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Showing Original Post only (View all)Study: 144,000 wind turbines at sea could power East Coast [View all]
Power East Coast via wind? Doable with 144,000 offshore turbines, study says
Placing wind turbines off the East Coast could meet the entire demand for electricity from Florida to Maine, according to engineering experts at Stanford University.
It would require 144,000 offshore turbines standing 270 feet tall not one of which exists since proposals have stalled due to controversy and costs. But the analysis shows its doable and where the best locations are, says study co-author Mark Jacobson, a Stanford professor of civil and environmental engineering.
It would require 144,000 offshore turbines standing 270 feet tall not one of which exists since proposals have stalled due to controversy and costs. But the analysis shows its doable and where the best locations are, says study co-author Mark Jacobson, a Stanford professor of civil and environmental engineering.
The first large-scale offshore wind farm was proposed in 2001 off Massachusetts' Nantucket Island. But vocal opposition, including from political heavyweights like the Kennedy family, are seeking to block the $2.6 billion Cape Wind project, arguing the 130 massive turbines would mar views and endanger boat and air traffic.
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"The question that I would first ask" critics, Jacobson told NBC News, "is would they rather have a coal or natural power gas plant in their neighborhood, which affects their health and that of their children as well as their quality of life and property values, or an innocuous turbine that they could barely see during those times when they were actually looking offshore."
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"The question that I would first ask" critics, Jacobson told NBC News, "is would they rather have a coal or natural power gas plant in their neighborhood, which affects their health and that of their children as well as their quality of life and property values, or an innocuous turbine that they could barely see during those times when they were actually looking offshore."
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/15/13864179-power-east-coast-via-wind-doable-with-144000-offshore-turbines-study-says?lite
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I didn't waste much time, but Google gave me a East Coast length of 19,924 KM.
Hangingon
Sep 2012
#7
I believe this fine west coast institution of higher education is really saying:
Brother Buzz
Sep 2012
#5
Then they are little different than coal and oil barons, nukers, and frackers to me.
TheKentuckian
Sep 2012
#16
You described it as a picket fence which is in a line, that is where I got it from.
The Midway Rebel
Sep 2012
#45
they should just carbon tax the fuck out of a war or two..... problem solved.
piratefish08
Sep 2012
#24
But but but when the sun starts rising in the west won't there be a problem?? n/t
2on2u
Sep 2012
#26
Could they maybe mount the turbines on tidal generators and cut the number down??
eqfan592
Sep 2012
#27
That's the thing about wind turbines, you can build them nearly anywhere.
liberal N proud
Sep 2012
#58
it's already started. There's a wind power conference next month to discuss next phases
NightWatcher
Sep 2012
#34
The UK is already working on a carbon fiber vertical windmill. Half the weight, twice the power.
The Midway Rebel
Sep 2012
#46
Offshore wind is 4 or 5 times as expensive as natural gas fired combined cycle
badtoworse
Sep 2012
#84