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Huge Offshore Wind Farm Wins Approval in New Jersey

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com — Regulators in New Jersey on Friday awarded rights to build a huge offshore wind farm in the southern part of the state to Garden State Offshore Energy. New Jersey wants 20% of its energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. New York is expected to follow suit.

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  • paintgrl, on 10/03/2008, -3/+34I am so happy to hear this. America should be on the forefront of this Green technology instead of lagging behind. Lets hope that changes soon.
  • TheFinaleofSeem, on 10/04/2008, -1/+21Yes, but what will all the Jersey guidos think?

    "Hey, wat's wit all da *****' windmills in da *****' ocean? Who da ***** put dose dere? *****' *****."
  • burrdnut, on 10/03/2008, -3/+15Good to see the positive action started
  • kthoma22, on 10/04/2008, -2/+12Suck on that Massachusetts
  • JayTee44, on 10/04/2008, -0/+10It's 'Allowed', you unsophisticated guido.
  • YeahMan, on 10/04/2008, -2/+12Hopefully this is just the start. We need much more of this.
  • purag66, on 05/13/2009, -2/+11Oil drilling will do exactly? Defray about 10% of our consumption? And by when? 2020? Oh, and lest you forget, the oil that we extract off our shores--it's not going straight to Americans, it's gonna be put up on the global market, where a good chunk will be taken by China. You think private oil companies that set up off-shore drilling will just give it to American markets for a reduced price? Forget about being greedy, that would be downright idiocy because that's technically engaging in a price war with Russia, OPEC, etc.

    There is no near-term solution, other than perhaps set up more coal plants (preferably with carbon capture and sequestration) . Nuclear power plants require 2 years to simply design and gain approval! (http://www.heritage.org/Research/energyandenvironm ...

    In the long-term, even you partially agree that green is the way to go, especially because after developing mature green technology, American companies can export that technology to others--even India and China if we can achieve lower costs through mass-production.
  • S2000, on 10/04/2008, -0/+9This will actually be at least the second wind farm in New Jersey, there is one that has been up and running for a couple years in Atlantic City near the Borgata, Harrahs, and Trump Marina part of the city. It generates about 19 million kilowatt-hours per year. They're a really impressive sight as well.
  • Ferretman, on 10/04/2008, -0/+8
    This is a great development, but let's keep it in perspective.

    America is actually the *leader* in this technology--more wind capacity than any other nation and expanding faster than (I think) the next three combined.

    Folks just don't hear about it much since it's fashionable amongst many circle to bash America for just about everything.
  • geologist62, on 10/04/2008, -0/+7dugg for *****' *****
  • pstroll, on 10/04/2008, -1/+8Please put the Mets logo on them to shoo away the bennies
  • inactive, on 10/04/2008, -1/+8Don't get too exited. Remember this is NJ. After all the payoffs to various politicians and public officials, the project will be millions over budget, if it even gets built at all. Commercial Fisherman and NY transplant Shorepranos are already in a tiff over this and expect a court challenge to quash the whole thing.
  • inactive, on 10/04/2008, -2/+8No. ALL avenues should not be pursued. The right avenues should be pursued. There is a ton more energy coming from the sun in a few seconds than we can pull out of the earth in years. Big corporations have 'educated' the public through propaganda because they don't want the average joe pulling energy from the sun in his own backyard... corporations can't charge for that.
  • lead2thehead, on 10/04/2008, -2/+8Knowing Jersey, they'll put it 15 feet off shore.
  • indraneel24, on 10/04/2008, -2/+8Shove it, Jersey is a wonderful place — orange people aren't *everywhere* you know.
  • Bodhinature, on 10/04/2008, -4/+10Will Jersey finally be good for something?
  • theviceroy, on 10/04/2008, -0/+6Actually they're just big fans to try and get rid of the smell...
  • 4321234, on 10/04/2008, -0/+5It's a trap. They're actually wind powered drill rigs.
  • dipdog21, on 10/04/2008, -1/+6Well at least on good thing came out of that bailout. They finally got the alternative energy tax credit renewed.
  • AgmLauncher, on 10/04/2008, -0/+5But who is supplying the turbines? GE is the only large scale US manufacturer of turbines, and it pales in comparison to wind turbine companies from Germany and the Netherlands.
  • sanjito, on 10/04/2008, -2/+6This is awesome to see. Anyone really interested in wind as a renewable source should check out http://www.pickensplan.com/#
  • aurorous, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4Well this settles it... there are no rich people in jersey.
  • Ferretman, on 10/04/2008, -1/+5EXACTLY correct--our answer needs to the energy crisis needs to be "ALL OF THE ABOVE".

    Pursue EVERY option.

    Pursue EVERY technology.

    Pursue EVERY efficiency.

    Anything less is hypocrisy and a misunderstanding of fundamental technologies and economics.
  • RudeTurnip, on 10/04/2008, -1/+515 miles if I heard the ads on the radio correctly. If you held up your thumb, you couldn't see them.
  • inactive, on 10/04/2008, -1/+4In other news, US needs more money!
  • teamgwho, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3all that would do is push the stench from Elizabeth to the rest of essex/hudson county area....
  • paintgrl, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3I agree with AgmLauncher, from what I have read Germany has some of the most advanced wind technology around. China is ahead on batteries and Algae, GB and France are using tide generators.
    We have Texas which I hear has the largest amount of wind farms.
    Solar I have heard of break through in the technology from the US, but no real application yet.
  • spitfire547, on 10/04/2008, -2/+5It's good too see some action done about green energy instead of just talking/campaining about it
  • inactive, on 10/04/2008, -2/+5Because it sucks and is corrupt as hell. I know, I live there.
  • slapthemonkey, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3This article makes one feel that there is still hope
  • mikeywings, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3What's that big word you just used? "Unsofisticatemed?"
  • MacBookForMe, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3Still, that's a very good news for entire US renewable reality...
  • ProfessorRamrod, on 10/04/2008, -5/+8Im blown away
  • beauley, on 10/06/2008, -0/+2With Global Warming on many people's minds, do we have any ideas of the best way to lessen the impact on our future, or maybe a possible relief of its possible ravages or even a possible key to its eventual reversal. Many scientific experts have proposed
    http://www.quazen.com/Science/Technology/Solar-Pow ...
    Solar Power: Source of Endless Energy
  • jameson5, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2This news made my morning.
  • S2000, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2In defense of New Jersey, the guidos are much more of a North Jersey thing......basically spillover from Staten Island and Long Island. The phrase "dirty Jersey" stems from the around Newark and such....industrial wasteland.

    South Jersey is much more normal but with pockets of total hicks spread about. You know, the kind of Bud-chugging Republican base idiots.
  • fluxion, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2approximately. could be as low as not tens of thousands, or as high as low hundreds of thousands
  • HonestAbe, on 10/04/2008, -1/+2"Oil drilling will do exactly? Defray about 10% of our consumption?"

    It'll do a hell of a lot more than building windmills. Do some research on the actual amount of energy that each puts out.

    Seems like nuclear is really the only way to go.
  • lsbb, on 12/27/2008, -0/+1Great ! let us wait and see the results. I do really hope it works out perfect. It is the right time to start something in order to help mother nature.
  • Jaxim, on 10/04/2008, -2/+3"it'll take 10 years until we see the oil we start drilling for today"

    Yeah, that was the argument that was made - oh I don't know - 10 years ago. If we had started drilling back then, we wouldn't be so reliant on foreign oil now. Drill for oil now but also invest into renewable sources of energy like this article is advocating.
  • poidh, on 10/04/2008, -3/+4Wind power is very inefficient though. Just wait a bit longer for the technology to omprove then go solar.
  • teamgwho, on 10/04/2008, -1/+2I would rather see windmills then oil derricks when I am at the beach. There are 3-4 of them right at the end of the AC Expressway when you enter Atlantic City and I find them to be beautiful. Course folks bitch about cell towers being an eyesore, so... I guess I'm in the minority on this one.
  • poidh, on 10/04/2008, -1/+2Uh, I'm not usually the king of typos but am today.
  • AmericansFirst, on 10/04/2008, -0/+1enough electricity for "approximately tens of thousands" of homes? So anywhere from 20,000 or 90,000?
  • inactive, on 10/05/2008, -2/+3It's hard to figure. The east coast liberal madmen will fight to the death to keep a few oil platforms off their coasts, citing their unsightliness. They deny their residents 1000's of dollars in royalties, like Sarah Palin got the good folks of Alaska. Then they will propose installing 10x the infrastructure in wind farms that produce 2% of the energy. If you want to get serious about wind power install the towers in areas of high wind and low construction cost - the American High Plains.
  • RKnight, on 10/04/2008, -4/+4Ha Ha!. As a Jersey guido myself, I'm aloud to laugh at that.
  • orlyfactor, on 10/04/2008, -5/+5Oh screw you. Jersey rocks!
  • wipis, on 10/04/2008, -3/+3I'm all for green tech and renewable energy but the state of New Jersey really can't afford this right now. My own fault I guess. I supported this before our budget crisis. I just really hope it pays off. At the very least it will make up for some of our superfund sites.
  • HonestAbe, on 10/04/2008, -4/+3Wind produces less than 1% of the world's energy. Its total contribution to the environment is negligible. Keep on wasting your money.
  • orlyfactor, on 10/04/2008, -4/+3Why all the hate for Jersey? It gets a bad rap, but it's an awesome state.
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