The first in the U.S. marine wind power

General Electric together with Deepwater Wind mounted wind turbines five miles off the coast of Block island. 5 turbines will feed electricity to 17,000 homes. Total project cost $300 million Turbines have started producing electricity and put the first joules into the grid of New England.



CEO of Deepwater Wind, Jeffrey Gribovskaya believes that offshore wind is a ready solution to the question of the migration of older, occupying large space stations. He is confident that this begins a new era in the energy sector of the United States. Such stations will provide Americans with jobs and energy in the coming decades.

Deepwater installed a turbine for two years. The height of each — 170 meters — is almost two times higher than the statue of Liberty. The diameter of the blades is 150 metres away. The capacity of each "mill" is 6 MW. Total produced energy will be enough to fully cover the energy needs of the island Unit. The excess in submarine cable will cross into Rhode island.



GE claim that each turbine prevents the emission into the atmosphere of 21,000 tonnes of CO2 which is generated by traditional power plants of the same power. This amount of carbon dioxide equivalent to that produced 4000 cars a year.

Large-scale wind farm on 253 MW in Texas builds Amazon. Alternative farm in Arizona have built Apple. She gets energy from the sun and has a capacity of 50 MW. And in France, should appear floating wind station. published

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

Source: hightech.fm/2016/12/13/offshore_farm