"There are grave concerns about the serious harm that the proposed leases could have on the commercial and residential fishing industry, the maritime economy, the human environment, and Texas’ economic prosperity."
The Biden administration is hot to trot to install giant, industrial-scale wind facilities along the U.S. East Coast.
The spread of wind turbines on the gusty plains of northeastern Colorado has sparked a 21st century range war.
Here are some counter arguments to Dominion's claims, in reverse order since the best is last and the worst is first.
So NOAA says we cannot afford to cause the loss of even one Right Whale a year. That is what I call desperately endangered.
BY ROBERT BRYCE: The punchline here is obvious: the hype about major expansions of renewable-energy capacity ignores first principles
Push them into traffic.
When it comes to protecting the whales there is no plan.
Secrecy abounds around the monster offshore wind (OSW) project proposed by Dominion Energy. In this case it is all about the threat to the severely endangered North Atlantic Right Whales.
The Offshore Wind Project consists of 176 wind turbines, each larger than the Washington Monument, to be erected 27 miles out in the open ocean off the shore of Virginia Beach, at an initial estimated cost of $10 billion.
Tax credit rules have become very complex, potentially stifling the growth of renewables and EVs.
That wind and solar are cheaper is at best a half truth, more like an eighth truth.
It looks like wind generators will have to be redesigned specifically to withstand hurricanes.
The Dominion Energy offshore wind project is the largest, riskiest, and costliest public works project ever undertaken in Virginia history.
BY ROBERT BRYCE: Rural Americans keep rejecting wind projects.