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.
Meanwhile off the coast of #Scotland development has stopped on the fourth largest #offshore#windpower project in the UK.
Rapid #inflation in costs & no Govt. response on the earlier agreed Green Tax levy on such developments (to recognise the impact of such increased costs) means that like #Vattenfall before it, Community Winpower had decided it cannot continue.
China has built massive amounts of wind and solar capacity over the past decade. Its power grid couldn't always keep up, leading to significant curtailment. But now, despite a further acceleration in capacity additions*, the grid has caught up too, reducing curtailment to just a few percent. Impressive!
Interestingly, when looking at which #renewableenergy source to prioritise governments might be well advised to (for the moment at least) to pivot towards #solar.
It looks like both the ease of manufacture of components & the current post-Covid glut in the #supplychain are driving down the prices of solar components, while the more complex mechanical needs of #windpower are keeping prices high(er).
So a pragmatic policy right now would be to focus on ramping up solar energy...
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
#Renewableenergy is approaching an important possible inflection point... what happens when #windfarms reach the end of their (expected) technical lifespan?
Do owners of early windframs (often in prime wind locations) invest in upgraded & now much more efficient (if expensive) new installations, or will they walk away having already earned a return... & if the latter, what happens with those sites; will they remain wind farms ?
This may become the key Q. for #windpower this decade.
Almost 2/3 of Dutch electricity coming from wind right now (7.3 out of 11.4 GW)!
At least one advantage of this autumn weather in December... #offshorewind#windpower#windenergy#renewables
Swedish startup Modvion is building the world’s tallest wooden wind turbine.
The towers are made from laminated veneer lumber, produced by glueing several massive layers of wood together. The startup says the material has a higher strength per weight than steel and is 30% lighter.
The tower will stand 105 metres and is being built for local energy utility Varberg Energi for its wind power site near the town of Skara.
Hey!! I forgot sailing 8000 kms to Nauru & back was using wind power! Yes, we traveled whole distance with wind in our sails. Batteries we had were recharged by solar energy. The power unit was donated to us by Rainbow Power in Nimbin. That's how everyone sailed for millenia. #windpower#Nauru
#Japan's🇯🇵new bladeless #WindTurbine💨 developed by @challenergy can survive even the fiercest typhoon🌀--a godsend to those who champion alternative (non-nuclear) sources of #energy
Once in a blue moon, there's good climate news out of Louisiana. It doesn't have anything to do with #MAGAMike bc he isn't a proponent of #renewables.
Louisiana issues its first-ever state offshore wind energy leases.
Gov Bel Edwards & Louisiana Dept of Natural Resources Sec Harris announced approval of two projects, one off the coast of Terrebonne & Lafourche parishes & another in the Cameron Parish’s coastal waters.
Yesterday 26.3.2024 was a bad day for #windPower in #Finland. With over 6.000 MW total installed capacity, net generation was negative by about 20 MW for a few hours around noon.
In the evening winds increased and at the moment wind is the largest source of power providing over 3.000 MW, covering more than a third of total domestic generation. https://www.fingrid.fi/en/electricity-market/power-system/
I don't plan on touching them whilst grounded so I'm not too concerned, but I am now wondering if I can just put up an antenna and steal power. Screw solar and wind, our house will be powered by MEDIUM WAVE BABY!
A cargo ship with 123-foot ‘WindWing’ sails has just departed on its maiden voyage (www.popsci.com)
Retrofitted with 123-foot ‘WindWings,' 'Pyxis Ocean' is testing two giant sails on its six-week journey from China to Brazil.