“I grew up on the harbor . The project will be installed 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts and will … Found inside – Page 10Operational experience from these units has been obtained from installations at Rocky Flats , Colorado ; Bushland , Texas ; and Martha's Vineyard , Massachusetts . Small wind turbines . – Small wind turbines , machines that develop less ... MVC approved this. Keep in mind these turbines will be close to 7 times bigger than those proposed for Cape Wind a decade ago. Found inside – Page 306One of the leading contenders is Vineyard Wind. It hopes to install an offshore wind farm roughly 14 miles south of Martha's Vineyard and approximately 30 miles from the shores of Cape Cod. It will cover an area of 160,000 acres. Did the Commission ever actually prepare committees to examine all of these issues and fully understand impacts? Finally, offshore wind development can revitalize coastal … GE Renewable Energy has received a firm order from Vineyard Wind to supply Haliade-X wind turbines for Vineyard Wind 1, the first utility-scale offshore wind installation in the US. But never in his wildest dreams did he expect what happened next.... Cape Wind is the story of how - and why - people of privilege and power used their high-level connections to stop America's coming energy revolution. Both projects demand major levels of scrutiny. . The 147-turbine proposal would be located roughly 30 miles south of the Martha’s Vineyard. Commonwealth Wind is a newly proposed offshore wind project submitted to Massachusetts’ third competitive offshore wind solicitation. The matrix binds the fiber reinforcement, gives the composite component its shape and determines its surface quality. Located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Vineyard Wind 1 is positioned to become the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States by 2023, according to Vineyard Wind. Vineyard Wind had paused the Department’s consideration of its proposal while it reviewed whether the use of Haliade-X turbines warranted any modifications to their COP. It was the first offshore wind … A related project to build 50 units of workforce residential housing at the site of the former Hinckley’s property on Beach Road is expected to come before the commission at some point as a separate DRI. The Cape Wind site is between Cape Cod to the north and the islands of Nantucket, to the south, and Martha's Vineyard, to the west. Fracking works for you? The MVC seems to have outlived its usefulness. . If this dock is going to extend another 200ft . Projects like this harken back to Vineyard Haven as a real town with real people -- a working harbor. there are some problems but let’s not let the whole project be dragged down by it . . Vineyard Wind, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is 50 percent owned by funds of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and 50 percent by Avangrid Renewables. “Something about this project rubs me the wrong way,” Mr. Rosbeck said. ”After achieving financial close last month, we are now at the point when this industry is no longer just talking about opportunity but delivering it,” said Vineyard Wind CEO Lars T. Pedersen. To the Editor: General enthusiasm for renewable energy seems to have led to a pause in critical thinking on the impacts of Vineyard Wind’s proposed marine terminal in Vineyard … In an ongoing pattern, the two and a half-hour meeting Thursday led by MVC chairman Joan Malkin saw commissioners bog down heavily at times over procedural details. Have any of you seen the abandoned factories in the Rust Belt? it’s for the big environment and I think we have to put that into perspective.”. Vineyard Wind will be installed about 15 (24.1km) miles off both Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket and is expected to be brought online in 2023. One of the 14-MW machines “can generate up to 74 gigawatt-hours of gross annual energy production, saving up to 52,000 metric tons of CO2, which is the equivalent of the emissions generated by 11,000 vehicles [according to the EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator] in one year.”. Vineyard Wind will be over the critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whale habitat. A composite matrix may be a polymer, ceramic, metal or carbon. Vineyard Wind area. “There are so many things to be gained from this . What will they look like in years to come when we find alternative means of energy? Vineyard Wind area. This area boasts powerful, reliable wind speeds and ideal site conditions … Edited by Offshore wind has many advantages over land-based turbines. Vineyard Wind 1 recently became the first offshore wind farm in the US to achieve a financial close, which enabled Vineyard … Grace Nehls, Haliade-X wind turbine. [Log On], U.S. administration sets stage for offshore floating wind turbines, Collaborative Boeing-led project validates large-scale composite AM tooling, Designing for automated composites manufacturing of low-volume aerostructures, Materials & Processes: Composites fibers and resins, Materials & Processes: Resin matrices for composites, Wind turbine blades: Glass vs. carbon fiber. “We could do nothing, we could wait until the next DRI [for the workforce housing] comes along, or we could find some sort of rationale for collecting a fee. I believe the answer is no to all the above and perhaps our MVC is totally lacking in competence therefore. “I wanted to raise it and see if I’m the only one in the room who thinks it’s crazy.”. . That foresight should be recognized.”. The project will generate electricity for more than 400,000 homes and businesses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, save ratepayers $1.4 billion over the first 20 years of operation and is … Developers hold nine leases south of Martha’s Vineyard and … I would like to see an aerial drawing of what is being proposed . The environmental review process is the critical federal approval necessary to … Is there any guarantee that these jobs go to island residents ? I’m just stunned that we’re just giving that away . Wind Turbines on the Cape? Factors including House rules that have curtailed dissent and more powerful party leaders perpetuate this national divide This book shows how average Americans have little say over what happens in the House, and what can be done about it. I believe the six new jobs are union jobs that will go to highly skilled techs . Chances are you’ll find solar panels in those and many other unexpected places. In Harness the Sun, Philip Warburg takes readers on a far-flung journey that explores America’s solar revolution. Oh, and refineries look and smell beautiful, too? [and] that we’re not talking about that issue. In February 2021, BOEM resumed the environmental review of the Vineyard Wind Project and proceeded with the development of a Final Environmental Impact Statement. Commission chairman Joan Malkin said at any rate the project doesn’t fit precisely with the MVC affordable housing policy for commercial development. Are there bond issues to pay for the cleanup when they are obsolete? . An analogy for the problem would be something like a house being on fire and someone shows up with good intentions but brings a solid gold squirt gun to the fire. Gross. Amid passionate statements about the urgent need to address the global climate crisis, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted unanimously Thursday night to approve a massive project to redevelop the Tisbury Marine Terminal as a maintenance staging area for the Vineyard Wind project. The Mayflower Wind team won the state's second offshore wind solicitation in 2019 to build an 804-MW project of the same name south of Martha's Vineyard that now is under environmental review. This book provides an overview of floating offshore wind farms and focuses on the economic aspects of this renewable-energy technology. “It is a detriment — it’s going to be built over a barrier beach . No water testing plan. But we do not have a rationale for collecting a fee [with this project] under our current policy,” Ms. Malkin said. With energy generation expected to start in 2023, the project is said to provide cost-competitive electricity for more than 400,000 homes and businesses in the area and reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million tons per year. How about Supertankers? Vineyard Wind 1 is an 800 MW project located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and will be the first commercial scale offshore wind project in the United States. Of course, Vineyard Wind will have to have first dibs on the primary destruction of our way of life. The 800 MW wind farm will power the equivalent of 400,000 US households and businesses. Makes me wonder. The Turbines in Wareham? Vineyard Wind will be installed about 15 (24.1km) miles off both Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket and is expected to be brought online in 2023. It will be glorious, the entire project will benefit a handful of people and Vineyard Haven will put yet another foot in the grave it is building. “The benefits of this working harbor [rival] the beauty of Edgartown.”. Vineyard Wind 1 recently became the first offshore wind farm in the US to achieve a financial close, which enabled Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, and GE to achieve this latest contractual milestone. Found inside – Page 286The $ 2.6 billion project was planned with 440 - ft - tall intended turbines and projected electricity generation was ... by struggling fishermen from Martha's Vineyard who argued that the massive wind farm threatened their livelihood ... . Vineyard Wind would be the first offshore wind developer to use the facility. Vineyard Wind 1 recently became the first offshore wind farm in the US to achieve a financial … With energy generation expected to start in 2023, the Vineyard Wind 1 project will provide electricity for more than 400,000 homes and businesses in Massachusetts and is expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million tons per year. and it dates to colonial times,” Mr. Robinson said. John Lavelle, President & CEO, Offshore Wind, GE Renewable Energy, said: ”We’re pleased to supply the first utility-scale offshore installation in the US, increasing the potential of the turbine to generate more power for our customer. Vineyard Wind LLC is an offshore wind development company seeking to build the first large-scale offshore wind energy project in the U.S., to be located 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. Found insideWind farms face additional hurdles, mostly related to siting (the geographic placement of wind turbines) and transmission of the ... former news anchor and Martha's Vineyard resident Walter Cronkite, an early opponent of the wind farm, ... The process has taken so long that I stopped paying attention years ago so forgive me if any of what I say has been addressed . In addition, this text: Spans the entire global history of wind power, while weaving together both the historical context and the technical details of wind power innovation Provides historical context for wind power developments and ... As turbines rise, small-scale fishermen have the most to lose . The electric cables will go ashore on the Cape and so of course we don't get a discount because we've made any kind of sacrifice on our harbor . Vineyard Wind had paused the Department’s consideration of its proposal while it reviewed whether the use of Haliade-X turbines warranted any modifications to their COP. According to Vineyard Wind, it can deliver up to 1,200 MW of energy to Massachusetts, and power 750,000 homes. Vineyard Wind 1 is an 800 MW project located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and will be the first commercial scale offshore wind project in the United States. Tisbury approved this. BOEM concludes the construction will not jeopardize the species, yet NOAA fisheries has grated the developers a license to “take” the whales during construction. In February 2021, BOEM resumed the environmental review of the Vineyard Wind Project and proceeded with the development of a Final Environmental Impact Statement. Of course, in this lawsuit they don’t dare say this marine wind subsidy farm will ruin their multi-million dollar views. Mr. Robinson, a lifelong resident of the town, echoed the theme. “Over the past two years we have learned a lot about operating and optimizing the performance of our Haliade-X platform, enabling us to uprate the Haliade-X platform to 14 MW today.”, Those incremental improvements add up to produce real environmental benefits, says GE. And so why are we sacrificing our harbor and increasing Co2 locally on a massive scale when it will literally do no good. If you look at this plan, the majority of it sits over water . In an email exchange with The Epoch Times, Linowes highlighted a lawsuit against Vineyard Wind’s 800-megawatt wind energy project along Martha’s Vineyard. Vineyard Wind’s partner on the Vineyard, Vineyard Power, has helped promote the project. The MVC hearing on a high School playing field was more scrutinized than this monstrosity is proof why the MVC is no longer needed. . Ralph Packer, who owns the terminal, will lease the property to New Bedford-based Vineyard Wind, which is beginning construction on an 800-megawatt wind farm 15 miles south of the Island. The environmental review process is the critical federal approval necessary to raise wind turbines … Perhaps it should be read out before every hearing and meeting. and that concerns me,” Ms. Sibley said. Of course, in this lawsuit they don’t dare say this marine wind subsidy farm will ruin their multi-million dollar views. What will be the impacts of large vessels and work performed after dark and including the impact on mooring rentals, a large component of town revenue? GE was announced as the preferred turbine supplier for the project in December of 2020. The terms of the lease are not known. We are in the midst of a carbon dioxide spike mainly due to coal powered plants and greater demand. The environmental review process is the critical federal approval necessary to raise wind turbines … They claim to be “saving the whale” instead. In Harvest the Wind, Warburg brings us the people behind the green economy-powered resurgence in Cloud County and communities like it across the United States. To the Editor: General enthusiasm for renewable energy seems to have led to a pause in critical thinking on the impacts of Vineyard Wind’s proposed marine terminal in Vineyard … "The Interior Department is laying out an ambitious road map as we advance the administration's plans to confront climate change, create good-paying jobs, and accelerate the nation's transition to a cleaner energy future," said Ms … However, composites’ physical properties — combined with unbeatable light weight — make them undeniably attractive. Found inside – Page 32Meanwhile, the wealthy inhabitants of Martha's Vineyard have successfully delayed, and possibly prevented, the placement ofoffshore wind turbines that billionaires might glimpse through their picture windows. Robert Whitcomb and Wendy ... One mile spacing between them after that. As the wind energy market continues to grow, competition heats up between glass and carbon fiber composites for turbine blades. It will be installed 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. The lawsuit alleges that BOEM and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries (NOAA/Fisheries) have not done enough to protect the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale … “When we first commissioned our Haliade-X prototype in November 2019 at 12 MW, we made a big leap forward in the industry,” says Vincent Schellings, chief technology officer at GE Renewable Energy. The tool allows a user to look at the several offshore wind lease areas south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. NOAA acknowledges the leading cause of death for these whales is vessel strikes and entanglement. The White House approved the first commercial wind farm in the US off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts this summer. It … Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation's Electricity System focuses on identifying, developing, and implementing strategies to increase the power system's resilience in the face of events that can cause large-area, long-duration outages: ... Good morning, I grew up on working waterfronts and have lived on them most of my considerably long life. Found inside – Page 3894... on the island of Martha's Vineyard . The fourth turbine is stored at Bushland , Texas , awaiting selection of an erection site . 29488 ( SAND — 82-7113 / 3 ) Design and fabrication of a low - cost Darrieus vertical - axis wind ... Clean up the mess all the way to the Steamship Authority too. Vineyard Wind LLC is an offshore wind development company seeking to build the first large-scale offshore wind energy project in the U.S., to be located 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. “I’m not against Vineyard Wind, I think it’s all needed . Vineyard wind will make a fortune and in ten years when these things need rebuilding they will just walk away and leave all their garbage for the fools who were jumping for joy when it first started and the electric rates will have gone thru the roof.Gas,diesel,or coal are the only proven ways to go and they all have to burn at unbelievably clean methods by law. This book considers technologies to increase energy efficiency, coal-fired power generation, nuclear power, renewable energy, oil and natural gas, and alternative transportation fuels. . Found inside – Page 68The traditional, horizontal axis turbines were to be located between four to eleven miles from the shoreline, ... Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Island Combined (Cape Wind: America's First Offshore Wind Farm on Nantucket ... The Vineyard Wind 800-MW-capacity wind farm will be located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. Found inside – Page 95Members of the Wampanoag, an American Indian nation with reservation land on Martha's Vineyard, objected to the development of the wind farm because they argued the wind turbines would ... Located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Vineyard Wind 1 is expected to become the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States. It will be installed 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. Unless the project can clearly state what activities they will be supporting – I am guessing that this is a situation where some emergency boats will be tied up and left for dead. The White House approved the first commercial wind farm in the US off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts this summer. Improvements include a new pier and ramps, with a future plan to increase barging capacity. Once fully operational, the complex will produce electricity for more than 400,000 homes and businesses in Massachusetts. Numerous other permits are still needed at the state, federal and local level. Located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Vineyard Wind 1 is positioned to become the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States by 2023, according to Vineyard Wind. Here’s a guide to selection. I’m just a little shocked that it’s never come up that we’re just giving away the rights to this water . Six new jobs will be created, with annual salaries ranging from $77,000 to $100,000, according to the application. Subscribe or become a Friend of the Vineyard Gazette and receive our free newsletters and free and discounted tickets to Gazette events along with our award-winning news and photography. It … Vineyard Wind 1 is located in federal wind energy area OCS-A-0501, 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, and 35 miles from mainland Massachusetts. PART MEMOIR AND PART ELEGY, READING MY FATHER IS THE STORY OF A DAUGHTER COMING TO KNOW HER FATHER AT LAST— A GIANT AMONG TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN NOVELISTS AND A MAN WHOSE DEVASTATING DEPRESSION DARKENED THE FAMILY LANDSCAPE. In an email exchange with The Epoch Times, Linowes highlighted a lawsuit against Vineyard Wind’s 800-megawatt wind energy project along Martha’s Vineyard. This book summarizes the offshore wind resource potential, based on map estimates, for the contiguous United States and Hawaii, as of May 2009. Commissioner Ted Rosbeck ultimately joined the unanimous vote in favor of the project, but aired his ambivalence more than once. The rate payers will be left to pay for the clean up and fixing the broken down turbines. During deliberations, they also acknowledged bluntly that the project will have a significant environmental impact on the Tisbury harborfront. Just sayin. I have traveled the world, often, and have seen all areas and kinds of alternative energy being used. In February 2021, BOEM resumed the environmental review of the Vineyard Wind Project and proceeded with the development of a Final Environmental Impact Statement. "This is one of the grandest thought experiments of our time, a tremendous feat of imaginative reporting! It includes a case study of the mid-Atlantic highlands, a mountainous area that spans parts of West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. This book will inform policy makers at the federal, state, and local levels. When Ted Cruz suggested Martha's Vineyard to process tens of thousand of immigrants he knew we were building out into the harbor and destroying our sailing traditions and was jumping for joy at the thought of all that beautiful waterfront land as a processing center. The Cape Wind site is between Cape Cod to the north and the islands of Nantucket, to the south, and Martha's Vineyard, to the west. The project will be … So a group of city slickers is selling those country bumpkins on the Vineyard millions of dollars in outdated technology. Yeah, keep digging them? I'm glad it's finally going to happen . Can be done. M assachusetts-based wind power developer Vineyard Wind has placed an order for 62 General Electric Haliade-X turbines, moving the company a … Vineyard Wind would be the first offshore wind developer to use the facility. GE Renewable Energy has received a firm order from Vineyard Wind to supply Haliade-X wind turbines for Vineyard Wind 1, the first utility-scale offshore wind installation in the US. Found inside – Page 3894... on the island of Martha's Vineyard . The fourth turbine is stored at Bushland , Texas , awaiting selection of an erection site . 29488 ( SAND — 82-7113 / 3 ) Design and fabrication of a low - cost Darrieus vertical - axis wind ... GE Renewable Energy (Paris, France) has received an order from Vineyard Wind (New Bedford, Mass., U.S.) to supply Haliade-X turbines — which use GE’s 107-meter-long wind blades — for Vineyard Wind 1, said to be the first utility-scale offshore wind installation in the U.S. . Finally a project that produces good jobs, helps the environment and is not just focused on the almighty tourist dollar. GE Renewable Energy (Paris, France) has received an order from Vineyard Wind (New Bedford, Mass., U.S.) to supply Haliade-X turbines — which use GE’s 107-meter-long wind blades — for Vineyard Wind 1, said to be the first utility-scale offshore wind installation in the U.S. Was there a list of impacts and discussions on each? The 800 MW wind farm will power the equivalent of 400,000 US households and businesses. This is so exciting to have the infrastructure being planed and hopefully construction starting soon, we need to capture the wind power and start a serious national conversation about building modern small nuclear reactors so that we can fully stop using coal with its fine particulates being pumped into our atmosphere and stop fracking which is destroying clean water sources for millions of or population. The Mayflower Wind team won the state's second offshore wind solicitation in 2019 to build an 804-MW project of the same name south of Martha's Vineyard that now is under environmental review. Sadly, I have to agree. Finally, offshore wind development can revitalize coastal … But any such expansion would require a return to the MVC as well as a modification of a 2011 agreement between R.M. You have to put this together with the 13 condos to be built down toward the Ferry and the huge housing project proposed for Beach Road. Of course, Vineyard Wind will have to have first dibs on the primary destruction of our way of life. Commissioner Jim Vercruysse agreed. US-based offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has placed an order for sixty-two 13MW wind turbines for its Vineyard Wind 1 project … GE was announced as the preferred turbine supplier for the project in December of 2020. The location was determined through a multi-year, intergovernmental task force process, which carefully considered scientific data and public input. Combined with the development at the former Hinckley site why not federal funding for expansion of waste water treatment and storage capability . Discussion was wide ranging Thursday night, as commissioners wrangled with language in conditions and debated how to apply their affordable housing policy to the project. Commissioner Josh Goldstein, the appointed voting member from Tisbury, said he had been asked by town leaders to convey their strong support. Then the MVC said 2040 was the required date, but scientists now agree that we must reduce Co2 by 2030 or it will be too late. I know we have to make sacrifices to save the planet but in the end I don't want to see our tiny port turned into another New Bedford . What will happen to the ability to sail vessels needing to use the entire water surface? Vineyard Wind I, which is expected to include 62 turbines, is planned for 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard. A joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and … GE Renewable Energy (Paris, France) has received an order from Vineyard Wind (New Bedford, Mass., U.S.) to supply Haliade-X turbines — which use GE’s 107-meter-long wind blades — for Vineyard Wind 1, said to be the first utility-scale offshore wind installation in the U.S. Recent NARW Consortium reports the population has sunk to 337, with less than 100 breeding females. Michael Wild must be turning in his grave.
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