Once built, it will be the biggest wind farm in the southern hemisphere.
However, it will be closed when the wind speed exceeds 40mph.
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"It will be on a case by case basis, so different wind farms will generate different amounts, " he said.
If it proceeds, it will be America's first offshore wind park, with an impressive capacity of 468 megawatts.
It will let wind and solar power be transmitted to the cities, and smooth out peaks and troughs in demand for example by feeding power to the batteries of parked electric cars at night, and sucking it out of them during the day, if their owners agree.
On the day General Electric announced that it will supply the wind turbines for what's planned to be the world's largest wind farm, it also found out that it will have a new but familiar rival in the wind business.
Indeed, it will be comparable with most renewables, even wind power, in the cost of carbon dioxide avoided.
But marine energy will not be competitive with wind for many years, and it is hard to see why, having missed the opportunity to build wind turbines, Britain's factory-owners will be more adroit when it comes to ocean power.
The jury is still out on the results, which are expected at the end of the week, and while observers will be watching closely to see what kind of haircuts are taken for holdings of sovereign debt, it seems highly unlikely that any major banks will be wind up on the chopping block.
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While he was in the rain, while it was raining so hard and the wind was blowing, he was praying that God will calm the water, calm the wind, so that he will be able to make it somewhere with his kids.
It assumes that the biggest need will be to supply northern wind power to southern and western consumers.
Still, it will be more than a little ironic if Altocor does wind up being a big drug for Andrx.
But the leader of Lincolnshire County Council, Martin Hill, said many local people will be disappointed, and it was vital the number of wind farms was kept under control.
Western Australia's Alinta is the latest big energy distributor to expand its "green" output, announcing Tuesday it will take power from a 90-megawatt wind farm to be built near Geraldton.
Slated to be completed in 2010, it will generate much of its own energy through wind turbines and solar panels.
Fully working models will be larger and, Makani hopes, be able to generate 600 kW. It hopes the cost of the power generated will initially be competitive with off-shore wind farms.
In other words, when the oil runs out, which it eventually will, Abu Dhabi wants to be ready to sell the world solar or wind or whatever renewable technologies will be needed to supply people's energy needs.
But the thing that most people in the renewable energy sector will be watching is whether the wind energy tax credit is renewed before it expires at the end of the year.
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Exhibitions will be held in February next year across Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, when a 3D model of the wind farm will be on show to enable people to see how it will look from their homes or chosen location.
But fracking, pipelines and wind turbines will not be much in the official mind of the Secretary, although it is one of his passions.
It states that unless a financial rescue package can be agreed "The Lighthouse will have no option other than to wind the company up and close".
You will hear some freaking out but I think this game will wind up being like every event that's preceded by a public freakout: It will be more relaxed than everyone expects.
If financing can be finalized and Cape Wind is eventually built, the Interior Department's lease will allow it to operate for 25 years, which is the average lifespan of a wind farm.
And gas-fired generation will also likely play a role, as it can be quickly ramped up and down in response to the vicissitudes of wind.
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With generosity, luck and a fair wind, that might reduce the volatility, but it would be foolish to imagine that ancient animosities will by then be entirely dead, or that recent upheavals will be forgotten.
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