Wind Turbines in Mass

MrDee12345 said:
I'm having a hard time responding without turning this into a raging political rant.

It just doesn't make sense to me. Even if you want more oil production, isn't making the US "energy independent" inclusive of many forms of energy production?
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Three-year old logic. Mean Brits put wind turbines off of my Scottish Golf Course. They are ugly. Wind turbines -- all bad.
 
www.capecodtimes.com

Federal agency steps into lightning strike review of Vineyard Wind turbine

Federal agency to probe a lightning strike on the Vineyard Wind 1 turbine damaged in 2024. Vineyard Wind is also testing its safety lighting system.
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All of Vineyard Wind's installed turbines are equipped with lightning protection systems, but the system on AW-38 was not operational because of the blade failure that happened on July 13, 2024, according to the agency.
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I feel like all of this news is about a lemon of a turbine, and that's ok with me.
 
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Supreme Court Declines Second Vineyard Wind Petition

Last Monday, the court announced it would not take up the appeal filed by the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, keeping a previous ruling on the 62-turbine Vineyard Wind project intact.
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This is the second time this year that the Supreme Court decided to not take up a case around Vineyard Wind, and one of several legal challenges lobbed at the project, the first utility-scale offshore wind project approved in the U.S. The wind farm, which is about 14 miles south of the Island, has an operations headquarters on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven.
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It's not that shocking when green energy incentives are about to be obliterated.
 
I don't think waiting out the Trump administration is a good strategy. It's great that Hydro-Quebec electricity will be coming down to Massachusetts, but that's not sufficient. If wind-sourced power can't survive without subsidies, then it may be worth taking a second look at bringing in additional gas as an intermediate step.
 
NHMaples said:
I don't think waiting out the Trump administration is a good strategy. It's great that Hydro-Quebec electricity will be coming down to Massachusetts, but that's not sufficient. If wind-sourced power can't survive without subsidies, then it may be worth taking a second look at bringing in additional gas as an intermediate step.
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New York State is the barrier to a new gas pipeline.

Maybe time to do what New York is doing and spin up a new, modern nuke plant.
 
stick n move said:
Wtf
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Feels kind of like a clickbait headline. What did the Healey administration do to put wind on the back burner?

From my reading they've failed to agree to distribution contracts with the utilities precisely because of the uncertainty out of DC. If IRA incentives disappear and there are new fees attached to renewables, it's understandable that they can't lock something in now that will be completely out of whack in a few months. Like many things related to non-coal energy the blame has to go to the current administration. Reminder that these people are trying to TAX renewables directly, adding costs to consumers who are already paying top dollar for energy (especially in New England). The Commonwealth can't agree to energy pricing if there's a 10-20% tax on that energy coming soon.

Being "all of the above" doesn't mean being anti-wind, and I hope it does mean we have nuclear and more gas in the near term. I'd be thrilled if Healey comes out in favor of new nuclear before the next election. NECEC from Canada will be great but we need much more energy in the region and fast. We need more wind, but punting this contract kind of feels like the fiscally responsible move at a time when there could be a huge sea change in renewables pricing.
 
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