Bullshit. Constantly referring to results published nowhere from a study that never took place remains bullshit.
Reduce ocean swells, killing surfing.
Bullshit. You would have to build a literal wall of turbine towers to stop ocean swell, which developes over hundreds of kilometres. The best surf involves ocean swell and offshore winds, which simply can't be affected by offshore wind turbines.
Reduce onshore winds by 40%.
Bullshit. There is no indication that wind turbines reduce onshore winds. The wind continues past the turbine blades, they don't block it; they don't even slow it down by any reasonable measure. A couple of hundred metres past the turbine you can't measure any effect at all.
Reduce fishing catches.
Bullshit. The tower bases, buried in the ocean bed, provide safe places for fish nurseries and coral growth, increasing the local fish population.
Don't buy into the disinformation being spread in order to stop offshore wind turbine installations. Look at who benefits from them not going ahead.
A major US state just achieved a critical milestone for nearly two weeks: 'It's wild that this isn't getting more news coverage'
"#California has set a benchmark for #RenewableEnergy, with wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal supplying 100% of the state's electricity demand for 25 out of the last 32 days (and counting)."
Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row. For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels. #energy#news#renewableenergy
Six Flags Magic Mountain in California is building a massive canopy of solar panels over its 30-acre parking lot that will power all of the rides and offset 100% of the amusement park’s energy usage while providing shade to the cars parked beneath.
When completed, it will be California’s largest solar energy project & the world’s largest renewable energy site built by a for-profit organization.
The world's 3rd largest copper deposit is in #Arizona. It's essential to #RenewableEnergy projects. Resolution Copper wants to extract it. But the copper is beneath Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, AKA Oak Flat.
“Oak Flat is like Mount Sinai to us,” says Wendsler Nosie (San Carlos Apache) of Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit fighting to protect the area.
During a press trip to Iceland last year, I noticed something that looked very strange: Within the country, practically every large electricity consumer would claim that they use renewable energy. Of course: Iceland's grid is entirely powered by hydropower and geothermal energy. But at the same time, green electricity from Iceland is sold in EU countries through certificates called "Guarantees of Origin". It appeared that the same green electricity was sold twice. 🧵
The destruction of #Indigenous foodways erodes community health and forces assimilation. According to #PNW tribal leaders, dams began a cultural genocide that solar panels continue.
“This is one of the last places where our roots aren’t being sprayed by anybody or they’re not grazed over by animals,” Colville Tribal Business Councilmember Andy Joseph, Jr. told me. “It’s our food cache, and we don’t want it ruined.”
#Grains of sand... are surprisingly roomy when it comes to energy storage —
"Capable of storing 100 MWh of #ThermalEnergy from #solar and #wind sources, it will enable residents to eliminate oil from their district heating network, helping to cut emissions by nearly 70[%]."
"The expansion of #RooftopSolar in #NewEngland is keeping the lights on during #winter, surprising the region’s grid operator and challenging long-standing assumptions that the growth of #RenewableEnergy could destabilize the power system."
Last week, a group of Wenatchi-P’squosa people gathered on Badger Mountain to demonstrate against the solar development that’s under proposal there.
It threatens Indigenous foodways and other cultural resources. Families have gathered heirloom organic root vegetables on the mountain for countless generations. “It’s a mother. It’s a grandmother. It’s part of our family,” one of the organizers said.
Why wasn't this plastered all over the news??
California has set a benchmark for renewable energy, with wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal supplying 100% of the state's electricity demand for 25 out of the last 32 days (and counting). @Treeline @dan613 @noondlyt#ClimateCrisis#RenewableEnergy
The EU installed a record 16.2 GW of wind power capacity last year, and WindEurope expects this to grow to an average of 29 GW/year in the period up to 2030.
Permitting is speeding up, grids seen as the main bottleneck now. #windpower#windenergy#renewables#renewableenergy
Brilliant article on the challenges facing transition to renewables, and why its unlikely
"while the cost of renewable power is now lower than that of fossil fuels, renewables are not a profitable business. The particularities of the .. market structure are the causal factors here... Making sure that capital gets its pound of flesh has crippled the country."
"If there was any doubt remaining that Alberta's nearly seven-month moratorium on renewable-energy projects was a political decision — made in the halls of power rather than in the offices of expertise — it was erased by internal documents released to the public last week."
My latest analysis for CBC, based on original reporting by @drewanderson for @thenarwhal
"If #Biden continues his current course, extraction of the lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel, graphite, and manganese vital for a green-energy transition will come at the cost of Indigenous lands and trust... it could also cost Biden the election."
Wildlife found thriving on solar farms (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Hares and skylarks are among the most commonly seen large wildlife on UK solar farms, according to the biggest survey of the sector so far.