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A new Science Advances study shows offshore wind turbines actually warm the sea surface. Spikes near as much as one degree Celsius, which is as large as natural summer variability. Turbines slow the wind, explains the study. This weakens mixing, shuts down upwelling, and in turn traps heat at... show more

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A new study shows offshore wind farms can alter ocean currents. By 2050, offshore wind capacity in the North Sea is set to increase more than tenfold. Researchers modelled the long-term impact. Turbines slow surface winds, foundations obstruct tidal flow, and those wake effects combine to slow surface currents by up to 20%, not just immediately around the wind farms, but across the North Sea. That changes sediment movement, water mixing, and marine ecosystems. This is not a local effect, it is a system-level change, and the full impacts are unknown.

A new study shows offshore wind farms can alter ocean currents. By 2050, offshore wind capacity in the North Sea is set to increase more than tenfold. Researchers modelled the long-term impact. Turbines slow surface winds, foundations obstruct tidal flow, and those wake effects combine to slow surface currents by up to 20%, not just immediately around the wind farms, but across the North Sea. That changes sediment movement, water mixing, and marine ecosystems. This is not a local effect, it is a system-level change, and the full impacts are unknown.

Electroverse

19,289 views • 2 months ago

Albanese is a disgraceful liar. The concern about whales and offshore wind turbines has nothing to do with a whales ability to “steer around” wind turbines as Albanese is trying to argue. The wind turbines proposed off the NSW coast are floating wind turbines anchored to the seabed with mooring cables. And when you put 300 turbines in confined area you create a labyrinth of mooring cables and electrical cables which presents a risk of both "secondary" and "tertiary" entanglement for whales. “Secondary” entanglement is presumed to be the main entanglement-related concern when marine debris like lost fishing gear became ensnared around mooring lines and/or cables, and subsequently entangled marine wildlife. To group 300 giant offshore floating wind turbines in the middle of a whale migration zone is reckless environmental vandalism. Albanese was deceiving the Australian public, and Dutton wasn’t across his brief to call him out. If you care about protecting the environment from renewables zealots and fanatics - vote 1 Libertarian

Albanese is a disgraceful liar. The concern about whales and offshore wind turbines has nothing to do with a whales ability to “steer around” wind turbines as Albanese is trying to argue. The wind turbines proposed off the NSW coast are floating wind turbines anchored to the seabed with mooring cables. And when you put 300 turbines in confined area you create a labyrinth of mooring cables and electrical cables which presents a risk of both "secondary" and "tertiary" entanglement for whales. “Secondary” entanglement is presumed to be the main entanglement-related concern when marine debris like lost fishing gear became ensnared around mooring lines and/or cables, and subsequently entangled marine wildlife. To group 300 giant offshore floating wind turbines in the middle of a whale migration zone is reckless environmental vandalism. Albanese was deceiving the Australian public, and Dutton wasn’t across his brief to call him out. If you care about protecting the environment from renewables zealots and fanatics - vote 1 Libertarian

Craig Kelly:🇦🇺Foundation for Economic Education

26,065 views • 1 year ago

“This is utterly insane” “Hundred of them, doing absolutely nothing as far as the can see” “They’re not turning, they’re not generating anything” Wind turbines are a truly awful manifestation of the climate change hoax scam, they:- - Destroy the countryside - Don’t work when there’s no wind - Kill birds and wildlife - Offshore wind turbines kill marine wildlife - Have a limited shelflife & sent to landfill - Extremely expensive and inefficient When government waste your hard earned taxes on these monstrosities, without a mandate, they might just be part of the same corrupt scam.

“This is utterly insane” “Hundred of them, doing absolutely nothing as far as the can see” “They’re not turning, they’re not generating anything” Wind turbines are a truly awful manifestation of the climate change hoax scam, they:- - Destroy the countryside - Don’t work when there’s no wind - Kill birds and wildlife - Offshore wind turbines kill marine wildlife - Have a limited shelflife & sent to landfill - Extremely expensive and inefficient When government waste your hard earned taxes on these monstrosities, without a mandate, they might just be part of the same corrupt scam.

Concerned Citizen

115,709 views • 7 months ago

“Work has been suspended at a major wind farm project south west of Warwick after storms snapped a wind turbine blade. McIntrye Wind Farm recently connected some of its turbines to the grid, those works are on hold as it investigates the incident.” “The 458MW Coopers Gap wind farm in south west Queensland, the newest and biggest wind project built to date in Australia – is to undergo major repairs after faults were found in its commissioning process. AGL, which operates the $850 million project and is a joint owner through the Powering Australia Renewables Fund, said in a statement that the blades of one of the 123 turbines will have to be replaced entirely, while GE Catcon is also going to replace “generators” – referring to the equipment in the nacelle at the top of the wind tower – in a further 50 turbines.” •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Not only are wind farms unreliable in terms of wind dependent generation. They break easily as we saw last week on the Darling Downs. If the blades on a wind farm can’t survive a summer storm on the Darling Downs they will be useless. This is just another example of wind farms being unreliable. A few years ago wind farm had to replace 50 out of 123 turbines just after it was commissioned. Australia cannot not afford to be pursuing Net Zero policies being pushed by the two major parties. We should focus on using our coal, uranium and gas resources instead of imported materials. Quote from: #auspol

“Work has been suspended at a major wind farm project south west of Warwick after storms snapped a wind turbine blade. McIntrye Wind Farm recently connected some of its turbines to the grid, those works are on hold as it investigates the incident.” “The 458MW Coopers Gap wind farm in south west Queensland, the newest and biggest wind project built to date in Australia – is to undergo major repairs after faults were found in its commissioning process. AGL, which operates the $850 million project and is a joint owner through the Powering Australia Renewables Fund, said in a statement that the blades of one of the 123 turbines will have to be replaced entirely, while GE Catcon is also going to replace “generators” – referring to the equipment in the nacelle at the top of the wind tower – in a further 50 turbines.” •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Not only are wind farms unreliable in terms of wind dependent generation. They break easily as we saw last week on the Darling Downs. If the blades on a wind farm can’t survive a summer storm on the Darling Downs they will be useless. This is just another example of wind farms being unreliable. A few years ago wind farm had to replace 50 out of 123 turbines just after it was commissioned. Australia cannot not afford to be pursuing Net Zero policies being pushed by the two major parties. We should focus on using our coal, uranium and gas resources instead of imported materials. Quote from: #auspol

Gerard Rennick

35,158 views • 1 year ago

This is what a foreign invasion of our coast looks like. Video taken from the waters surrounding EMPIRE WIND today in the New York bight. As the area braces for blizzard conditions and 30-foot seas, consider the added and unnecessary risks that industrial offshore wind structures pose to sailors, vessels and wildlife navigating these waters. Please stop these things, Mr. President Credit: Captain Eddie Baxter President Donald J. Trump Stop These Things Steve Milloy Bill Heller National Wind Watch Wind Concerns Capt. Dave Marciano terry schappert Congressman Jeff Van Drew

This is what a foreign invasion of our coast looks like. Video taken from the waters surrounding EMPIRE WIND today in the New York bight. As the area braces for blizzard conditions and 30-foot seas, consider the added and unnecessary risks that industrial offshore wind structures pose to sailors, vessels and wildlife navigating these waters. Please stop these things, Mr. President Credit: Captain Eddie Baxter President Donald J. Trump Stop These Things Steve Milloy Bill Heller National Wind Watch Wind Concerns Capt. Dave Marciano terry schappert Congressman Jeff Van Drew

Protect Our Coast NJ

18,369 views • 5 months ago

This video shows an Euler's disk gradually losing its rotational energy as a result of friction with the platform surface, air, and even within the disk itself. The energy is primarily converted into heat and sound waves energy.

This video shows an Euler's disk gradually losing its rotational energy as a result of friction with the platform surface, air, and even within the disk itself. The energy is primarily converted into heat and sound waves energy.

Valerio Pergola

17,088 views • 2 years ago

This shocking clip comes from Harry Garrecht, who was off Coxes Ledge — more than four miles from the wind turbine pile driving — and could still hear it loud and clear. If the noise carries that far above the water, imagine what it’s doing beneath the surface to whales and other marine life. NOAA has already reported an “unusual mortality event” among whales since offshore wind projects began pounding away off the East Coast. Critics are calling it what it is: ecoterrorism in the name of green energy. Environmental advocates warn the relentless hammering may be disrupting migration routes, feeding patterns, and whale communication — turning the ocean into a war zone of sound. The offshore wind debate has been heating up, and this video is only throwing more fuel on the fire. Or in this case, pile-driving on the pods.

This shocking clip comes from Harry Garrecht, who was off Coxes Ledge — more than four miles from the wind turbine pile driving — and could still hear it loud and clear. If the noise carries that far above the water, imagine what it’s doing beneath the surface to whales and other marine life. NOAA has already reported an “unusual mortality event” among whales since offshore wind projects began pounding away off the East Coast. Critics are calling it what it is: ecoterrorism in the name of green energy. Environmental advocates warn the relentless hammering may be disrupting migration routes, feeding patterns, and whale communication — turning the ocean into a war zone of sound. The offshore wind debate has been heating up, and this video is only throwing more fuel on the fire. Or in this case, pile-driving on the pods.

Newport Buzz

30,616 views • 1 year ago

Major wind turbine manufacturers have been hit by an asbestos scandal. At Australia's $4 billion Golden Plains wind farm, testing on turbines has come back positive. Units are now quarantined and the manufacturer is launching global checks across its supply chain. This follows the asbestos found at a number of Chinese turbine manufacturers. Serious environmental concerns are now mounting. Wind blades can't be recycled, not economically or at scale. So tens of thousands of tons of blades are dumped every year, buried in pits with endless more coming as first-generation turbines hit their end of life, which is typically just 15 years. An industry sold as clean is leaving mountains of toxic waste that can't be recycled.

Major wind turbine manufacturers have been hit by an asbestos scandal. At Australia's $4 billion Golden Plains wind farm, testing on turbines has come back positive. Units are now quarantined and the manufacturer is launching global checks across its supply chain. This follows the asbestos found at a number of Chinese turbine manufacturers. Serious environmental concerns are now mounting. Wind blades can't be recycled, not economically or at scale. So tens of thousands of tons of blades are dumped every year, buried in pits with endless more coming as first-generation turbines hit their end of life, which is typically just 15 years. An industry sold as clean is leaving mountains of toxic waste that can't be recycled.

Electroverse

168,599 views • 6 months ago

The Trump administration announced an immediate pause on the leases for five large-scale offshore wind farms off the East Coast, citing concerns about national security. The Interior Department provided few details, but said the Pentagon believed the turbines could obscure and confuse radar signals. This is just the latest move by the White House taking aim at wind power. At least one of the projects halted today was already partially operating. William Brangham spoke with science correspondent Miles O'Brien to learn more.

The Trump administration announced an immediate pause on the leases for five large-scale offshore wind farms off the East Coast, citing concerns about national security. The Interior Department provided few details, but said the Pentagon believed the turbines could obscure and confuse radar signals. This is just the latest move by the White House taking aim at wind power. At least one of the projects halted today was already partially operating. William Brangham spoke with science correspondent Miles O'Brien to learn more.

PBS News

13,926 views • 7 months ago

Donald Trump: "These poor fools talk about... it's going to global warm to a point where the oceans will rise one eighth of an inch in 355 years." "In the meantime, we're spending our wealth on this foolish stuff." "The wind doesn't work. It's very expensive, kills the birds, destroys everything around it." "It's the most expensive energy. And then every nine years, you have to replace the turbines."

Donald Trump: "These poor fools talk about... it's going to global warm to a point where the oceans will rise one eighth of an inch in 355 years." "In the meantime, we're spending our wealth on this foolish stuff." "The wind doesn't work. It's very expensive, kills the birds, destroys everything around it." "It's the most expensive energy. And then every nine years, you have to replace the turbines."

Wide Awake Media

160,893 views • 9 months ago

Illegal Levels Of Whale-Killing Pile-Driving Noise By Wind Industry Documented New documentary, "Thrown To The Wind, Part 2," provides more hard evidence that the wind industry is harming whales The wind industry is not killing endangered whales off the East Coast, say government agencies and the news media. But it is. Before 2016, when the wind industry’s increased boat traffic, sonar mapping, and construction began, eight humpback whales were found dead per year between Virginia and Maine. Since 2016, an average of 25 humpbacks were found dead annually. And last year, there were a record 83 whales found dead. And yet the Associated Press insisted last month that “there’s no evidence that limited wind farm construction on the Atlantic Coast has directly resulted in any whale deaths.” [Emphasis added.] That’s true. But there’s also no evidence that smoking directly causes cancer. Nor is there evidence that more carbon dioxide directly warms the planet. AP is playing the exact same, deliberately misleading, game that it accuses the tobacco and fossil fuels industries of playing. This is disturbing because the US government and media are blaming the spike in whale deaths on climate change, which is far less direct than the wind industry’s huge increase in boat traffic in previously untrafficked sea lanes, its high-decibel sonar, and its high-decibel pile driving. Last year, the most thorough investigation to date of whale deaths found a strong correlation with wind industry activity. Lisa Linowes of Save the Right Whales Coalition did the study. Linowes tracked whale deaths within the same timeframe and location as offshore wind sonar surveys. “As the amount of offshore wind activity increased within an area,” she notes, “so did whale deaths.” In last year’s “Thrown To The Wind” documentary, Rand documented illegally high levels of whale-harming sonar noise by the wind industry. And now, in a sequel, “Thrown To the Wind, Part 2,” filmmaker Jonah Markowitz documents Rand measuring illegal levels of noise from pile-driving by the wind industry off of Martha’s Vineyard. The boat crew can hear the noise through the air. “That’s loud to hear from here,” says one of the men. “And I got my ear muffs on and everything.” It’s so loud that Rand has to adjust his equipment. “I am overloading,” he says. “I need to change my gain.” Says one sailor, “Sounds like a noise from a horror movie.” “Sounds like thunder coming in,” says another. “It's insane.” The sound is equivalent to the blast from a 155-millimeter Howitzer. The environmental groups and Democratic governors championing the illegal pile-driving off the East Coast are the same groups that fought oil drilling there just a few years ago, claiming it would be too noisy. It is illegal to harm or kill endangered species. The North Atlantic right whale is critically endangered, with fewer than 400 individuals in the species left. The push by the US government, the wind industry, and the news media to build industrial wind projects proven to kill whales is the biggest environmental scandal in the world. A handful of honest conservationists are fighting billions in wind industry/taxpayer money. That money has financially corrupted the politicians, the regulatory agencies, and the news media through political donations and advertisements. The money has even corrupted the people who do the autopsies of the whales. We won a big victory last year, in helping to halt a wind project off the coast of New Jersey. Unfortunately, the US government and wind industry are moving forward with plans to build wind projects along the rest of the East Coast. If they go forward, they will make the North Atlantic right whale extinct.

Illegal Levels Of Whale-Killing Pile-Driving Noise By Wind Industry Documented New documentary, "Thrown To The Wind, Part 2," provides more hard evidence that the wind industry is harming whales The wind industry is not killing endangered whales off the East Coast, say government agencies and the news media. But it is. Before 2016, when the wind industry’s increased boat traffic, sonar mapping, and construction began, eight humpback whales were found dead per year between Virginia and Maine. Since 2016, an average of 25 humpbacks were found dead annually. And last year, there were a record 83 whales found dead. And yet the Associated Press insisted last month that “there’s no evidence that limited wind farm construction on the Atlantic Coast has directly resulted in any whale deaths.” [Emphasis added.] That’s true. But there’s also no evidence that smoking directly causes cancer. Nor is there evidence that more carbon dioxide directly warms the planet. AP is playing the exact same, deliberately misleading, game that it accuses the tobacco and fossil fuels industries of playing. This is disturbing because the US government and media are blaming the spike in whale deaths on climate change, which is far less direct than the wind industry’s huge increase in boat traffic in previously untrafficked sea lanes, its high-decibel sonar, and its high-decibel pile driving. Last year, the most thorough investigation to date of whale deaths found a strong correlation with wind industry activity. Lisa Linowes of Save the Right Whales Coalition did the study. Linowes tracked whale deaths within the same timeframe and location as offshore wind sonar surveys. “As the amount of offshore wind activity increased within an area,” she notes, “so did whale deaths.” In last year’s “Thrown To The Wind” documentary, Rand documented illegally high levels of whale-harming sonar noise by the wind industry. And now, in a sequel, “Thrown To the Wind, Part 2,” filmmaker Jonah Markowitz documents Rand measuring illegal levels of noise from pile-driving by the wind industry off of Martha’s Vineyard. The boat crew can hear the noise through the air. “That’s loud to hear from here,” says one of the men. “And I got my ear muffs on and everything.” It’s so loud that Rand has to adjust his equipment. “I am overloading,” he says. “I need to change my gain.” Says one sailor, “Sounds like a noise from a horror movie.” “Sounds like thunder coming in,” says another. “It's insane.” The sound is equivalent to the blast from a 155-millimeter Howitzer. The environmental groups and Democratic governors championing the illegal pile-driving off the East Coast are the same groups that fought oil drilling there just a few years ago, claiming it would be too noisy. It is illegal to harm or kill endangered species. The North Atlantic right whale is critically endangered, with fewer than 400 individuals in the species left. The push by the US government, the wind industry, and the news media to build industrial wind projects proven to kill whales is the biggest environmental scandal in the world. A handful of honest conservationists are fighting billions in wind industry/taxpayer money. That money has financially corrupted the politicians, the regulatory agencies, and the news media through political donations and advertisements. The money has even corrupted the people who do the autopsies of the whales. We won a big victory last year, in helping to halt a wind project off the coast of New Jersey. Unfortunately, the US government and wind industry are moving forward with plans to build wind projects along the rest of the East Coast. If they go forward, they will make the North Atlantic right whale extinct.

Michael Shellenberger

400,048 views • 2 years ago

Breaking News🇬🇧⚡️: "Labour will create jobs in wind turbine production for my area and the rest of the UK". Watch the incredulous Labour MP Mel Ward tell Camilla Tominey that Red Ed Miliband is 'Pro-Oil and North Sea gas' as a fossil fuel resource and that thousands of 'clean energy jobs' will be invented when done are available after 20 years of the climate scam. Point of order - wind turbines are not 'clean', they are either made by fossil fuels or rely 100% on coke. The 'net-zero' lunatics will argue that Electric Arc Furnace While Electric Arc Furnaces (EAFs) primarily run on electricity, the national grid that powers them often relies on fossil fuels unless utilizing renewable energy sources. Furthermore, EAF operations directly consume supplementary fossil fuels, such as natural gas for preheating and coal or coke as carbon sources According to a report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory - depending on make and model wind turbines are predominantly made of steel (66-79% of total turbine mass); fiberglass, resin or plastic (11-16%); iron or cast iron (5-17%); copper (1%); and aluminum (0-2%). There are currently zero major Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) producing full offshore wind turbines directly based in the UK. The global offshore turbine market is heavily consolidated, and the UK relies on a few major international manufacturers to supply its offshore wind farms. Spinning their way out of the 'climate scam' - not on our watch.

Breaking News🇬🇧⚡️: "Labour will create jobs in wind turbine production for my area and the rest of the UK". Watch the incredulous Labour MP Mel Ward tell Camilla Tominey that Red Ed Miliband is 'Pro-Oil and North Sea gas' as a fossil fuel resource and that thousands of 'clean energy jobs' will be invented when done are available after 20 years of the climate scam. Point of order - wind turbines are not 'clean', they are either made by fossil fuels or rely 100% on coke. The 'net-zero' lunatics will argue that Electric Arc Furnace While Electric Arc Furnaces (EAFs) primarily run on electricity, the national grid that powers them often relies on fossil fuels unless utilizing renewable energy sources. Furthermore, EAF operations directly consume supplementary fossil fuels, such as natural gas for preheating and coal or coke as carbon sources According to a report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory - depending on make and model wind turbines are predominantly made of steel (66-79% of total turbine mass); fiberglass, resin or plastic (11-16%); iron or cast iron (5-17%); copper (1%); and aluminum (0-2%). There are currently zero major Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) producing full offshore wind turbines directly based in the UK. The global offshore turbine market is heavily consolidated, and the UK relies on a few major international manufacturers to supply its offshore wind farms. Spinning their way out of the 'climate scam' - not on our watch.

HIN News🇬🇧🇺🇸

80,045 views • 27 days ago

Onshore wind is sold as 25-year infrastructure, but a UK and Denmark study found that after just 10 years. The average UK wind farm loses roughly one-third of its output. Then by 12 to 15 years, many become completely uneconomic to run. Less power, more wear, higher maintenance. So the farms need "repowering," they call it. That means ripping out old machines and replacing them early. So more steel, more blades shipped in from China, more waste and more subsidies. The 25-year lifespan claim was short enough, but in reality, turbines are barely lasting a decade.

Onshore wind is sold as 25-year infrastructure, but a UK and Denmark study found that after just 10 years. The average UK wind farm loses roughly one-third of its output. Then by 12 to 15 years, many become completely uneconomic to run. Less power, more wear, higher maintenance. So the farms need "repowering," they call it. That means ripping out old machines and replacing them early. So more steel, more blades shipped in from China, more waste and more subsidies. The 25-year lifespan claim was short enough, but in reality, turbines are barely lasting a decade.

Electroverse

24,686 views • 3 months ago

Wind power is sold as technological progress, but German professor Ludecke disagrees and has called it a return to the Medieval Ages. His calculation puts Germany's onshore wind output at an annual average of just 3.6 watts per square meter, whereas a coal plant comes in at 7,000 watts. That gap cannot be fixed with a taller tower or a larger blade. Wind is weak, scattered and weather dependent. And the output collapses quickly: half the wind speed and the available power falls to one-eighth. To harvest wind, turbines must be spread across vast areas, connected by new transmission lines and backed by reliable power plants for when the wind drops. Civilization advanced by replacing diffuse, unreliable energy with concentrated controllable power. Net Zero reverses that progress.

Wind power is sold as technological progress, but German professor Ludecke disagrees and has called it a return to the Medieval Ages. His calculation puts Germany's onshore wind output at an annual average of just 3.6 watts per square meter, whereas a coal plant comes in at 7,000 watts. That gap cannot be fixed with a taller tower or a larger blade. Wind is weak, scattered and weather dependent. And the output collapses quickly: half the wind speed and the available power falls to one-eighth. To harvest wind, turbines must be spread across vast areas, connected by new transmission lines and backed by reliable power plants for when the wind drops. Civilization advanced by replacing diffuse, unreliable energy with concentrated controllable power. Net Zero reverses that progress.

Electroverse

11,586 views • 25 days ago

How big is the world's first 20MW offshore wind turbine? On Feb 5, the world's first 20MW offshore wind turbine successfully completed commissioning and was connected to the grid in the waters off southern Fujian. Standing 174 meters tall with 147-meter blades, one full sweep of its rotor covers nearly 10 football fields. With just a single rotation, it can generate 50 kWh of electricity — enough to power one person for about 17 days. Follow our reporter's lens as he steps into the installation site.

How big is the world's first 20MW offshore wind turbine? On Feb 5, the world's first 20MW offshore wind turbine successfully completed commissioning and was connected to the grid in the waters off southern Fujian. Standing 174 meters tall with 147-meter blades, one full sweep of its rotor covers nearly 10 football fields. With just a single rotation, it can generate 50 kWh of electricity — enough to power one person for about 17 days. Follow our reporter's lens as he steps into the installation site.

CTG

45,588 views • 6 months ago

China completes installation of world's largest single-unit floating offshore wind turbine The world's largest single-unit 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine "Three Gorges Pilot" was installed on Saturday in waters off Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province. The 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine consists of three parts, namely a 16 mw ultra-large capacity wind turbine, a semi-submersible floating platform, and a new mooring system. With a maximum tip height exceeding 270 meters, the wind turbine rotor has a diameter of 252 meters, with a swept area equivalent to seven standard football fields. Unlike traditional fixed-bottom turbines that are physically connected to the seabed, it is installed on a semi-submersible floating platform measuring 80.82 meters long, 91 meters wide, and with a displacement of 24,100 tons. The platform is secured through nine suction anchors, combined with domestically produced high-performance polyester fiber cables and anchor chains for seabed mooring and positioning. "To deal with the harsh sea conditions, our team has developed and applied a new mooring system, a dynamic monitoring system, an active ballast system, and 66 kV dynamic submarine cables for the first time in China," said Pan Hongguan, an offshore wind power engineer from Guangdong Branch of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG). According to Pan, the new mooring system combines polyester cable and anchor chain, which is like adding a "spring" to the middle of the system, to deliver superior mechanical performance. The "Three Gorges Pilot" wind turbine previously completed its integrated assembly at Tieshan Port in Beihai of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It arrived at its target sea area located more than 70 kilometers off the coast of Yangjiang after a long-distance towed voyage across the Qiongzhou Strait which connects South China's island province of Hainan with Guangdong Province on the mainland. After being put into operation, the wind turbine is expected to generate approximately 44.65 million kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually, enough to meet the annual electricity demand of 24,000 households.

China completes installation of world's largest single-unit floating offshore wind turbine The world's largest single-unit 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine "Three Gorges Pilot" was installed on Saturday in waters off Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province. The 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine consists of three parts, namely a 16 mw ultra-large capacity wind turbine, a semi-submersible floating platform, and a new mooring system. With a maximum tip height exceeding 270 meters, the wind turbine rotor has a diameter of 252 meters, with a swept area equivalent to seven standard football fields. Unlike traditional fixed-bottom turbines that are physically connected to the seabed, it is installed on a semi-submersible floating platform measuring 80.82 meters long, 91 meters wide, and with a displacement of 24,100 tons. The platform is secured through nine suction anchors, combined with domestically produced high-performance polyester fiber cables and anchor chains for seabed mooring and positioning. "To deal with the harsh sea conditions, our team has developed and applied a new mooring system, a dynamic monitoring system, an active ballast system, and 66 kV dynamic submarine cables for the first time in China," said Pan Hongguan, an offshore wind power engineer from Guangdong Branch of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG). According to Pan, the new mooring system combines polyester cable and anchor chain, which is like adding a "spring" to the middle of the system, to deliver superior mechanical performance. The "Three Gorges Pilot" wind turbine previously completed its integrated assembly at Tieshan Port in Beihai of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It arrived at its target sea area located more than 70 kilometers off the coast of Yangjiang after a long-distance towed voyage across the Qiongzhou Strait which connects South China's island province of Hainan with Guangdong Province on the mainland. After being put into operation, the wind turbine is expected to generate approximately 44.65 million kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually, enough to meet the annual electricity demand of 24,000 households.

KABClub

26,065 views • 3 months ago

CNN’s Abby Phillip: [The Department of Energy said today] that they're ending wind and solar subsidies, taking more energy out of the system, not putting it into the system. So, yes, I mean, I'm not sure there's any problem solving happening.” Ben Ferguson: "If you look at windmills and you look at them in Texas and other states, they have been a disaster compared to what they were supposed to produce. They're not producing. So why would you invest in a BAD INVESTMENT. By the way, they’re doing this in Europe as well, the data is now there. The solar and wind isn't gonna fix our grid, and then if you're saying any more solar panels or wind turbines, we're totally screwed. We will have to go to 78 degrees.” Abby Phillip: “Here's the thing. I think that there is an argument to be made for all of the above energy, right?” Ben Ferguson: “But if it's ineffective and it doesn't work, why do it?”

CNN’s Abby Phillip: [The Department of Energy said today] that they're ending wind and solar subsidies, taking more energy out of the system, not putting it into the system. So, yes, I mean, I'm not sure there's any problem solving happening.” Ben Ferguson: "If you look at windmills and you look at them in Texas and other states, they have been a disaster compared to what they were supposed to produce. They're not producing. So why would you invest in a BAD INVESTMENT. By the way, they’re doing this in Europe as well, the data is now there. The solar and wind isn't gonna fix our grid, and then if you're saying any more solar panels or wind turbines, we're totally screwed. We will have to go to 78 degrees.” Abby Phillip: “Here's the thing. I think that there is an argument to be made for all of the above energy, right?” Ben Ferguson: “But if it's ineffective and it doesn't work, why do it?”

RedWave Press

56,003 views • 1 month ago

#zhanglinghe at press conference of documentary "Exploring the Future: The Answer is Earth" in Beijing🌱 Q: have you heard of Betz's Law? zlh🚀: it refers to the limit of how much wind energy can be converted into electricity. there is something called the Betz limit, which means that when a wind turbine converts wind energy into electrical energy, there is a maximum efficiency. about 59% or more precisely around 59.3%. this is a physical limit. to actually reach this limit, the conditions must be very ideal. for example, factors like the static pressure before and after the rotor, and the number of blades, all need to be in an optimal state. in real life, wind turbines don't reach that ideal. an efficiency of about 70%–80% (of the theoretical limit) is already considered very good. and in our country, the wind farms I've visited are basically among the best in the world, their conversion efficiency is extremely high.

#zhanglinghe at press conference of documentary "Exploring the Future: The Answer is Earth" in Beijing🌱 Q: have you heard of Betz's Law? zlh🚀: it refers to the limit of how much wind energy can be converted into electricity. there is something called the Betz limit, which means that when a wind turbine converts wind energy into electrical energy, there is a maximum efficiency. about 59% or more precisely around 59.3%. this is a physical limit. to actually reach this limit, the conditions must be very ideal. for example, factors like the static pressure before and after the rotor, and the number of blades, all need to be in an optimal state. in real life, wind turbines don't reach that ideal. an efficiency of about 70%–80% (of the theoretical limit) is already considered very good. and in our country, the wind farms I've visited are basically among the best in the world, their conversion efficiency is extremely high.

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Donald Trump on global warming: "These poor fools talk about global warming... It's going to global warm to a point where the oceans will rise 1/8 of an inch in 355 years." "And in the meantime we're spending our wealth on this foolish stuff." "The wind doesn't work. It's very expensive, kills the birds, destroys everything around it." "It's the most expensive energy. And then every nine years, you have to replace the turbines." Regardless of your views on Donald Trump, do you agree with him on this?

Donald Trump on global warming: "These poor fools talk about global warming... It's going to global warm to a point where the oceans will rise 1/8 of an inch in 355 years." "And in the meantime we're spending our wealth on this foolish stuff." "The wind doesn't work. It's very expensive, kills the birds, destroys everything around it." "It's the most expensive energy. And then every nine years, you have to replace the turbines." Regardless of your views on Donald Trump, do you agree with him on this?

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