US Offshore Wind Power

lol
the hydro is used to allow the coal to run at an optimum steady output
When you go skiing you can see lakes going changing levels overnight by a few metres

Anybody else think itā€™s strange that itā€™s hard to get a permit to stick some poles with turbines on them out in the ocean? Compared to all the things we have to worry about with an oil rig, Iā€™d think it would be pretty easy to approve.
I know Iā€™m being simplistic, but I donā€™t think thereā€™s going to be any major environmental disaster if a windmill falls over.

The current way (as Iā€™ve had it explained to me) of meeting the ebb and flow of demand is to analyze weather events and other factors that are known to affect demand on the power grid, and bring enough generation capacity on line to provide for whatā€™s anticipated. For example, bring more generators on line on hot days when everyone runs their air conditioners.
I imagine the same tactic would work with managing renewable energy. There would always be a need for the reliability of conventional power generation but it it would only need to be used to take up the slack when renewables lag behind demand.

Too simple.

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Studies of the effect of offshore wind farms on recreational and commercial fishing in the US is under way:


Since Europe has two decades or more of experience a lot of rellevant data is available from there.

True.

Not sure if this was already posted, but Iā€™m curious who the others involved (namely what boat company) in the consortium are. Regardless, itā€™s about time.

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They are negotiating with PIT for dock space and staging area as we speak and has been ongoing for a bitā€¦Glad they are looking ahead to have their own Jones Act vessel for this massive program once they gain the expertise learned by other countries already ass deep in it.

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The rest of the world (mainly in Europe) is/has learnt that vessels needs to be specially built and equipped to be suited for each wind farm,. (or at least each area of operation):
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/vessel-performance-data-crucial-to-operational-balancing-act-in-offshore-wind-reygar-ltd/
It is not good enough to take any old boat/barge from the GoM and send it to do the job.

No siree. Especially when the decks are slippery with that awful tabacky juice. Not safe.

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I would like to believe with all the assets Dominion Energy has they perhaps had an engineer or two that researched all that before making this kind of commitment. Wouldnā€™t be surprised at all some Europeans are on the project as wellā€¦ Some of those tabacky stained barges can be modified and used to tow the equipment to wherever it needs to go. Just need a good power wash LOL. Another advantage of PIT is a railway is close at hand.

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Barges to bring equipment to staging areas yes. To get it from there to site requires somewhat more sophisticated vessels.

PS> For this first installation the main components came from Europe by HLV and was transferred to the CSV in Halifax, Canada to circumvent and flag restrictions. It also means that the CSV doesnā€™t have to call at a US port.
This probably added to the project cost, but was a necessity as the situation is today.

Maybe something will start to move to get US flag/US built Offshore Wind Farm Construction Vessels on the market(??):
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/06/17/us-companies-plan-construction-of-two-superfeeder-offshore-wind-vessels/#:~:text=U.S.%20companies%20MiNO%20Marine%20and,construction%20costs%20and%20building%20timeline.

More of the same, or a different project(??):

The opportunities in US Offshore Wind is immense:

Wind farms, solar are good and finally economical sources of energy. My problem is how federal grants and tax incentives are used to facilitate these alternative energy sources. They seem to favor the power companies bottom line more than lowering any carbon footprint or reducing consumers electric bill. FPL in Florida received money and tax benefits years ago to install a solar heat transfer system that would increase the energy efficiency of one of their power plants. It was a lot of money. According to a university in Florida and the residential solar folks it was enough money to install hot water heating solar panels on the roof of every house in Florida which would both save energy [ if that is the goal] and save every homeowner money each month for many years. But the money was used to increase the efficiency of ONE power plant which meant FPLā€™s profits went up but no ones residential bill went down. When they start to put up a wind or solar farm ask how much your electric bill we go down. Ask what tax write offs and government grants they are getting. They also will say it will keep your electric rate from going up in the future, which would be a historic event. They will brag how they are doing it to save the environment and reducing global warming. Their environment is their profit.

its the green movementā€¦
meaning they are moving the greenbacks to their pocketsā€¦

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Yes, and the fossil fuel industry by contrast simply loves us and wants us to be happy.

is that a land or sea based job you speak of?

The illustration and text doesnā€™t appear to match:

That fits more to a vessel like this:
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