The Interior Department is paying $765 million to cancel four offshore wind leases, using taxpayer money. #offshorewind

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Trump Pays $765 Million to Kill 4 More Offshore Wind Leases

In the third deal of its kind, Trump’s Interior Department has agreed to pay the energy developer Invenergy $765 million to cancel its four offshore wind leases, an amount equal to what Invenergy originally paid the federal government for them. Like the preceding deals, the administration structured...

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Yes it's hot in Europe, unusually hot. But unexpectedly hot? That's a no. I studied environmental science back in the 1990s and scientists then were predicting that Europe would regularly have heatwaves in the 35-40C range by the 2020s.

We didn't stop driving petrol cars, install aircon in public buildings or stop flying away for glamorous holidays - myself included. And yet we complain. Now I help to build windfarms, built of steel and plastics that all use fossil fuels, to harness something free and turn it into electricity. It feels like baby steps whilst the house burns around me  

I'm flying to Madrid on Monday, then Mallorca, then back to Glasgow via Heathrow, all powered by kerosine. At least I'm taking a bus to the airport 

#GlobalWarming #EndFossilFuelsNow #science #heat #heatwave #heatwave2026 #HumansCausedThis #travel #airtravel #guilt #ClimateChange #ClimateReality #offshorewind

@grimm interessant fand ich in der Europe Calling Veranstaltung https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmUFd3eXxzg „Reicht es? Neue Fraunhofer-Studie: Energiesystem kostengünstig, zuverlässig, erneuerbar. 24/7”
die Aussage, dass #OffshoreWind eigentlich nachteilig (teurer in Errichtung und Betrieb) und nur wegen unzureichender Potentiale/Akzeptanz für Wind an Land im Mix ist - kein Wort von stabilerer Erzeugung! Neben der Stornierung der großen Fossilisten-Projekte und derzeit mangelndem Interesse habe ich auch weitere Negativmeldungen gelesen - Verschattung und Auswirkungen auf das Wetter im küstennahen Land.
Die Flächenausweisung von Wind an Land wurde ja unter Habeck angeschoben, nur die Ausschreibungsmenge klemmt gerade - vielleicht brauchen wir weniger Wind auf See als angepeilt?
#Energiewende #Windenergie
Europe Calling “Reicht es? Neue Fraunhofer-Studie"

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California Preps For Battle Royale Over Offshore Wind Leases

Floating wind turbines are the key to California's ambitious plans to construct offshore wind farms, Trump or no Trump.

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California Preps For Battle Royale Over Offshore Wind Leases

Floating wind turbines are the key to California's ambitious plans to construct offshore wind farms, Trump or no Trump.

CleanTechnica
California Preps For Battle Royale Over Offshore Wind Leases

Floating wind turbines are the key to California's ambitious plans to construct offshore wind farms, Trump or no Trump.

CleanTechnica
California Preps For Battle Royale Over Offshore Wind Leases

Floating wind turbines are the key to California's ambitious plans to construct offshore wind farms, Trump or no Trump.

CleanTechnica
www.zfk.de/unternehmen/... #Windkraft #Windenergie #OffshoreWind #Energiewende #CO2 #ErneuerbareEnergien #Stadtwerke #KommunaleVersorger #Energiewirtschaft

Stadtwerke München investieren...
Warum die Stadtwerke München in einen riesigen Ostsee-Windpark investieren wollen

Das Windparkprojekt Gennaker in der deutschen Ostsee hat gewaltige Dimensionen. Die Abnahme eines Großteils des dort künftig produzierten Energie ist bereits im Rahmen eines der aktuell größten Stromabnahmevertrags gesichert.

ZFK – Zeitung für kommunale Wirtschaft
My latest paper: "An Analysis of Market Subsidy Costs for Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Generation in the UK" has just been published #OpenAccess in Energies https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/19/12/2916
This work shows the costs of subsidising utility-scale renewable electricity generation in the UK, focusing on wind, solar and tidal stream technologies in the Renewables Obligation (#RO) and Contracts for Difference (#CfD) schemes.
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#Renewables #OffshoreWind #OnshoreWind #SolarPV #TidalPower #MarketSubsidy
New Turn Forward data (thru Charles River Asoc): PJM electric demand now growing 5x faster, driven by data centers, semiconductor manufacturing & industrial electrification. By 2033, PJM projected shortfall 7.8 GW! #Offshorewind would reduce load-shedding risk by 40%. Link to summary & report (free): https://turnforward.org/pjm/
Offshore Wind Can Help Address PJM’s Growing Energy Challenge - Turn Forward

Research by Charles River Associates Offshore wind remains a largely untapped resource that could play a major role in keeping the PJM grid both reliable and affordable. PJM’s current energy mix includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, renewables, hydropower, and storage. Keeping up with projected demand growth will require significant investment across generation, transmission, storage, and […]

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