America's First Offshore Wind Farm Just Started Producing Energy (HBO)

[@VICENews]

“We have a huge, clean energy resource off of our coast, and to date we have not tapped into it,” Deepwater Wind CEO Jeff Grybowski told VICE News correspondent Arielle Duhaime-Ross. WATCH NEXT on climate here: bit.ly/2xMlaLE

[@lukesvlogs9400]

Hi well done to the USA for the first wind farm

[@atorres5367]

I wish to see more of this. Contamination needs to be reduced. Clean drinkable water and breathable air is a must.

[@isunlloaoll]

5 of these can power 17,000 homes? Holy cow I never knew these things are that powerful.

[@jangamaster8677]

Bryzz Lull Thats impressive the five turbines... you have no idea what your talking about

[@Calyx]

ARVIN well these are some of the largest in the world positioned in a place with 24/7 wind. it's impressive but also logical.

[@FirstOnRaceDayCapri2904]

Denmark has huge windfarms and for a few days the whole country ran on exclusively wind power, so did the UK

[@MrBeny]

With the UK it was renewables, not exclusively wind power. Point still stands though ofc.

[@isunlloaoll]

Too bad we got Trump and he's gonna give more business to his powerful fossils fuel bosses... Man imagine the potential of renewable energy if everyone's on the same page.

[@LindsayKay]

I love wind turbines, can't get enough of them. Lots where I live. Like living in a trippy science fiction utopia, having those things on the horizon.

[@adamy6775]

Lindsay Kay that's cool, I live in Rhode Island and I've only seen about like 6 in total lol. It's cool when I do though

[@Meirstein]

They're all over the place in Iowa. Driving down the highway on a sunny day with the radio blaring and the turbines turning, such a great sight.

[@Brandon_letsgo]

Lindsay Kay wind energy is expensive and useless.

[@ASBlueful]

@@Brandon_letsgo Source?

[@Brandon_letsgo]

Peter Breis Coal, natural gas and oi generates over 80% of world’s electricity. How about wind? ~3%. And that was only possible thanks to unfair mandates and huuuuuge subsides.

[@markrigsby2107]

We are 20 yrs behind the rest of the world.

[@aroxsimona8164]

you need to travel more

[@atorres5367]

And now that trump and the republicans have taken over. It only makes things a lot more difficult

[@markrigsby2107]

A Torres Not true.

[@markrigsby2107]

Rita Kristina T Boone Pickens, tried for years to get Transmission lines in Texas.

[@atorres5367]

mark rigsby please explain.

[@mtadams2009]

People make a big deal about seeing a wind farm but the same people have no issue with poles, transformers and miles of cable strung all over the country, in time this too will become normal.

[@BranTarik]

Great to see this first Step in the right Direction within the USA. :-)

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

Finally. Now for complete renewables from coast to coast.

[@Supergecko8]

That is the kind of material we want guys! Also more of the reports, like the one about north korea

[@dantheman6961]

This is nothing. In the UK, we have over 8,000 MW of installed offshore capacity, another 1,000 MW will be connected by autumn 2019. And there's another 10,000+ MW, either under construction or consent given by the government. We're currently building the world's largest offshore wind farm. Hornsea One, with a capacity of 1,200 MW. Hornsea Two, will have 1,400 MW capacity, and come in at half the cost of Hornsea One. Hornsea Three, (still at the planning stage), will have 2,000 MW capacity.

[@KerriCz]

It's pathetic that people will protest wind farms because they think they are unsightly (personally I think they are pretty cool looking), but apparently don't have a problem with smog or gross polluted air because of fossil fuels. I would rather look at large turbines and have clean energy than have an "ocean view" and cough my lungs up.

[@peterlarsen7779]

@Kerri Cz - precisely what I was thinking... Go figure!

[@mattplasse1984]

These are some of the best fishing grounds in the world. The windmills add structure which attracts all sorts of fish. They are also being built toward the south side of the island, which can see Montauk, the east side and north side face open ocean views so people could see endless ocean if they just looked at it.

[@kjdownunder]

What I miss is a shot from land on this particular windfarm. I bet people wouldn't even notice the turbines. Good development for the US!

[@williamconnorsierra1130]

May everything be in you're favour in the coming years with your projects, Deep Water.

[@pbh9195]

liberals protest offshore drilling. conservatives protest offshore wind farming oh the irony

[@killercaos123]

Same thing with Death Penalty, and abortion rights..... Same thing, just different side of the coin.

[@whatfor5]

actually in MA it was liberals protesting the wind farms. The whole "everyone should have to do this, but not in my back yard" philosophy.

[@atorres5367]

Whatfor5 lies

[@qqnqqpart]

Well, NIMBYism isn't related to a specific political ideology. Just a reaction to a perceived fall in real estate values IMO. Some of the NIMBYs concerns are not unfounded. In some cases the fall might be real (but on a scale much less than is perceived) like in the case where a low cost housing project is slated to appear. Although newly constructed ones are not the dull, dank and dark places they used to be before the 70s. But opposing offshore wind farms is plain irrational!

[@Spike-13]

we need more renewable energy in all forms, including solar and nuclear. If we had more federal support, this could be done on a large scale level for the US, but as it is, must be implemented slowly on a small scale

[@3TYKX]

Forget about clean energy, I think wind farms looks awesome!

[@patrickneilkilloran]

So far behind the rest of the world

[@jtiss_1023]

Seb Fi nope, blame oil and gas companies and their lobbying and sponsoring politicians

[@IAMinDreams]

How so? Because the US people made a decision to not want to look at offshore wind farms? Maybe let's take a look at the biggest solar power farms, oh wow the rest of the world is so behind us, be right back im going to sniff my own ass some more, it smells so good

[@condorb7756]

With our GDP give it some time and you wont be able to say that

[@Calyx]

Condor b kek as if GDP matters when you're trillions in debt and half the population can't afford healthcare oh America, never change and keep it classy

[@condorb7756]

Man that really got to me.

[@ItsThatSheep]

You're actually fucking kidding me right? Took America this long to build a single offshore wind farm.

[@ew4206]

25 years behind Europe

[@damienscullytoo]

it's 2017 and only know has the U.S this? wow.

[@killercaos123]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wind_farms_in_the_United_States

[@raz1683]

killercaos123 "offshore" wind farms

[@RichHomieQuanChi]

I'm not gonna lie, I deadass thought that was a man in the thumbnail.

[@kase3176]

I never hear anybody talking about Thorium reactors.

[@killacamfoo]

no more eyesores. I'm all for it. this is the future of wind.

[@johnguarino6891]

I guess people that don't like wind turbine must likely seeing ducks with crud oil on them

[@G_Zero127]

Those turbines aint spinning fast enough to provide any power.

[@goldenspatian517]

They are building a bunch of new off shore wind turbines off the coast of Greenwich, Ct

[@Andreas0047]

Welcome to the market! -Europe

[@SergioR00]

Glad I'm on the East Coast and hopefully will be able to experience this one day

[@BigHugeYES]

A key part of popularizing this technology would be placing them in places where no one can see them.

[@schoonero]

It's a great idea except that the electricity produced by the wind farm is twice as expensive as the going rate -- 24 cents/kwh vs 12 cents/kwh. So it costs $290 million to build and will take 20 years to recoup the costs at an inflated rate. That's not an improvement.

[@dirtydann23]

Philip Murphy So you rather save money now, instead of a healthy future towards a cleaner earth for your children? Nothing is a success over night. At least it work towards a better future. Stop the complaints.

[@schoonero]

That's the point. If it doesn't make economic sense it won't be a sustainable solution. It's a waste of resources that could be put toward something that makes more sense that actually will leave a cleaner earth for our children.

[@dirtydann23]

***** You got any ideas? You know anything better? I rather have little cuts here and here building towards that cleaner energy goal rather than just letting the world keep its dangerous pace of humans destroying it.

[@Fireclaws10]

Coal is already more expensive than gas. Once gas prices rise too high, this will be more competitive. Also this town was running off diesel which is hugely expensive. I imagine this is going to be a very good solution for this particular town.

[@schoonero]

My concern is that big high-profile projects like this make you think something positive is happening. It's just a crony capitalist business scheme. Deepwater Wind develops and promotes the wind farm. They get paid when the thing is built and then they move on. That's why the CEO in the video is a lobbyist, not an engineer. Before Deepwater he was Chief of Staff to the Governor of Rhode Island and was able to get the state to approve the massive rate increase.

[@artemis_lena]

That's really cool. Best of luck to them.

[@Taijoedotcom]

It's about time. Don't listen to the complainers who are worried about their nice view, if people in history would have listened to them we would not have skyscrapers or cities and probably would have fell behind economically in centuries past. Honestly I drive a hwy that is littered with land turbines on all the hills nearby, about 50-100 of them I reckon. I always thought they looked nice, It's like a nice piece of architecture and engineering, that lets you know someone is trying to do alternatives :P and you can still see the hills and the cows just fine if that's your sort of thing. Modern nuclear facilities would still be better, but people will never get over their fears of nuclear disaster, even though chernoybl and fukushima combined don't even come close to the amount of radiation released when we tested nuclear weapons in the pacific about 18,000 times.

[@stevebrandes]

It would have been even more cool if the turbines were spinning, you know, for the video about how awesome they were haha

[@MrBeny]

Excellent step in the right direction. But as a brit, I was genuinely shocked when I read the title. This is their FIRST!?

[@andrewlankford9634]

0:09 Unfortunately, the were unable to get an opening shot with the turbines actually moving due to the effects of the wind.

[@jorjlmoz5878]

They can and stop the turbines when needed, during construction that was the case here, maintenance, too strong winds, etc.

[@bige8549]

I wonder if they could make the stems of these windmills into spinning cylinders to generate even more power per turbine.

[@gibbonholder3274]

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[@sparkymtgal]

Very cool !!

[@Billcarson216]

Turbine damaged Developer says its due to "human error" By Cassius Shuman Fri, 12/02/2016 - 12:45pm www.blockislandtimes.com/article/turbine-damaged/48235?source=mp Block Island will always need diesel generators or another source of electrical power such as the power cable to the mainland. What happens when the wind doesn't blow over 7 mph ? The turbines do not produce power and there is no battery storage as of yet for offshore wind. The bottom line is a 300 million dollar wind project with 5 turbines only has 4 that work a 60 million dollar 20 percent project failure --a hicup ?

[@Outerparadox]

People who don't like looking at wind turbines even though their is opportunity for them to have cleaner energy really questions the logic.

[@carminedauria-gupta2561]

i think thy look great

[@tappiera]

Isn't it kinda sad that to invest in clean energy a private company has to do the legwork and not the government?

[@dirtydann23]

Enrico Aquilina That's because oil companies have their hands up their ass.

[@Masakino001]

Enrico Aquilina it's called free market, I don't see the problem

[@gettysburgbuff6320]

Oil only generated 1 percent of United States electricity. A huge ship running on diesel installed the Block Island wind farm.

[@keshaborja8564]

On the Avasva you can count on professional help with problems and technical support.

[@desiderata4445]

At present, ROI calculation of wind farm is very low. The amount of subsidies poured into wind and solar power is so much that one would think, the technology needs improving before it can be adopted for practical use. How many wind turbines should be erected to get a break-even investment, is another unpalatable issue. Solar panel installation should be mandatory on new buildings and homes. The battery system should be capable of powering the home appliances including air-conditioning and the electric car.

[@TheNeilDarby]

"Based on our calculations, we won't meet the climate warming goals set by the Paris Agreement unless we speed up the spread of clean technology by a full order of magnitude, or about ten times faster than in the past," said Gabriele Manoli, a former postdoctoral associate at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, who led the study. phys.org/news/2017-01-tenfold-green-tech-global-emissions.html

[@jtiss_1023]

Inb4 dislikes and hate. Goddamit, they're right tho, didn't you know coal and gas is better than this ugly loud and view ruining windfarm!!? /s

[@jtiss_1023]

A Torres it's sarcasm bruh

[@atorres5367]

Jav Tiss I know. But it doesn't make it any less true

[@TheOwenMajor]

Unfortunately for the eco-idiots like you, they still have to run coal and gas power plants at almost full capacity in case the wind is not blowing. Building wind farms does pretty much nothing for the environment.

[@killercaos123]

+Owen Major That's just not true. The wind off the Eastern Seaboard is pretty much constant. You're just talking out of your ass son. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_winds

[@TheOwenMajor]

killercaos123 Well it took all of two minutes to show your points are BS, let me explain. Firstly, pretty much constant is not good enough. You need constant, period, no interruptions. Secondly, for turbines to start producing power, most designs need a wind speed of at least 6 knots of wind speed. A quick look at the forecast for a eastern city, such as Boston, shows that their harbor expects days without sufficient wind speed, staying around 3 knots this weekend. Who is talking out of their ass?

[@Masakino001]

This is good. Use wind farms for shitty weather areas and solar panels for nice weather areas. Then we'll start needing less and less coal

[@SuperDougiedoo]

In fairness Skegness was a crap hole before the wind farm so really no change. 😂

[@MrKernkraft4000]

Sooooo... the turbines don't seem to be moving at all here.

[@isaacgibson4602]

Rhode Island YEAHHHH BOIIIII!!!

[@deltaheavy5553]

Another great benefit. Wind farms won't randomly blow up and kill/hurt workers

[@Eranuzz]

WHAAAAAT ONLY JUST NOW????????????

[@dre3k78]

Im curious how these hold up to storms in the Atlantic? Especially hurricanes which blow threw every year....

[@TWAINLOL]

usually wind turbines have a brake to keep them from spinning off their axis, those things look big they can prolly withstand a lot

[@user-ln8rr3dl1p]

Deepwater company that made the deepwater horizon?

[@Naughtism]

ya but what did they cost and what does it cost to maintain? It's great 17000 houses can have power but what will it cost

[@killercaos123]

Educate yourself. windenergyfoundation.org/about-wind-energy/economics/

[@noneofyourbusiness4761]

5 great

[@OkamiVIEW]

Donald Trump gonna hate it...

[@Naughtism]

OkamiVIEW well this comment is fake news

[@ludo9234]

Big deal.just look around the coast of England there's loads.

[@adabndashotofjager8033]

What a puny country, only they need it. We need energy, not bird killing fart-fans.

[@adamy6775]

i Schadenfreude the population of the U.K. Is about 1/5th of the United state's and much more densely populated. not puny. And turbines only kill birds if you out it in a migration path or some shit.

[@akhilgupta9077]

i Schadenfreude Cause oil and coal are so amazing for the environment. Oil spills effectively kill an entire ecosystem. So do coal mines. Wind farms in comparisons are nothing.

[@adabndashotofjager8033]

Chris Pont A turbine is best off in an industrious building with real providing source of energy. We have 30 Londons in US and this won't solve anything except libturd feelings.

[@charieb4604]

A dab Nd a shot of Jager Haha free healthcare. You cannot afford that can you lol xD

[@charieb4604]

What? The UK had the two biggest offshore windfarms in the world and many more smaller ones. Why is America so behind in everything?

[@nizzy7506]

Why are we not funding this

[@michael2351]

Why aren't they spinning?

[@dereksalazar9282]

2:26 Oh look they managed to ruin the horizon. I bet thats real nice in pictures. :\

[@ASBlueful]

An supposedly unpleasant view is better than pollution, heatwaves and droughts. Don't you agree? And nuclear power stations are just as unnatural.

[@MooseKnuckleMike]

Its about time they at least make an effort towards alt energy

[@HarasiInfinity]

Brilliant

[@tillsee8218]

Wow their first ^^

[@paptapto22]

the US is just getting these?

[@killercaos123]

No. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wind_farms_in_the_United_States

[@r.l.28]

use the ocean duh. but they don't want progress. that sucks all the profits out of it

[@princediop8190]

Who wants to fund my wind farm business?

[@JediMasterBaiter]

Does it involve farting into a turbine?

[@TheSateef]

i expect trump is going to find a way to put wind energy out of business and get more people back down coal mines

[@AKUJU]

I like his jacket..where'd he get it?

[@Dave....]

AKUJU a store dumbass lol

[@killercaos123]

+Dave why you gotta be so rude? There's no need for that big-boi.

[@Dave....]

killercaos123 lol you right.

[@AKUJU]

Dave Like a brand?!? lol I know it's a store

[@Dave....]

AKUJU lol i knw just wanted to be a ass

[@antoinedoinell]

I'm all for clean energy but I must admit that's one hell of an ugly coastline

[@alxbdr6023]

💚💚💚

[@aaronkolatch5211]

OMG! Donald Trump is going to flip out!

[@luis545x39]

#neat

[@noneofyourbusiness4761]

bit late

[@benharris8013]

OMG 5!!! So many

[@Neojhun]

Exactly, Hornsdale Wind Farm the one with the Tesla MegaPack. Has 99 Units and that is relatively small windfarm.

[@jqaz722]

Is it a job requirement that all female vice reporters are gay

[@b.louise9091]

How many birds are they allowed to kill? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Is that OK?

[@MrDeadman854]

B. Louise bruh are u serious pls don't tell those birds don't see some huge ass shit in front of them also windmills don't spin that fast to kill anything fucking dumbass

[@davidulanovsky8943]

B. Louise it doesn't kill any fucking birds is this a joke

[@tite93]

B. Louise where are you getting that information from?

[@jtiss_1023]

B. Louise I hope your comments sarcastic

[@b.louise9091]

Really? www.audubon.org/news/will-wind-turbines-ever-be-safe-birds

[@Kiyarose3999]

For places where Wind farms are seen as an eyesore, why not put the turbines on the sea bed, or other Marine based turbines?.

[@Sargeantize]

um, was that a woman?

[@WestYorkshireGREAT]

Matt's Van Life, Um are you a cis tranphobic male?

[@Sargeantize]

West Yorkshire um, are you an idiot?

[@WestYorkshireGREAT]

Matt's Van Life, Excuse me I like to be known by the pronoun they/them not "idiot"

[@horaciog9166]

Matt's Van Life lol it throw me off for a sec there

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

Short hair = boy. Long hair = girl.... seriously? you're that shallow of a thinker?

[@SWOBIZ]

Wind and solar generation disrupts the grid's stability because their output fluctuates erratically with weather conditions. Thus, every wind and solar installation must be propped up by reliable nuclear and fossil fuel plants which compensate for the dangerous and unpredictable fluctuations of wind/solar output. Otherwise, they would cause life-threatening black/brown outs and voltage spikes throughout the day.

[@sognos3]

I'm convinced these things are a scam

[@mortenstaffeldt5541]

No scam, in my country we get more than 60 % of our electricity from wind.

[@mortenstaffeldt5541]

Denmark

[@mortenstaffeldt5541]

@RAPHZ OOO Hm it is done by private investments and some money from the state, dont know the specifics. The electricity is cheap when the wind is blowing, but everythin is expensive in Denmark. The trend is that it is getting cheaper, some days wind is generating 200 % and then it is cheap. The aim is to generate 100 % every day by storing it for days with low wind. Denmark is a windy country so it makes it duable.

[@mortenstaffeldt5541]

@RAPHZ OOO Yes but we neen more of them, there are a new tax system for cars with cuts in taxes on electric cars. But the road to zero carbon emissions is still long, it is going to take some time.

[@AuXTechUK]

"first of its kind" lol open ur eyes

[@livefree1030]

Will building these turbines and positioning them in extremely large masses eventually cause our wind streams to change?

[@flowmastaflam]

big wind shills

[@killercaos123]

Coal is dead. Get over it.

[@random1crap]

this shit is awful destroys ecosystems and current flows