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All smoke and mirrors. Inflation Creation Act.Interesting NY Times piece, here's part of it, if you want to read the whole thing, which is behind a pay wall, the article is here: As Solar Power Surges, U.S. Wind Is in Trouble
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When President Biden signed the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, it was expected to set off a boom in renewable energy, with hefty tax breaks that would make solar and wind power cheaper than fossil fuels.
So far, however, that dream has only come partly true. Solar panel installations are indeed soaring to record highs in the United States, as are batteries that can store energy for later. But wind power has struggled, both on land and in the ocean.
The country is now adding less wind capacity each year than before the law was passed.
Some factors behind the wind industry’s recent slowdown may be temporary, such as snarled supply chains. But wind power is also more vulnerable than solar power to many of the biggest logistical hurdles that hinder energy projects today: a lack of transmission lines, a lengthy permitting process and a growing backlash against new projects in many communities.
If wind power continues to stagnate, that could make the fight against global warming much harder, experts say. Many plans for quickly shifting the country away from fossil fuels envision a large expansion of both solar and wind, because the two sources generate electricity at different hours and can complement each other. A boom in solar power alone, which runs only in daytime, isn’t enough.
Some of the early predictions that the Inflation Reduction Act would help slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions roughly 40 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 depended on a rapid acceleration of both solar and wind power this decade. But it is now far less certain that will happen.
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‘Ruined by negligence’: Dave Portnoy blasts Nantucket wind farm after broken blade shuts down beaches
Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy is speaking out after an offshore windmill blade snapped and sent fiberglass shards onto the Nantucket shoreline.www.foxnews.com
Those were not pile driven. They have concrete bases.Not that I'm trying to validate them, but trying to figure out the "damage". The seabass seem to like the place and all the extra "crap" on the bottom will attract fish. Unlike when a bottom is wiped clean when a roller trawl net is swept over it.
Just curious, what was the reason for the far away sound Skinner reported. Are they driving piles to lock the concrete in?Those were not pile driven. They have concrete bases.