into the ocean, and will not be obvious. The public will not realize that these choppers are chopping up unsuspecting birds.
The failure will be "government-scale."
LMAO great post!
LOL, "and other places."
Junior High level reporting right there.
The dead bird count is easier to hide when it’s offshore.
I’ve got squirrels invading my bird feeders. Is it feasible to put the squirrels in the wind vanes?
I’m all for it.
If there isn’t a dime of taxpayer money expended, that is.
A lot. It's Rhode Island.
Dittos
When the wind is below a certain speed, they are just a pile of junk: When the wind exceeds a certain speed, they
either shut off or self-destruct.
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