Comment on Biden-Harris Administration Approves Largest Offshore Wind Project in the Nation

gullible@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Basically:

  • Wind blows more consistently
  • Wind blows at different times from onshore
  • It’s a big area you can set up wind farms in, while property ownership in the eastern US is typically in the form of lots of small parcels, making it difficult to accumulate enough contiguous land for a large wind farm
  • It’s close to major urban areas

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  • Rolder@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I would add that, depending on how far off short it is, that the NIMBY factor is less of a problem

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    • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      When you’re way out to sea, the NIMBY folks switch to fighting the spot where the cable comes ashore.

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      • Rolder@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I said less of a problem, rather then not a problem 🤣

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  • MrMakabar@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Also the turbines can be much larger. The blades have to be a single piece, to withstand the forces on it. That obviously causes problems transporting them on land. Modern offshore wind turbine blades are single pieces of over 100m, so longer then a football pitch. However that is not a problem offshore. The reason you want it is that with blade length the energy produced grows exponentially.

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• guyrocket@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sad to me that few upvote questions around here. This is a good question to ask. Thank you for asking.

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