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Section 18: Worcester County Subject: Bertino: County Disrespected Msg# 1210079
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Another rising concern regarding shattered blades on offshore wind projects has now been reported.
Breaking news indicates failures of G.E. produced blades with three splintering failures during the latest four months. Back in May a blade crumpled off of the England coast. In July another failure occurred a the Nantucket Vineyard Wind project off the US north-east coast, we've recently discussed. And now in August there’s another reported failure of a blade at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm off the England coast. Intense investigations are underway at the G.E. manufacturing facility in Canada. Nantucket officials are looking into bringing a lawsuit against the construction contractor and G.E. Residents of the six areas where Atlantic beaches were closed are very upset about the litter on beaches including sharp shards, as well as potential impacts on marine life, seafood and recreational boating. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Again thanks. Very interesting info. about the visibility issue. Makes it very understandable about bringing adverse impact against local tourism, -- the life blood of the Ocean City area is being threatened. Yet there's also more concerns arising. To make matters worse, there’s now the threat of an additional wind turbine project offshore from Ocean City. The Fed govt has sold additional offshore acreage to a Norwegian wind installer. The Equinor company is paying $75 million for the leasing rights of a 101,443 acres alongside of northern Ocean City and the Delaware beaches. Thus the town’s legal fight against the U.S. Wind project will likely be expanding to include Equinor. Seems a very disappointing development, and this indeed magnifies the problems being faced, Source Headline: New offshore wind area east of Ocean City to be leased to Norwegian company, Equinor Click Here Most folks are aware that the wind turbine projects do face another glaring weakness. Obviously, they only produce power when the wind is blowing at a threshold speed. Otherwise, backup power must take over, to avoid blackouts. This means that power companies still must maintain their investments in reliable fossil and nuclear fueled plants. Thus raising costs, to the extent that a portion of power plant costs become duplicate expenses. Its necessary whenever interruptible sources like wind power are being relied upon. This blows a big hole in claims "bragging" about how many thousands of homes will be powered by wind energy. Wind power is perhaps off, half of the time, more or less. And costs paid by folks will be pushed up and up. |
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