#US - The Headwinds Facing Offshore Wind Farms

> Last week, the Biden administration held the nation’s first ever offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Mexico. [..] with the potential to power around 1.3 million homes with clean energy. A significant sale could have signaled a shift away from #FossilFuels for the oil- and gas-intensive Gulf region, but it was far from a runaway success: Only two companies bid for the leases on offer. https://newrepublic.com/post/175425/biden-offshore-wind-farms-headwinds #windpower #greenenergy #windfarm

Very disappointing news

No offshore wind projects were successful in the renewable energy auction, including Wales' first offshore floating wind farm, Erebus, because the government set the maximum price for generators too low

#RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #FLOW #FloatingOffshoreWind #WindFarm #Erebus #ContractsForDifference #Tories #Labour #GreenParty #PlaidCymru #WalesPol #UKPol

https://nation.cymru/news/uk-government-accused-of-setting-back-climate-action-as-wind-project-dealt-major-blow/

20) A reminder, when you encounter #Windfarm objectors, advise them that turbines can be disassembled when we achieve #NuclearFusion. Until then, we’re in emergency mode to stop poison being spilled into the atmosphere

As Britain tries to legislate a #CleanEnergy transition a variety of objections are being raised. Each one aids the #Carbonarchy

Remind your politician NOT to aid the #Oilygarchy

#ClimateCrisis #GreenEnergy #ClimateEmergency

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/tory-tussles-over-energy-bill-put-net-zero-progress-at-risk

19) File this one under dealing with #FearOfChange

New #WindFarm construction is often met with protest frequently stoked by the #Carbonarchy under the guise of ecological or environmental impact. In this case, wind farms somehow threaten whales.

The #Oilygarchy just want to slow down the #EnergyTransition so they can sell the last barrel of oil from their deposits

Remember this formula:
#CleanEnergy = #CleanAir + #CoolPlanet

#ClimateCrisis

🔑 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/opinion/wind-energy-offshore-new-jersey-misinformation.html

WATCH: Seacat Intrepid sails from Harwich towards Great Yarmouth, Saturday 2 September 2023.
If you are at any port near to a windfarm, you're likely to see craft like this - windfarm support vessels, often taking technicians out for a day's work
#windfarm
https://youtu.be/m_A1kQrPQ60.

WATCH: Brand New Ship & Ship Type: Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Grampian Derwent arrives for Harwich stopover; 29 August 2023.
With the Dogger Bank Wind Farm located 130 km offshore from the Yorkshire coast, taking technicians and equipment out to the site is no longer practical, so a new ship type is needed.
#SOV #newship #windfarmsupport #windfarm #ship
https://youtu.be/7nih854soaE

One of the wind turbines caught fire off the coast of Great Yarmouth. Bearing failure?

Nice shot from a drone.

#norfolk #windfarm

More angles of this Transition piece scale model.

Scratchbuilding a scale model of real things makes you appreciate how sturdy model kits are.

Making a 0.5mm slot in an oval of plastic 1mm wide is a challenge.

#ScaleModel #Scratchbuilt #Windmill #Windfarm

Up on Boston hill this morning I could see the first part of the new wind turbine towers in Moanvane wind farm appear, with bot Mt Lucas and Cloncreen finished and visible and Cushaling and Yellow river windfarms in construction and the giant Ballydermot windfarm shortly to go for planning it wont be long till more than a hundred turbines will be visible from here. #windfarm #kildare #offaly #windturbines

Britain faces being left with no hope of meeting its crucial climate crisis goals and losing its status as a world leader in offshore wind energy without an urgent overhaul of government support

The sudden halting of one of the country’s biggest offshore windfarm projects last month could signal a tipping point

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/05/uk-offshore-wind-at-tipping-point-as-funding-crisis-threatens-industry

#ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #C02 #energy #renewable #green #GreenEnergy #WindFarm #ToryFascistDictatorship #FossilFuels #NorthSea #oil

Seen this ship during a ferry crossing.

Never would have imagined that they transported the central shaft vertically. Pretty impressive.

#offshore #windfarm

#windfarm #offshore #birds #birdconservation #hornsea3 #uk
Glad about this idea, we need much more comprehensive thinking like this!

Artikel: Artificial nests could give endangered birds a home near new offshore wind farm

https://flip.it/Wt_oER

#NewJersey's first offshore #windfarm hits a milestone – and #CapeMay county is fighting all of it
US Department of the Interior announced the approval of the construction and operation of the #OceanWind1 project. So that okays 98 turbines and up to three #offshorewindsubstations. It’s slated to be finished in 2025.
https://electrek.co/2023/07/06/new-jersey-first-offshore-wind-farm-ocean-wind-1/

You may be interested to know that the #CrownEstates #windfarm boom that has seen its profits escalate considerably has prompted a halving of the proportion paid to the #Monarchy from 25% down to 12%....

the increased share of the profits going to the Treasury will be used (in #KingCharles words) for ' the wider public good'....

Where that money goes is anyone's guess, but don't expect it to fund #NHS or #teachers pay, just yet...

Bad news for #renewableenergy:

Vattenfall have halted the large Norfolk Boreas #windfarm project after costs of construction have escalated beyond the maximum fixed contract price license awarded by the Govt. for the project.

Whether a similar issue will halt other #offshorewind projects remains to be seen, but either Vattenfall will be waiting for costs to subside, or the Govt. will have to rethink the price structure of the pricing of these licenses.

Even across the political divide, the British people think we should be building more onshore wind farms. 🌬💨

#Energy #WindFarm
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2023/07/20/cd4dd/2

Locals in this #British seaside town could revolutionise #GreenEnergy – if the government lets them

Voters want #ClimateAction but don’t trust politicians to do it. Could projects like a #Whitehaven #windfarm be the answer?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/18/british-seaside-town-revolutionise-green-energy
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure #ClimateCrisis

My topic " OT Hunt: Nordex NC2 " This is part of my research on hunting OT devices online.

https://zerontek.com/zt/2023/07/12/ot-hunt-nordex-nc2/

#icscybersecurity #otsecurity #windfarm

#JeremeyHunt wants to increase #investment in the UK, and you'll recall that the B in BP stands for 'British' so its great to see BP investing over £6bn in #renewableenergy via a new #offshore #wind generation project, huh?

Well, yes & no - good to see a #fossilfuels corporation actually putting money into th #GreenTransition but the #windfarm concerned is off the coast of #Germany not the UK.

Looks like Hunt's going to need more than wishful thinking to increase investment in the UK

#Lithuania's Ignitis #Renewables and #Spain-based Ocean Winds are to be declared winners of an auction to develop a 700 MW #offshore #windfarm off Lithuania's #BalticSea coast. The wind farm is due to become operational by 2030 and will cover 25% of Lithuania's current annual #electricity consumption.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-ignitis-renewables-ocean-winds-winners-of-offshore-wind-auction/