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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. The conspiracy continues... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The wind farm will power 50,000 homes in Delaware

    Lies. There are no homes in Delaware. Ask yourself, do you know anyone from Delaware?

    I thought not.

    Delaware is a plot between the banking industry and the DuPonts to get a few free Senators. Don't believe the lies.

    1. Re:The conspiracy continues... by CastrTroy · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's actually funny, because, well I'm Canadian, and having never to bothered looking for Delaware on a map, I was somewhat sure that it was an inland state. It made the headline quite confusing. I could probably locate the general area of most US states on a map, but Delaware is one (until now) state that I would have had no idea where it was located.

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    2. Re:The conspiracy continues... by Joebert · · Score: 5, Funny

      Delaware blows

      I hope so.
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      Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
    3. Re:The conspiracy continues... by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

      Haha, that just goes to show that Americans get an unfairly bad rap for being bad at geography. It turns out you Canadians know far less about American geography than we know about everyone else's geography!

      Man, what a bunch of losers. I'm so going to mock you losers when I travel up to the oceanfront property I just bought in Alberta. I'm pretty sure my property is close to your national capital in Toronto too, so maybe I'll just have to go complain to your President about all the jokes. You'll be sorry you ever made fun of us!

    4. Re:The conspiracy continues... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's worse than that.

      I had a bartender in Olean, New York confiscate my driver's license because, and I quote, "This is a fake, there is no such state as Delaware".

      I went over the bar to get it back, the cops got called, it was getting pretty ugly until the cop got there (the cop told the bartender he was a retard).

    5. Re:The conspiracy continues... by TimToady · · Score: 3, Funny

      Everyone knows the main purpose of Delaware is actually to mark the credit card junk mail you can throw out without looking at it.

    6. Re:The conspiracy continues... by BlackSnake112 · · Score: 2, Funny

      That can be a bad thing. Your family orders stuff and has it shipped to your address to avoid sales tax. Then you got to bring/ship it to them.

      Now try explaining to your girlfriend that the Victoria's Secret order is not for her and she shouldn't be mad/jealous. Then calling your parents to tell them that they are getting the therapy bill for thinking of your mother wearing said Victoria's Secret outfit.

  2. Don't forget... by clonan · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to TFA there are also tourists.

    But that only begs the question...who would go to Delaware for a vacation?

    1. Re:Don't forget... by Red+Flayer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dogfish Head beer is made in Rehobeth DE.

      That alone makes Delaware worth a vist, if only to check out the brewery and then drink oneself into oblivion... to avoid having to face the reality that you did, indeed, got to Delaware for a vacation.

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    2. Re:Don't forget... by LMacG · · Score: 5, Funny

      > I was stationed at Dover AFB from 1971-1973 [...] I owned a motorcycle and a new 1869 Mustang.

      After 102+ years, I don't think your horse was even alive, let alone "new".

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    3. Re:Don't forget... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Never before or since I was there have I ever been so bored, and I owned a motorcycle and a new 1869 Mustang.

      That's your problem ... the Mustangs were a lot more fun once they started making them out of metal and putting gasoline engines into them!

    4. Re:Don't forget... by moosesocks · · Score: 5, Funny

      But that only begs the question...who would go to Delaware for a vacation?

      If you're from New Jersey, just about anyplace else seems like paradise.....
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    5. Re:Don't forget... by Temtongkek · · Score: 5, Funny

      You all suck. I'm from Delaware and I'm the coolest guy you know.

      I:

      -have Real Genius AND Aliens memorized word for word
      -speak 23 languages, 3 of which are actually used on this planet
      -actually have a job
      -changed my underwear recently
      -am voting for the Cylons this upcoming election
      and
      -fought Chuck Norris ....and am alive to type about it.

      Beat that.

    6. Re:Don't forget... by Red+Flayer · · Score: 2, Funny

      If you're from New Jersey, just about anyplace else seems like paradise.....
      Have you met people from NJ?

      If you're from North Jersey|Down the Shore|The Pine Barrens you won't think anyplace else is paradise... you'll think it's a different planet.

      New Jersey is, in fact, a gateway to a different planet. This is why we get the weirdos. Show me a photo of a bunch of teenage NJ guidos, look me in the eye, and tell me with a straight face that they are not aliens. It can't be done.

      Don't you think there's a reason the aliens landed in NJ in "War of the Worlds"?

      The only other possibility is that due to all the toxic waste, NJ is now largely populated by mutants. However, the same effect is not observed in Silicon Valley, so I don't think we can ascribe it to toxic waste.

      /I'm a NJ native and have been documenting the culture and physiology of the resident aliens in NJ for two decades. Trust me on this one.
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      "Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
  3. Well, I've been to Delaware... by biolysis · · Score: 3, Funny

    And I agree with everything you said.

  4. Dela-Where?? by mcamino · · Score: 3, Funny

    What state is Delaware in? Isn't it just a county South of Philadelphia? The wind power will be used to keep the chickens cool in the summer, and warm in the winter, because everybody knows, nobody lives in delaware except the Banks,Duponts, and Chicken Farms (Tyson, Purdue, etc)

    1. Re:Dela-Where?? by k_187 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The wind power will be used to keep the chickens cool in the summer WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! Sorry, couldn't help myself.
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  5. Beach????? by 12345Doug · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's a beach at Dewey? I only thought there were bars there. Who knew.

  6. West Coast Jealousy by andre3001 · · Score: 2, Funny

    wow, I'm surprised California hasn't jumped in to do it first. Suddenly I feel so....environmentally unsound.

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  7. Not secure against NIMBY attacks! by GameboyRMH · · Score: 3, Funny

    '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. Don't they know that if a NIMBY can see an offending structure at any time with a household telescope, it's still too close?
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  8. They changed the state motto by gelfling · · Score: 3, Funny

    From "Small Wonder" to "Don't Blink". But for the hundreds of State Troopers on I-95 making up the State's entire budget, you could drive through Delaware in about 6 minutes.

  9. Re:Cool; Now to expand to the great lakes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Washington D.C. is one town which could get a lot of energy from wind turbines. They could install them completely unseen inside the capital building.

  10. Deleware's power is incompatible with other states by seanonymous · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're on the metric system, so clearly they're not going to be able to interface with the rest of country, as we all use foot-volts and hertz per yard.

  11. Re:Cool; Now to expand to the great lakes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I drop these notes here and there, hoping they'll catch. Wind power is DANGEROUS! Why would we want to remove energy from the device which:

        - Moves heat energy around the planet?
        - Is part of the weather matrix?
        - Allows seeds to be disseminated?
        - Provides a means for birds to migrate?

    We are once again attacking that which we know little about. The only climate neutral energy source is solar( and that assumes we can manufacture the equipment reasonably efficiently). Let's leave wind power where it belongs!

  12. Case in Point... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You can cross the bridges into New Jersey for free, but you have to pay to get back out.

  13. Re:Environmental Impact by andyfreeze · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is that why they banned sail ships and replaced them with steam ships?

  14. Easy.... by Belial6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's easy to beat. I had a girlfriend once. Of course, you wouldn't know her. She moved in Canada.

  15. Re:Here it comes... by SQLGuru · · Score: 2, Funny

    Plus, they'd have to have their captain steer around them while out on their yachts.

    Layne

  16. Re:Ocean view by Romwell · · Score: 2, Funny
    I have been to Kansas recently, and they have massive wind farms along the I-70. Check out at http://www.kansasenergy.org/wind_projects.htm, I can't find pics now, but they look really cool. And yeah, intercepting all replies:
    • Kansas is flat
    • There is nothing in Kansas
    • There is nothing in Kansas, except cows, hay and polls
    • Delaware doesn't look that bad after all ! (although I've never been there =)
    • Kansas is populated, and yes, by people
    • My girlfriend lives there for now, and, last but not least..
    • NO, HER NAME IS NOT DOROTHY, you dimwit !!!