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To: Red Badger

Start on Martha’s Vineyard.


4 posted on 09/18/2023 6:25:26 AM PDT by mware
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To: mware

I was on Cape Cod this past weekend. There are several wind turbines just north of the Borne bridge over the Cape Cod canal. All were turning except one yesterday afternoon.

They are also building the largest wind turbines(I believe) in the USA just southeast of Martha’s Vineyard in Nantucket Sound.
Just the platforms that they will sit on are several hundred feet tall. I saw one in June in Newport, RI harbor sitting on the deck of the vessel that was going to install/deliver it.

FYI, they have wanted to build this wind farm for years. Senator Ted Kennedy kept it from being approved because it was a favorite area for him to go sailing. The local fisherman are all against it. They think it will affect their catch.

I spent the last several days at the Cape Cod fairgrounds. The parking lots of the fairgrounds are covered with the solar panel structures. They are about 15’ off the ground. That way you can drive under them with campers/RVs. They built them to power the fairgrounds. The one thing they do provide which is a benefit is SHADE.


26 posted on 09/18/2023 7:10:10 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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