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Since December, more than 23 whales have washed up dead along the east coast of the United States, leading wind energy skeptics to lay blame on the pending installation of offshore wind projects.
Unfounded claims about offshore wind threatening whales have surfaced as a flashpoint in the fight over the future of renewable energy. In recent months, conservatives including former President ...
The updtick in whale deaths off the Jersey Shore isn't being escalated by off-shore wind. Climate change, ships and pollution are the real culprits. The right is wrong about off-shore wind.
The offshore wind zone has been controversial and is opposed by the Coalition, [61] with opponents claiming that offshore wind turbines are visually unappealing and will have a negative impact on the marine environment. [59] This local opposition led to the circulation of a fake journal article claiming that the zone would kill 400 whales per year.
The following table lists offshore wind farm areas (by nameplate capacity) that are in various states development for the Outer Continental Shelf in U.S. territorial waters of the East Coast of the United States, [31] where a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) wind energy area lease has been secured [32] [33] and have gained at least some ...
In 2010, the US Energy Information Agency said "offshore wind power is the most expensive energy generating technology being considered for large scale deployment". [5] The 2010 state of offshore wind power presented economic challenges significantly greater than onshore systems, with prices in the range of 2.5-3.0 million Euro/MW. [36]
Two federal environmental agencies issued plans Thursday to better protect endangered whales amid offshore wind farm development. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the National ...
Design expectations were for turbines of 5 to 8 MW capacity, [12] foundation design was not finalised, but monopile foundations had been excluded from use in the southern half of the site. [13] The offshore development would also include up to three (33 or 66 kV to 132 or 275 kV AC) offshore substations, and a meteorological mast. [14]