Bottom line...
Its not about the wind turbines...
Its about building ships, unions, and political influence.
Nothing new under the sun...
Connect the dots...
"Imagine there's no countries..."
"Its easy if you try."
https://youtu.be/ah7BKy2Kz0g?t=54
From thegatewaypundit article...
Act 443
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1289501
https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=22RS&b=HB165&sbi=y
"Act 443 is, sadly, now the law in Louisiana. Co-authored by Representatives Jerome Zeringue and Joseph Orgeron,"
"Several years ago, Rhode Island constructed and installed five wind turbines off the coast of Block Island at the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars."
"One politician who stands to benefit richly from the new law is one of its authors, Republican Rep. Joseph Orgeron. Orgeron is a managing member of 2nd Wind Marine, LLC."
https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=54
http://2windmarine.com/#Best_Solution
https://www.bizapedia.com/la/2nd-wind-marine-llc.html
"One does not need 20/20 vision to discern Orgeron’s conflict of interest in authoring legislation from which his company stands to handsomely profit. There has been no public evidence that Orgeron disclosed this conflict of interest to his constituents or to his colleagues. Whether disclosed or not, Orgeron’s personal interest in the to his constituents or to his colleagues. Whether disclosed or not, Orgeron’s personal interest in the legislation is a textbook example of why Louisianans no longer trust their political leaders and view them largely as self-enriching opportunists consumed with personal ambition rather than with a desire to faithfully serve the people who elected them and to whom they are accountable."
/ / / /
The Verge / article
"In the US, President Joe Biden has set a goal of “doubling” offshore wind this decade, part of a broader effort to power the country’s electricity sector with purely clean energy by 2035"
"The industry is already advancing at breakneck speeds; massive new turbines can harness more power than ever before. Take General Electric’s Haliade X, which became commercially available in 2020. At 853 feet tall, it dwarfs previous generations of turbines. Imagine the Statue of Liberty stacked on top of the Washington Monument, and you’ve got a sense of its size."
"To put that monstrosity together at sea, you need a special kind of boat called a wind turbine installation vessel. These ships need to be big and strong enough to carry the turbine pieces from port to installation site. Once they’re on location, these giants have legs that can reach down to the seafloor. That steadies the vessel and lifts it up out of the water so it can act as a stable platform. On top of that platform is a crane powerful enough to lift turbine components and install them."
"There were only 32 of these wind turbine installation vessels in the world in 2020, according to a recent analysis by Norwegian firm Rystad Energy. Even though more are being built, the global fleet won’t be enough to meet offshore demand beyond 2025, according to Rystad."
"Building new vessels capable of constructing massive wind turbines can take several years. And despite the growing need, shipbuilders and offshore wind developers have been hesitant in the past to invest in new ships until upcoming projects have acquired the permits they need to begin construction — which slows things down even more."
“It’s been this kind of a chicken and egg situation in the vessel market,” says Alexander Fløtre, a product manager for Rystad."
"That makes the shortage of ships a bigger problem. So far, there are only 12 vessels in the world capable of installing next-generation wind turbines like the Haliade X, according to ACP."
"There’s yet another challenge that’s specific to the US: none of the existing global fleet complies with America’s Jones Act. The 1920 act requires vessels moving between two points in the US to be built, owned, crewed, and registered in the US. That also applies to a vessel transporting turbine parts from a US port to a project site that’s within federal waters."
"The first Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel is currently being built by Virginia-based utility Dominion Energy, but it won’t be ready until 2023, and it comes at an enormous cost of $500 million. That’s even more than what companies have bid to lease federal waters for offshore wind development, according to ACP’s Richer."
"Some companies are already designing new Jones Act-compliant vessels to service the construction or operation of new wind farms. If the foreign vessels aren’t transporting goods, then they won’t be in violation of the act. That’s how the US’s first offshore wind farm at Block Island was built. A second small wind farm, a 12 MW demonstration project Dominion built off the coast of Virginia, was just completed last year."
https://www.theverge.com/22296979/us-offshore-ships-wind-boom-installation-vessels
Jones Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Energy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_Virginia_Offshore_Wind#Pilot_project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98rsted_US_Offshore_Wind
2nd Wind...
http://2windmarine.com/ and Rep Orgeron
Now... kicking over a rock...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Wind
In November 2014 First Wind was purchased by SunEdison and its yieldco TerraForm Power for $2.4 billion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunEdison
First Wind... Second WInd...
Third Wind...
https://youtu.be/DKdDeEdsMvk (4 min, 23 sec)
https://www.popsci.com/future-energy-is-blowing-in-wind/
"How long... has this been going on..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP5DflRasOk (3 min, 14 sec)
Linked once again..."Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
Why Louisiana Stays Poor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTic9btP38
Pepperidge Farm Remembers...
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-fires-chair-tennessee-valley-authority
Bottom line...
Its not about the wind turbines...
Its about building ships, unions, and political influence.
Nothing new under the sun...
Connect the dots...
"Imagine there's no countries..."
"Its easy if you try."
https://youtu.be/ah7BKy2Kz0g?t=54
From thegatewaypundit article...
Act 443
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1289501
https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=22RS&b=HB165&sbi=y
"Act 443 is, sadly, now the law in Louisiana. Co-authored by Representatives Jerome Zeringue and Joseph Orgeron,"
"Several years ago, Rhode Island constructed and installed five wind turbines off the coast of Block Island at the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars."
"One politician who stands to benefit richly from the new law is one of its authors, Republican Rep. Joseph Orgeron. Orgeron is a managing member of 2nd Wind Marine, LLC."
https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=54
http://2windmarine.com/#Best_Solution
https://www.bizapedia.com/la/2nd-wind-marine-llc.html
"One does not need 20/20 vision to discern Orgeron’s conflict of interest in authoring legislation from which his company stands to handsomely profit. There has been no public evidence that Orgeron disclosed this conflict of interest to his constituents or to his colleagues. Whether disclosed or not, Orgeron’s personal interest in the to his constituents or to his colleagues. Whether disclosed or not, Orgeron’s personal interest in the legislation is a textbook example of why Louisianans no longer trust their political leaders and view them largely as self-enriching opportunists consumed with personal ambition rather than with a desire to faithfully serve the people who elected them and to whom they are accountable."
/ / / /
The Verge / article
"In the US, President Joe Biden has set a goal of “doubling” offshore wind this decade, part of a broader effort to power the country’s electricity sector with purely clean energy by 2035"
"The industry is already advancing at breakneck speeds; massive new turbines can harness more power than ever before. Take General Electric’s Haliade X, which became commercially available in 2020. At 853 feet tall, it dwarfs previous generations of turbines. Imagine the Statue of Liberty stacked on top of the Washington Monument, and you’ve got a sense of its size."
"To put that monstrosity together at sea, you need a special kind of boat called a wind turbine installation vessel. These ships need to be big and strong enough to carry the turbine pieces from port to installation site. Once they’re on location, these giants have legs that can reach down to the seafloor. That steadies the vessel and lifts it up out of the water so it can act as a stable platform. On top of that platform is a crane powerful enough to lift turbine components and install them."
"There were only 32 of these wind turbine installation vessels in the world in 2020, according to a recent analysis by Norwegian firm Rystad Energy. Even though more are being built, the global fleet won’t be enough to meet offshore demand beyond 2025, according to Rystad."
"Building new vessels capable of constructing massive wind turbines can take several years. And despite the growing need, shipbuilders and offshore wind developers have been hesitant in the past to invest in new ships until upcoming projects have acquired the permits they need to begin construction — which slows things down even more."
“It’s been this kind of a chicken and egg situation in the vessel market,” says Alexander Fløtre, a product manager for Rystad."
"That makes the shortage of ships a bigger problem. So far, there are only 12 vessels in the world capable of installing next-generation wind turbines like the Haliade X, according to ACP."
"There’s yet another challenge that’s specific to the US: none of the existing global fleet complies with America’s Jones Act. The 1920 act requires vessels moving between two points in the US to be built, owned, crewed, and registered in the US. That also applies to a vessel transporting turbine parts from a US port to a project site that’s within federal waters."
"The first Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel is currently being built by Virginia-based utility Dominion Energy, but it won’t be ready until 2023, and it comes at an enormous cost of $500 million. That’s even more than what companies have bid to lease federal waters for offshore wind development, according to ACP’s Richer."
"Some companies are already designing new Jones Act-compliant vessels to service the construction or operation of new wind farms. If the foreign vessels aren’t transporting goods, then they won’t be in violation of the act. That’s how the US’s first offshore wind farm at Block Island was built. A second small wind farm, a 12 MW demonstration project Dominion built off the coast of Virginia, was just completed last year."
https://www.theverge.com/22296979/us-offshore-ships-wind-boom-installation-vessels
Jones Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Energy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_Virginia_Offshore_Wind#Pilot_project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98rsted_US_Offshore_Wind
2nd Wind...
http://2windmarine.com/ and Rep Orgeron
Now... kicking over a rock...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Wind
First Wind... Second WInd...
Third Wind...
https://youtu.be/DKdDeEdsMvk (4 min, 23 sec)
https://www.popsci.com/future-energy-is-blowing-in-wind/
"How long... has this been going on..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP5DflRasOk (3 min, 14 sec)
Linked once again..."Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
Why Louisiana Stays Poor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTic9btP38
Pepperidge Farm Remembers...
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-fires-chair-tennessee-valley-authority
Bottom line...
Its not about the wind turbines...
Its about building ships, unions, and political influence.
Nothing new under the sun...
Connect the dots...
"Imagine there's no countries..."
"Its easy if you try."
https://youtu.be/ah7BKy2Kz0g?t=54
From thegatewaypundit article...
Act 443
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1289501
https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=22RS&b=HB165&sbi=y
"Act 443 is, sadly, now the law in Louisiana. Co-authored by Representatives Jerome Zeringue and Joseph Orgeron,"
"Several years ago, Rhode Island constructed and installed five wind turbines off the coast of Block Island at the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars."
"One politician who stands to benefit richly from the new law is one of its authors, Republican Rep. Joseph Orgeron. Orgeron is a managing member of 2nd Wind Marine, LLC."
https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=54
http://2windmarine.com/#Best_Solution
https://www.bizapedia.com/la/2nd-wind-marine-llc.html
"One does not need 20/20 vision to discern Orgeron’s conflict of interest in authoring legislation from which his company stands to handsomely profit. There has been no public evidence that Orgeron disclosed this conflict of interest to his constituents or to his colleagues. Whether disclosed or not, Orgeron’s personal interest in the to his constituents or to his colleagues. Whether disclosed or not, Orgeron’s personal interest in the legislation is a textbook example of why Louisianans no longer trust their political leaders and view them largely as self-enriching opportunists consumed with personal ambition rather than with a desire to faithfully serve the people who elected them and to whom they are accountable."
/ / / /
The Verge / article
"In the US, President Joe Biden has set a goal of “doubling” offshore wind this decade, part of a broader effort to power the country’s electricity sector with purely clean energy by 2035"
"The industry is already advancing at breakneck speeds; massive new turbines can harness more power than ever before. Take General Electric’s Haliade X, which became commercially available in 2020. At 853 feet tall, it dwarfs previous generations of turbines. Imagine the Statue of Liberty stacked on top of the Washington Monument, and you’ve got a sense of its size."
"To put that monstrosity together at sea, you need a special kind of boat called a wind turbine installation vessel. These ships need to be big and strong enough to carry the turbine pieces from port to installation site. Once they’re on location, these giants have legs that can reach down to the seafloor. That steadies the vessel and lifts it up out of the water so it can act as a stable platform. On top of that platform is a crane powerful enough to lift turbine components and install them."
"There were only 32 of these wind turbine installation vessels in the world in 2020, according to a recent analysis by Norwegian firm Rystad Energy. Even though more are being built, the global fleet won’t be enough to meet offshore demand beyond 2025, according to Rystad."
"Building new vessels capable of constructing massive wind turbines can take several years. And despite the growing need, shipbuilders and offshore wind developers have been hesitant in the past to invest in new ships until upcoming projects have acquired the permits they need to begin construction — which slows things down even more."
“It’s been this kind of a chicken and egg situation in the vessel market,” says Alexander Fløtre, a product manager for Rystad."
"That makes the shortage of ships a bigger problem. So far, there are only 12 vessels in the world capable of installing next-generation wind turbines like the Haliade X, according to ACP."
"There’s yet another challenge that’s specific to the US: none of the existing global fleet complies with America’s Jones Act. The 1920 act requires vessels moving between two points in the US to be built, owned, crewed, and registered in the US. That also applies to a vessel transporting turbine parts from a US port to a project site that’s within federal waters."
"The first Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel is currently being built by Virginia-based utility Dominion Energy, but it won’t be ready until 2023, and it comes at an enormous cost of $500 million. That’s even more than what companies have bid to lease federal waters for offshore wind development, according to ACP’s Richer."
"Some companies are already designing new Jones Act-compliant vessels to service the construction or operation of new wind farms. If the foreign vessels aren’t transporting goods, then they won’t be in violation of the act. That’s how the US’s first offshore wind farm at Block Island was built. A second small wind farm, a 12 MW demonstration project Dominion built off the coast of Virginia, was just completed last year."
https://www.theverge.com/22296979/us-offshore-ships-wind-boom-installation-vessels
Jones Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Energy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_Virginia_Offshore_Wind#Pilot_project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98rsted_US_Offshore_Wind
2nd Wind...
http://2windmarine.com/ and Rep Orgeron
Now... kicking over a rock...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Wind
First Wind... Second WInd...
Third Wind...
https://youtu.be/DKdDeEdsMvk (4 min, 23 sec)
https://www.popsci.com/future-energy-is-blowing-in-wind/
"How long... has this been going on..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP5DflRasOk (3 min, 14 sec)
Linked once again..."Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
Why Louisiana Stays Poor