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Catching the sea breeze
The Boston Globe ^ | January 11, 2006 | Greg Watson

Posted on 01/11/2006 8:21:18 PM PST by george76

CRITICS OF PROPOSED US offshore wind farms have recently lauded efforts to develop deep-water offshore wind energy technologies that would allow wind farms to be built far from shore.

They suggest that advances in research and development are proceeding at such a rapid pace that thousands of wind turbines could soon be operating off the northeast coast without encroaching on anyone's view or posing any threat to the environment.

Clarification about the current state and potential of deep-water offshore wind energy appears timely.

The US Department of Energy estimates the wind energy potential off the United States coast to be roughly equivalent to the nation's current total demand for electricity.

For the past year, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative has worked with the US Department of Energy and General Electric Co. to assess the feasibility of tapping a significant portion of this vast resource.

Today just under 700 megawatts of wind energy is installed offshore, all of it in Europe, which is clearly ahead of the United States in thinking about and developing offshore wind resources.

Here in the United States, individual projects have been proposed off the coasts of Massachusetts (Cape Wind), New York, and Texas...

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1 posted on 01/11/2006 8:21:20 PM PST by george76
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2 posted on 01/11/2006 8:22:15 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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I am a liberal super yuppie....my energy comes from the gas station and the light switch.....not yucky oil wells and wind things......


3 posted on 01/11/2006 8:40:31 PM PST by There You Go Again
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''without encroaching on anyone's view...''

Awright!! Underwater wind turbines! I jes' knew we'd get'r done... (/sarc for the credulous)

4 posted on 01/11/2006 9:33:41 PM PST by SAJ
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I would think the Great Plains of the Midwest would be Ideal for Wind Farms..

Especially appropriate would be North Dakota.. Nebraska... Kansas.. Oklahoma.. Texas..

5 posted on 01/12/2006 12:10:29 AM PST by Drammach (Freedom; not just a job, it's an adventure..)
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Awright!! Underwater wind turbines!

Actually something similar, Tidal Generators could be set up along the coast and never be seen by anyone, as they would actually BE underwater..

I believe Canada actually has a Tidal Generation program under way..

6 posted on 01/12/2006 12:13:12 AM PST by Drammach (Freedom; not just a job, it's an adventure..)
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Driving south through Illinois, there are places with acres of wind turbines. I understand that they are also income producers for the land owners. The land is completely flat and underpopulated.


7 posted on 01/12/2006 5:47:02 AM PST by reformedliberal (Bless our troops and pray for our nation. I am thankful for both and for Free Republic..)
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In north east Colorado, there is a plan for the second largest wind farm in America.

If it is ok for wind farms in middle America, it should be equally ok near where the elite live.


8 posted on 01/12/2006 8:18:24 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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9 posted on 03/12/2006 10:40:08 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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