Comments on: Virginia’s Coastline Could Soon Be Home To 2 GW Of Offshore Wind

By: Shamil Ayntrazi

Shamil Ayntrazi — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:12:00 +0000

Greetings,

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Extraction, Floating Wind Turbine Foundations and Bridges (COEE & FB) extract
offshore renewable energy; Wave, Tidal, Wind and Solar. The COEE construction unit is a building
block for offshore wind farms, wind turbine floating foundations and Floating
Bridges.

The Floating Bridge provides Floating Foundations
support for offshore wind turbine farms and support for electric power and
control cables to the shoreline and for maintenance.

The Floating Bridge is used for access to
oil/gas rigs and for support of oil/gas pipelines, electric power and control
cables to the shoreline.

The Floating Bridge provides access to and
between islands, across rivers, at reservoirs behind dams, for offshore wind
turbine farms; for transport, installation and maintenance.

The system accepts standard wind turbines as
provided by others. The wind turbine support being modified to fix to the
floating wind turbine structure.

OUTPUT

a.
A coee construction unit measuring
16.5×12.5 meters can provide energy output per year per meter of sea front in
excess of the following depending on sea and wind states:

i.
Wave energy 45,503 KW-H

ii.
Tidal energy 6,636 KW-H

iii.
Solar Energy, 200 sqm 10,910 KW-H

Total per meter sea
front 63,089 KW-H

Wind Turbine Rating Output KW-H Total KW-H

a.
0.75 MW W. Turbine 31,250 KW-H 94,339

b.
1 MW W. Turbine 28,571 KW-H 91,660

c.
3 MW W. Turbine 64,286 KW-H 127,375

d.
7 MW W. Turbine 123,529 KW-H 186,618

e.
10 MW W. Turbine 142,587 KW-H 205,675

b.
For a sale price of 10 US cents per
KW-H would provide a minimum rate of return on capital investment – ROI way
above 12% excluding government incentives, tax breaks and bridge toll where the
floating bridge is used for vehicular transport.

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Turbine Foundations and Bridges. This
way they will have a real estimate and an estimate of KW-Hours produced per
year.

The
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developed and verified, and all equipment are available on the market with
proven performance records.

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By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:37:00 +0000

Yes, please update. While “m”, “b” and “t” are only one letter off; it’s a very big impact on the number .

Of course if someone wanted to build a reef in the area, using the extra electric when there is “too much” would make it easier. There has been several studies (in 70’s I think) that used electric passed through metal mesh to start a reef. Once the base is in place, mother takes over.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:16:00 +0000

I said “serve as artificial reef” I did not say that the pilings would function like a “true coral reef”. I did not say that the underwater structures would be the bestest reef in entire great big world.

Lighten up a little.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 07:03:00 +0000

Interesting article. You should correct the following, though:

“…we’re rapidly losing the opportunity to lead in a market estimated to be worth around $170 million by 2020.”

It’s expected to be $170 billion, not $ 170 million.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 04:30:00 +0000

Check some concrete dock pilings sometime. Marine life finds them quite attractive.

As for total area. A few hundred square feet is more than none. Fishing is excellent around oil rigs.

By: JamesWimberley

JamesWimberley — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 22:53:00 +0000

You have to build the reefs (which you may need to protect the bases from scouring currents). Preferably out of irregular natural rocks, and at best ones you've displaced in the project. The smooth concrete bases of the towers don't provide enough surface area.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 19:06:00 +0000

“Virginia does not maintain a competitive electricity market”

Virginia, that bastion of Republicanism, does not believe in the free market?

They practice energy socialism? Like the very red state of Georgia?

I feel a spell of the vapors coming on….

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 19:01:00 +0000

Protected zones also let fish grow larger. Larger fish produce more offspring.

Additionally the underwater parts of wind farms serve as artificial reefs. That provides habitat for organisms and plants which need to attach themselves to something. And that adds food at the bottom of the food chain.

By: JamesWimberley

JamesWimberley — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 18:50:00 +0000

PS: the zone auctioned includes a fish haven. Since industrial fishing – especially trawling – is incompatible with wind farms, the proposal is likely to expand the effective haven: up to 20 times if the whole block is fully developed. Good news, as complete no-fishing zones where fish can breed without interference are the best protection yet invented against overfishing. In the medium run they can raise sustainable catches elsewhere as the fish have to spill out of the protected zone in search of food..

By: JamesWimberley

JamesWimberley — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 18:40:00 +0000

“Full disclosure – I am a Dominion residential electricity customer.” How is that a potential conflict of interest, unless you are suing them or vice versa? Are you going to tell us whether you typed the post on a Mac or an Ultrabook? In theory you might be biased against Dominion winning the lease, because you think they will make a costly mess of it and then hike your tariff to compensate. Believe me, your readers here have other risks on their minds.