Group grid study dissolved: One company drops out, SouthCoast remains
Updated: 2023-04-28 14:09:08
New England’s electric grid operator has dissolved a “cluster study” that would have coordinated the hooking up of energy from two separate wind farms into the region’s grid because one of the companies—not yet identified—withdrew its plans. SouthCoast Wind, which is looking to route 1,200 megawatts of power through Falmouth, was the other company in the study; it will now be studied individually. The results of the study will determine if and how the project moves forward. Because SouthCoast would . . .
Germany’s water police are investigating what they believe may be the first case in which a working merchant ship underway struck a North Sea wind farm. The captain of the vessel according to the police has so far not explained how his vessel received a hole the “size of a barn door” forward on the starboard side of the ship. The general cargo ship Petra L. (1,685 dwt) is registered in Antigua and Barbuda for a German owner which is . . .
An independent candidate in the upcoming council elections is calling for an ‘immediate pause’ to a planning application for a proposed wind farm near Dungiven. ABO Wind NI Ltd have submitted a planning application to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council to erect a number of 140 metre high wind turbines in the townlands of Brishey and Curraghlane, approximately 4.8km east of Dungiven. However Niall Murphy says he has ‘very serious concerns’ about the way the company’s pre-application consultation was . . .
Large-scale offshore wind development has been front and center in U.S. and global politics, yet on Nantucket—the locale that is essentially “ground zero” for the U.S. offshore wind energy “revolution”—there has been little recent public conversation since the high-profile failure of Cape Wind. Given the community’s propensity to have big opinions about even the smallest of issues—especially those involving historic preservation and conservation of the environment—this might seem surprising, especially in light of the enormous magnitude of the changes potentially . . .
Scout Clean Energy’s public information session on April 11 attracted protesters holding signs indicating concerns about the proposed Nimbus Wind Facility that Scout says will include 43 wind turbines more than 500 feet tall on hilltop areas along County Roads 905 and 920 near Green Forest. Supporters of the project included landowners who have leased to Scout for the proposed $300-million Nimbus Wind Facility that would produce 180-megawatts of energy. Opponents complained that the meeting was not what they expected, . . .
Conservative watchdog groups ran a guerrilla-style ad campaign on the New Jersey shore for Earth Day, drawing attention to a surge in whale deaths amid the growth of offshore wind farms. Beachgoers in Atlantic City on Saturday looked on as a single-propeller plane carried a a message waving from a banner – “SAVE-WHALES-STOP-WINDMILLS.ORG” – and drivers heading out of town saw a billboard with the same message and a picture of a dead whale washed ashore. The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow . . .
By Jeremy Coumbes on April 22, 2023 at wlds.com A runaway wind turbine at an area high school is on the ground after spinning freely for nearly 24 hours. Menard County Sheriff’s Deputies, Emergency Response personnel, and school administration officials responded to PORTA High School in Petersburg after the school’s multi-story wind turbine began spinning freely around 4:30 Friday afternoon. PORTA Superintendent Matt Brue says the large wind turbine that sits at the edge of the school grounds near the . . .
In Franklin County, a group of locals are concerned about potential environmental harm from renewable energy facilities and support a bill that would impose more regulations on solar and wind. The industry says it’s being unfairly singled out. Volunteer firefighter Jim Emery grew emotional as he spoke to the crowd at an anti-solar development town hall meeting in his northeast Texas community. Emery, who worked for decades at the nearby coal power plant before it closed in 2018, didn’t worry . . .
The scenes were amazing from the recent fire on the Steuben-Allegany county line. A massive wind turbine was on fire, hundreds of feet in the air, black smoke billowing out of the blaze. It was obvious that the turbine was destroyed and the fire burned out after being on fire for hours. What wasn’t obvious was what the fire was burning into the wind … fiberglass. The family downwind and nearby the fire say they have been impacted. According to . . .
A growing number of conservation and environmental organisations have voiced significant concerns over plans to build one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms in the North Sea. The Scottish Seabird Centre (SSC) in North Berwick has become the latest to formally object to the development of Berwick Bank amid fears it will be “highly damaging” to seabird populations. Boasting as many as 307 wind turbines, the SSE Renewables wind farm is expected to create enough energy to power Scotland’s . . .
Plans to build one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms in the Firth of Forth have been condemned as a potential catastrophe for Scotland’s seabird population. The developer SSE Renewables plans to build 307 wind turbines 29 miles off the East Lothian coast in the outer Firth of Forth. The scheme would have the capacity to generate 4.1GW, enough energy to power five million homes. SSE says the Berwick Bank scheme is vital if Scotland is to meet its . . .
Over the past few days those of us living in southeastern Ontario couldn’t help but notice the ups and downs of the wind with both windy ones followed by almost a mid-summer doldrum! As a result of that experience it was worth a look at some IESO data and that is displayed below in a screenshot of April 4th to 9th taken on April 9th. The green on the chart shows the IWT (industrial wind turbines) grid connected generation over . . .