7 thoughts on “How to Build an Offshore Wind Farm”
I switched my electricity supplier to Veridian’s 100% renewables rate plan a while back. My next billing statement will indicate the new rate (about 3 cents more). Thus, I am writing this comment using wind power. 🙂
Anyway, cool video. Looks like quite a bit of jobs in the maritime industry to be had.
Same here. 100% renewable – and I’m paying *less* than if I’d stayed with my fossil / nuke supplier – and my bills are fixed until 2012, whereas all the big fossil / nuke suppliers in the UK barely manage a month without hiking their tariffs.
That’s all very interesting. But how are they anchored to the sea floor? They look nice and shiny now. I wonder what they will look like in ten or twenty years time? How is the power transmitted back to the shore? I know that the simple answer is “cables”. But to avoid transmission losses they must pump out a fair voltage. Any idea what it is? I wonder with the invention of the new vertical windmills that can be more closely put together that such wide spacing will be seen as wasteful? Be interesting to see what’s going to happen in the next few years. Bill.
I switched my electricity supplier to Veridian’s 100% renewables rate plan a while back. My next billing statement will indicate the new rate (about 3 cents more). Thus, I am writing this comment using wind power. 🙂
Anyway, cool video. Looks like quite a bit of jobs in the maritime industry to be had.
Same here. 100% renewable – and I’m paying *less* than if I’d stayed with my fossil / nuke supplier – and my bills are fixed until 2012, whereas all the big fossil / nuke suppliers in the UK barely manage a month without hiking their tariffs.
Shout out: http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/
And a shout out to my boys at Viridian:
http://viridian.com/
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Keeping it real with my turbine homies, yo!!
Nice visual I also enjoyu the actual installation videos, albeit promotional from Vestas and A2sea
Cool video but it seems to me that solar panels on the roof just yards away from where the electricity is used, is the more elegant solution.
That’s all very interesting. But how are they anchored to the sea floor? They look nice and shiny now. I wonder what they will look like in ten or twenty years time? How is the power transmitted back to the shore? I know that the simple answer is “cables”. But to avoid transmission losses they must pump out a fair voltage. Any idea what it is? I wonder with the invention of the new vertical windmills that can be more closely put together that such wide spacing will be seen as wasteful? Be interesting to see what’s going to happen in the next few years. Bill.