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beSpacific · @bespacific
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The 2035 Offshore Wind Report shows US has 1 of world’s best offshore wind potentials, enough to power up to 5% in 2035 and 25% of America’s total power needs in 2050 with this abundant clean energy. Progress in the next decade is critical to build out the U.S. offshore wind supply chain. 2035report.com/offshorewind/

#endfossilfuels #fossilfuels #rewableenergy #ClimateCrisis #OffshoreWind #cleanelectricity #energy #cleanenergy #electricity

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Sandy Lawrence · @swlawrence
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Maritime Executive: "Two US offshore wind projects claim 'First Steel in the Water' honors." The East Coast has a race underway between the Vineyard Wind project offshore of Massachusetts and the South Fork Wind project offshore of New York to be the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm completed in the United States. Both are claiming the title + emphasizing they have placed “steel in the water,” as the U.S. industry finally moves into the construction phase. Steel in the water means installation of the first monopile foundation in the seafloor. New York’s Governor Kathy Hochul also announced the South Fork Wind will install the project's U.S.-built offshore substation. "An offshore installation vessel, Boskalis's Bokalift 2, is transporting and installing the foundations for the project which will consist of 12 turbines from Siemens-Gamesa each with an 11-megawatt capacity. South Fork is expected to generate 130 MW." For context, 130 MW is equivalent to almost 1/8 of the capacity of a typical nuclear power plant. The beauty of wind is it's modular, so the first installation will be producing power by the end of this year, compared to the 2 Vogtle nuclear plants in Georgia which began construction in 2009, the first of these 2 just came on line in 2023, 7 yrs behind schedule + at a cost that more than doubled to $15 billion. The other plant has been pushed back to 2024, also behind schedule + over budget. For South Fork Wind, work onshore began in February of 2022, + will be complete in less than 2 yrs. Finally, can you guess which type of generator produces much cheaper power? The photos are of ship Orion working on Vineyard Wind [green hull] + the ship Boskalis working on South Fork Wind [blue hull].

#OffshoreWind #climatechange

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Simon Waldman · @simon_on_energy
146 followers · 343 posts · Server fediscience.org

Seeing what's trendy in industry by looking at conference programmes.... 😅

#hydrogen #OffshoreWind #gow23

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Ian Rose · @ianrosewrites
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Decarbonization is vital and urgent. But when it comes to multibillion-dollar industries, urgency has a tendency to let bad behavior slip and legitimate criticism get glossed over. Like anything this size, it's complicated, and how we do it, technically and ethically, matters.

This @ProPublica / New Bedford Light piece does a great job of breaking down the complexity of offshore wind to a fishing community.

propublica.org/article/fisherm

#justtransition #fishing #OffshoreWind #greenenergy

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Sandy Lawrence · @swlawrence
28 followers · 131 posts · Server aus.social

EnergyCentral: "Maryland lawmakers pass offshore wind bill, state targets 8.5 GW by 2031" The legislation set a goal of 8l5 gigawatts or GW by 2031. Note 2 points. First, a GW is a billion watt rating of instantaneous power, which is 1 followed by 9 zeroes. Second, a GW is the typical rating of a nuclear power plant. So Maryland is planning to increase their generation with wind by 8.5 GW in only 8 yrs. Take that, nuclear. The only 2 nuclear reactors under construction, the Vogtle reactors in Georgia, are at least 5 yrs past their originally planned startup with a cost that has ballooned from about $14 billion to well over $30 billion. Part of Lazard's LCOE or Levelized Cost of Energy Comparison involves taking out all the subsidies, to 'level' the playing field. The average retail cost of residential electricity in the United States is about 15.3¢ per kWh. Look at the onshore wind [combined with battery or hydrogen storage] wholesale cost of 2.4 to 7.5¢ per kWh, offshore wind at 7.2 to 14¢ per kWh, then nuclear at 14-22¢ per kWh. Ask yourself how a nuclear power plant is going to be able to sell power into a competitive electric grid without subsidy. Fundamentally, this is why nuclear construction has ground to a halt in America. Economically, it simply can't compete.           

#OffshoreWind #onshorewind #nuclear #climatechange

Last updated 2 years ago

Oceans Craig · @wavygk
300 followers · 295 posts · Server mastodon.nz

- some thoughts and slipped in the context which on the whole people really aren't seeing for what it is... a freight train theconversation.com/the-untapp

#OffshoreWind #climateemergency

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miguel_pacheco · @miguel_pacheco
63 followers · 306 posts · Server masto.pt

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Japan’s JERA to buy Parkwind, Belgium’s top offshore wind company, from parent company Virya Energy for $1.7bn.

power-technology.com/news/jera

#windpower #offshore #OffshoreWind

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Sebastian Müller · @sbamueller
950 followers · 2608 posts · Server freiburg.social

RT @mvgerhardt
(1) Fakten statt Mythen: @Vattenfall_De hat über 2 Jahre alle Vogelbewegungen für die 11 WKA mit 8.8MW der Aberdeen farm gefilmt. Ergebnis: Keine Kollisionen oder Beinahe-Kollisionen von Seevögeln, keine toten Seevögel
👉🏼 offshorewind.biz/2023/02/28/va

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Cottage Politics · @ongoliard
56 followers · 354 posts · Server newsie.social

Concerns About Whales 'Just a Cynical Disinformation Campaign' by Offshore Wind Opponents. Offshore wind opponents along the Eastern Seaboard are weaponizing disinformation about whale strandings to serve their political positions.

ecowatch.com/offshore-wind-wha

#whales #OffshoreWind

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