Report: Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Industry Could Create 70,000 Jobs, Generate Billions in Revenue

[XemaSab]

According to an industry-sponsored study, the development of 7,000 MW (7 GW) of wind farms offshore in the Mid-Atlantic region could create 70,000 jobs from the states of Virginia to New Jersey. That’s enough power for up to about 2.3 million homes.

This development could have a combined economic impact of $19 billion on the states mentioned and increase local, state, and federal revenue by $4.6 billion.

This study was conducted for the Atlantic Wind Connection and released during AWEA’s annual conference in Virginia Beach.

Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/10/report-mid-atlantic-offshore-wind-industry-could-create-70000-jobs-generate-billions-in-revenue/#r9BPb2G68Xj4S6QZ.99

[msongs]

1. especially when the annual hurricanes and nor'easters blow thru nt

[RobertEarl]

4. Yep

If such a system had been in place the last week, we could have harnessed enough energy from Sandy to power the country for a long, long time.

And in the future we will need that power to keep the pumps running at all 104 of the country's soon to be decommissioned nuke plants. Time's a wasting!

Did someone actually suggest garden hoses as an option?!?!?!?

[NickB79]

5. Halfway there: if we had such a system in place, AND we had massive storage systems onshore

What do you propose we use to store the energy harvested from a storm of this size for "a long, long time"?

[RobertEarl]

6. How about using your imagination?

That way I don't have to think of everything for you?

There are numerous 'batteries' of various kinds that we are developing, and some that we already use use to store electricity. They even have them there electric cars that use batteries. We can also pump water! We can run flywheels. And that is just storage.

From the wind of the last week we could have shut down every fossil fuel burner in the US. That would be about 1/52nd of the co2 reduction.

See how that goes? Using the old noggin for something more than a hat rack? Try it, it's fun.

[oldhippie]

7. Small minds typically do not understand scale.

nt

[GliderGuider]

8. Building such a system in anticipation of Sandy II seems like a poor investment.

One hurricane like that every thirty years makes a pretty bad business case for a multi-trillion dollar investment. Of course if we are anticipating a couple of Sandy-sized superstorms every season, it might be an interesting proposition...

[RobertEarl]

10. Uhmm the coast gets lots of wind

The wind in the midland blows off the coast... and inland.

With the storm just last year!!
and then this one this year!!
and all the wind from then until when,

we could save a whole lotta coal with all that wind.....

Of course if one would rather have nukes one probably just can't stand the idea.

[XemaSab]

11. Windmills can't run in very high winds

n/t

[GliderGuider]

12. Who needs to save coal? We got loads of it!

And it's not even that hard-to-mine anthracite stiff. It's nice soft lignite, so easy to dig up!

No more nukes, no need for unsightly wind turbines - just lots and lots of lignite...

[wtmusic]

9. I know...you're an Idea Man. We just need to hook you up with some Implementers.

[Systematic Chaos]

2. You know that Roller Coaster Tycoon video you love to link? I'm imagining that right now.

Sandy is the roller coaster and the people are wind turbines...and people.

[XemaSab]

3. I have no idea what you're talking about