“They say the wind drives them mad. It’s a vibration issue because those structures are as tall as 50-story buildings… The wind is howling, objects are moving, creating vibrations and…
Tag: Offshore Wind
Greens Detest ‘Little Guys’ Who Get in Their Way
Environmentalists insist they love “little guys.” At least in the abstract, until those folks get in the way, raise inconvenient questions, or try to block “renewable energy” projects intended to…
BOEM Finally Acknowledges the Harm Caused by Offshore Wind Farms
In a surprising yet overdue move, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released its Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the New York Bight. This document, despite…
Offshore wind’s bogus benefits bragged on
The analysis is fairly simple which makes it easy to see the fallacies. There are just four basic benefit claims. And of course it is all based on highly questionable…
Renewables Subsidies Hit New August Record
The addition of the newer, cheaper offshore wind farms has not had a significant impact on the subsidy per MWh. The reduction in average strike price has been overwhelmed by…
Maine’s massive “floating wind” folly — my report
Extrapolating today’s small-scale facility cost would make the price tag for this project around $100 billion. That could rise significantly once large scale, hurricane-proof technology is developed and adopted, if…
German Professor: Wake Effect Decreases Wind Farm Efficiency, Contributes to Warming
The changes in currents and mixing are likely to affect plankton production and food web structure and may influence the functioning of protected areas. It is therefore important to take…
Thrown To the Wind
The wind industry says it isn’t killing whales, but it is. New boat traffic is colliding with whales. And high-decibel sonar is separating whale mothers from their calves, sending them…
OCEAN INTEGRITY vs. Offshore Wind
“In areas where wind farms are being developed, invasive species can harm … industries by reducing fish populations, damaging habitats, and deterring tourists who seek intact and diverse marine environments.”…
Hurricane Risk to Offshore Wind (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study still relevant)
But such would increase cost, reduce output, and/or limit offshore wind below politically desired levels. All aggravate the already bad economics and poor prospects of offshore wind in the U.S.
Offshore Trojan Horses
Over 25 years, New York ratepayers will be paying about $13 billion for alleged benefits of $6 billion.
Maine’s mysterious floating wind research
It has some mysterious features that are worth pondering. There may even be a many billion-dollar trick here. We consider that at the end, after briefly explaining the mysteries.
Biden-Subsidized Offshore Wind Developer Reports Massive Losses In Latest Blow To Industry
The U.S. offshore wind industry has had a wave of project delays, missed production targets and public backlash in the past year.
Feds must rethink authorizing harassment of whales by offshore wind
The big question is whether unavoidable yet deadly offshore wind harassment is even legal under the MMPA and the Endangered Species Act.
Virginia’s risk of offshore wind turbine blade failure is serious
…surely is unwise to try to throw up 35 miles of untested blades without further consideration.
East coast wind turbine fiasco in the making
Where are the true environmentalists with what is going on?
Climate Change Weekly #513: 📢 Hey, Ho! Biden/Harris Climate Policies Have to Go 📢
From Heartland Daily News H. Sterling Burnett YOU SHOULD SUBSCRIBE TO CLIMATE CHANGE WEEKLY. IN THIS ISSUE: Watch ALL the Presentations by the ALL-STARS of Climate Realism at the Archive…
The Offshore Wind Energy Scandal Is Even Worse Than You Think
These 11 charts show how America’s biggest NGOs are colluding with foreign corporations that want to industrialize our oceans with thousands of turbines that will hurt whales and ratepayers
Offshore wind whale deaths indicated by statistical analysis
This long-standing conjecture that wind kills whales may be confirmed.
‘Bunch Of Suits Trying to Cover Their Tracks’: Beach Town Locals Slam Offshore Wind Developer for Polluting Shores
Residents of Nantucket, Massachusetts, spoke out on Wednesday at a town hall against a wind power company for a “turbine blade failure incident” that resulted in debris washing up along…
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