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Determining Efficiency International Successes of Wind Support of Cape Wind Turbines Other American Projects
Wind turbines, which produce electricity by Energy Long Island has begun implementing plans
Produces new, reliable sources of clean
taking kinetic energy out of the atmosphere, for a 15 turbine plan that could power all
With over 66 wind farms and developing since energy (Coleman)
were tested using three models to determine electricity for East Hampton. The plan will
1991, Europe is performing extremely well So widely available (Jacobson)
the most efficient method of energy be in a 256 square mile area with room for
regarding offshore wind turbines. Already, Will create high paying jobs
production. It was determined that the GC up to 200 turbines. This project will be the
offshore wind farms exist in Belgium, (Coleman,Firestone)
Model was very comparable to the mVKE largest American commitment to wind
Denmark, Findland, Germany, Ireland, the Will preserve the environment
model. These methods are incredibly similar, energy (Cardwell, Firestone)
Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the UK. Will combat climate change
but mVKE can actually produce more energy Energy prices will be reduced significantly,
on average. Overall, it was found that on (Drash). These farms together currently
employ 58,000 Europeans. Currently, in the particularly in a market where rates began Providence, Rhode Island created 5
ocean, mVKE produces about 0.64 skyrocketing in 2014 (Metzger) turbines near Block Island, which together
Watts/square meter of energy, while GCM UK each wind turbine can generate 6.5 million
kWh of electricity per year, enough to supply Will clean the air in Cape Cod, which has the produce 30 MW of energy. This is the most
produces 0.59 Watts/square meter. However, worst air quality and highest asthma rates in successful wind project (Cardwell,
in the Cape Cod region, GCM may be the power to 1,400 homes (Pasqualetti).
Massachusetts (Emmanuel) Deepwater Wind)
better choice (Miller, Kleidon) 10 years of work has been put into this project
Can barely been seen or heard from such a far
distance away (Drash)