Watch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWell the maintenance on those on those turbines is extremely extremely costly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I mean you have to go up there you have to re-lubricate them, you have to fix the blades and so on and so forth and they’re finding out as time goes on that’s been very costly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You don’t destroy the environment to save the environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where they put them is one of the most vibrant areas that existed on Block Island,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Building it without regard for traditional fishing ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Building it without regard for safety at sea as the Coast Guard has already demonstrated they are unwilling to fly helicopters in and around wind turbines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A former rescue we lost a boat two years ago on New Year’s Eve. It was a foggy windy rainy night they went out attempt to rescue and recall back by the powers that be and they let those men drown now we have 1500 square miles of effectively a no rescue zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States,[5] located 3.8 mi (6.1 km) from Block Island, Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean. The five-turbine, 30 MW project was developed by Deepwater Wind, now known as \u00d8rsted US Offshore Wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Construction began in 2015 and in late summer 2016 five Alstom Haliade 150-6MW turbines were erected. Operations were launched in December 2016.[4] It is the largest project using wind power in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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VIDEO: Dirty Secrets of Block Island Wind Farm - BrigantineNOW<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n