SaysWho? Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Wind power surpassed coal in March and April WWW.NBCNEWS.COM Offshore wind, the industry’s most promising area for growth, faced setbacks last year. Quote The U.S. has more than 74,500 wind turbines, and about 3,000 new turbines have been built every year since 2005. Wind power remains a relatively small part of broader U.S. energy production — 10.2% in 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration — behind natural gas (43.1%) and nuclear (18.6%), but makes up almost half of all renewable energy production. Developing more wind power has been touted as a major part of the multipronged renewable energy push meant to put the U.S. on track to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. Offshore wind has been a crucial part of those efforts because it has more potential to generate energy than onshore wind. Offshore projects are usually larger, and ocean winds tend to be stronger. Quote The clean power industry in the U.S. is projected to invest $65 billion in offshore wind projects by 2030 and create 56,000 jobs, according to a report from American Clean Power, a group of renewable energy companies. "Relative to Europe, it's fair to say it's struggling, but I think that the amount of progress that's been made since the Biden administration has taken office is nothing short of incredible," Basseches said. Earlier this year, Europe could claim the same: reuters.com WWW.REUTERS.COM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 All those dead birds smh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Pretty low bar. Still using coal for electricity in 2024.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chairslinger Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 One emaciated, dingy looking Coal Miner in No The Fuckwhere, West Virginia is furious about this in-between coughing fits and it WILL cost Biden the election.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Can Biden please designate these coordinates for an off-shore wind turbine plant? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 4 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: Can Biden please designate these coordinates for an off-shore wind turbine plant? yes bb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 19 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: Can Biden please designate these coordinates for an off-shore wind turbine plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 How is this possible? I heard wind doesn’t always blow all the time, can someone confirm? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 1 hour ago, Uaarkson said: How is this possible? I heard wind doesn’t always blow all the time, can someone confirm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 So that's why the bullet missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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