Grandview Wind Farm
Built on the old GOB pile from coal mining near where the Flight 93 Memorial is located, high up on the Grandview Ridge not far from the Lincoln Turnpike.
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Capital Region could get third offshore wind hub in East Greenbush
Don’t be stupid about wind turbines!
Don’t be stupid about wind turbines! 🌀
Wind turbines don’t run all of the time.
Wind turbines have to be started by the electric power in the grid just like a car needs a battery and a starter to start. It takes energy to get the blades moving then they coast along with the wind once they’re moving.
Wind turbines like a car can be shut off when their is no market for their power, wind speed is too low or strong, or maintenance is required. They have both braking using the motors and physical brakes like a car. Just because it’s windy doesn’t mean that a wind turbine will be turning or generating electricity.
Like running a car engine, running a wind turbine puts wear on the bearings and other equipment like the blades – you only want to run it when necessary. Plus you have to have somewhere to dump the power – if you loose the grid connection the turbine must stop or the wires or turbine motor will burn up as electricity must be consumed as soon as its produced.
Fossil Fuel Industry Plans To Hijack Offshore Wind In Gulf Of Mexico – CleanTechnica
The Gulf of Mexico has a a large number of offshore oil and gas wells connected to the mainland by a welter of pipelines. The Biden administration, through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, plans to issue leases in two areas of the Gulf of Mexico for offshore wind development next summer. One is about 91 miles off Lake Charles, Louisiana and the second is 29 miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas. Lake Charles is home to many oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and fertilizer factories, which have made it one of the most polluted cities in the US and a major contributor to carbon emissions.
Fossil Fuels & Offshore Wind The fossil fuel industry has heard about offshore wind. In fact, many of the techniques used to drill for oil and gas at sea can be also be used to build offshore wind installations. It has also heard that there are plans afoot around the world to co-locate electrolyzers on those offshore wind platforms to make hydrogen from the electricity they produce. And hey, you know what? That hydrogen can be piped ashore using the existing pipeline network, where it can be used in many of the industrial processes that already exist along the shore of the Gulf to help reduce harmful emissions
US ignored own scientists’ warning in backing Atlantic wind farm
Wind gusts today will be as fast as 55 mph, the state speed limit
Wind gusts today will be as fast as 55 mph, the state speed limit. 🌬
Or maybe it’s like the DOT website, that caps traffic speed at 55 mph on their current traffic reports.
Why wind turbines in New York keep working in bitter cold weather unlike the ones in Texas
I had no idea that they had de-icing equipment on wind turbines in New York. I just thought they shut them down when they iced up like they do when wind conditions are too fast or slow. But instead what they do in colder climates were icing is common, is they stop the blades, de-ice them then restart them. Makes sense as it would otherwise lead to a lot of a loss of a lot of operating hours in the winter.