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First US Offshore Wind Power Park In Delaware

Posted by kdawson on from the doesn't-get-much-greener dept.

Dekortage writes "Offshore wind power company Bluewater Wind has announced an agreement to build America's first offshore wind turbine park off the coast of Delaware. 'Each turbine [will sit on] a pole about 250 feet above the waterline... the units are to be constructed to withstand hurricane-force winds. From the shore, the park will be visible only on clear winter days, and the turbines will be nearly invisible during summer months when Rehoboth Beach fills with vacationers. Each blade on the three-blade rotor is to be 150 feet long.' The wind farm will power 50,000 homes in Delaware, using about half of its capacity."

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  1. Re:Don't forget... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The wind farm will power 50,000 homes in Delaware 50,000 homes? So, that's what, one Al Gore mansion?

    Just remember: you must conserve and use less power than someone from the 1700's, but the Al Gore doesn't have to.

    Also, make sure to keep a track of how much you breath so you can pay your carbon tax, you planet warming CO2 exhaler...

  2. Re:Don't forget... by Xawen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The summary mentions Rehobeth, I went there. It's not in Delaware, Rehobeth is in Maryland. None of the beaches in Delaware had sand.

    At least there's something good there now.

    You're an idiot. Rehoboth, Lewes, Bethany, Dewey and Cape Henlopen are all Delaware beaches with plenty of sand (and they had a lot more back in the 70s). They're also less than 30 minutes from the Air Force base. You have to go all the way out of the bottom of the state to get to Ocean City, the north most beach in Maryland.

    If you're that geographically inept, I hope you weren't driving that bike around too much. BTW, how was that 1869 Mustang? I hear the wood fired Fords were the best...

    I do agree that aside from the beaches, there's not a hell of a lot to do in DE though...

  3. Re:Ocean view by initdeep · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    as opposed to the whackjobs who think that every nuclear plant is going to meltdown.......

    oh and ask Mr Ted Kennedy about windfarms......