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R.I. offshore wind farm starts construction
The Hill ^ | 07/27/15 | Timothy Cama

Posted on 07/28/2015 9:25:06 AM PDT by thackney

The developer of the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm installed the first steel foundation for the project off Rhode Island’s 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 Island’s 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 foundation’s 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 Atlantic’s coastal winds to provide reliable, affordable and clean energy to Rhode Islanders, but will also serve as a beacon for America’s sustainable energy future.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: energy; offshore; wind; windfarm; windpower

1 posted on 07/28/2015 9:25:06 AM PDT by thackney
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To: thackney

this should be really cool when a big ask storm hits them....


2 posted on 07/28/2015 9:26:04 AM PDT by stockpirate (A corrupt government is the real enemy of the people.)
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To: thackney

The piers and dead birds will attract fish.


3 posted on 07/28/2015 9:28:15 AM PDT by fso301
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To: fso301

They will reap the whirlwind?


4 posted on 07/28/2015 9:29:15 AM PDT by refermech
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To: stockpirate

I doubt RI gets worse storms than the North Sea.


5 posted on 07/28/2015 9:33:02 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

http://dwwind.com/project/block-island-wind-farm/


6 posted on 07/28/2015 9:34:54 AM PDT by Ray76 (Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
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To: thackney

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.


7 posted on 07/28/2015 9:36:29 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: thackney

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.


8 posted on 07/28/2015 9:36:42 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: thackney
I wonder how much the taxpayers are having to pony up.
9 posted on 07/28/2015 9:36:48 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Steely Tom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_offshore_wind_farms_in_the_North_Sea


10 posted on 07/28/2015 9:37:55 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney
"Commercial-scale," but not "commercial."

The failure will be "government-scale."

11 posted on 07/28/2015 9:48:01 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

LMAO great post!


12 posted on 07/28/2015 9:49:10 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: thackney
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.

LOL, "and other places."

Junior High level reporting right there.

13 posted on 07/28/2015 9:50:22 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: thackney

The dead bird count is easier to hide when it’s offshore.


14 posted on 07/28/2015 9:56:25 AM PDT by boycott
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To: I want the USA back

I’ve got squirrels invading my bird feeders. Is it feasible to put the squirrels in the wind vanes?


15 posted on 07/28/2015 10:12:17 AM PDT by LouAvul (There is no more GOP. There is RAT, and RAT-lite.)
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To: thackney

I’m all for it.

If there isn’t a dime of taxpayer money expended, that is.


16 posted on 07/28/2015 10:17:44 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: hinckley buzzard
I wonder how much the taxpayers are having to pony up.

A lot. It's Rhode Island.

17 posted on 07/28/2015 10:22:47 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Dittos


18 posted on 07/28/2015 12:29:17 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

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.


19 posted on 07/28/2015 2:31:42 PM PDT by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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