Motavalli, Jim,
Catching the Wind. Jim Motavalli. - E Magazine, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 67, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Catching the Wind, Jan./Feb. 2005; pp. 26-39.
"At the base of the Sagamore Bridge, the gateway to Cape Cod, is a nostalgia-inducing fake windmill that looks like it belongs with tulips and wooden shoes in an image of Holland's colorful past. In fact, it's advertising for a Christmas tree store, but its mere presence is an irony as the Cape is convulsed in an epic battle over some very real wind turbines. Cape Wind plans to build the first offshore wind park in the U.S. in Nantucket Sound, just five miles off the coast of some of the most exclusive real estate in America. If the project is built, it will at least temporarily set a record as the largest wind farm in the world, its 130 turbines producing 420 megawatts of electricity. If it is defeated by a well-funded opposition group with some highly placed political allies, it will be a resounding defeat for wind power in the U.S., but possibly just a minor setback for a worldwide renewable energy movement that is filling its sails with the inexhaustible power of the wind." (E MAGAZINE) This article provides an overview of wind energy, "the world's fastest-growing renewable energy source."
1522-3205;
Swisher, Randall
Electric power production
History
Hydrogen
Power resources--Denmark
Power resources--Developing countries
Wind power
Wind power industry
Wind turbines
Cape Cod (Mass.)
Nantucket Sound (Mass.)
AC1.S5
050
Catching the Wind. Jim Motavalli. - E Magazine, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 67, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Catching the Wind, Jan./Feb. 2005; pp. 26-39.
"At the base of the Sagamore Bridge, the gateway to Cape Cod, is a nostalgia-inducing fake windmill that looks like it belongs with tulips and wooden shoes in an image of Holland's colorful past. In fact, it's advertising for a Christmas tree store, but its mere presence is an irony as the Cape is convulsed in an epic battle over some very real wind turbines. Cape Wind plans to build the first offshore wind park in the U.S. in Nantucket Sound, just five miles off the coast of some of the most exclusive real estate in America. If the project is built, it will at least temporarily set a record as the largest wind farm in the world, its 130 turbines producing 420 megawatts of electricity. If it is defeated by a well-funded opposition group with some highly placed political allies, it will be a resounding defeat for wind power in the U.S., but possibly just a minor setback for a worldwide renewable energy movement that is filling its sails with the inexhaustible power of the wind." (E MAGAZINE) This article provides an overview of wind energy, "the world's fastest-growing renewable energy source."
1522-3205;
Swisher, Randall
Electric power production
History
Hydrogen
Power resources--Denmark
Power resources--Developing countries
Wind power
Wind power industry
Wind turbines
Cape Cod (Mass.)
Nantucket Sound (Mass.)
AC1.S5
050