{"id":287228,"date":"2023-11-09T10:25:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=287228"},"modified":"2023-11-09T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:25:31","slug":"offshore-u-s-wind-childish-energy-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=287228","title":{"rendered":"Offshore U.S. Wind: Childish Energy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"481\" data-attachment-id=\"287232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287232\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0Offshore-Wind-Power.jpg?fit=3008%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3008,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>BP&#8217;s top renewables executive said last week that the U.S. offshore wind industry is &#8220;fundamentally broken.\u201d If anything, the Big Wind industry appears to be in even deeper financial distress.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"510\" data-attachment-id=\"287234\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287234\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0wind-markets-update-main-photo.jpg?fit=2480%2C1748&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2480,1748\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Biden administration\u2019s preposterous plan to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/euYQargw\">establish<\/a>&nbsp;30,000 megawatts of nameplate Offshore Wind capacity by 2030 was always a pipedream. It\u2019s what you get when you put the children in charge.\u201d ( \u2013 Joseph Toomey, below)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talented amateurs are often better than the \u2018professionals\u2019 when it comes to dissecting U.S. energy policy. Or maybe I have it reversed. The pros are those in the trenches and the amateurs are the ones on high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So let\u2019s call&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joseph-toomey-a4815915\/\">Joseph Toomey<\/a>, independent management consultant, an expert. Here is his recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/joseph-toomey-a4815915_not-long-ago-this-thread-reiterated-a-resolute-activity-7125869180892934145-pAHf?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop\">post<\/a>&nbsp;about the much-in-the-news problems of the offshore wind industry under Biden Energy Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not long ago, this thread reiterated a resolute, long-standing belief that Offshore Wind is neither practical nor affordable, even in high-tax Democrat-governed Blue States of the U.S. Northeast and Middle Atlantic regions. Four proposed Offshore Wind projects had collapsed into miserable failure after project sponsors demanded increased public subsidies of as much as 65% above the already wildly-inflated feed-in prices they had previously been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/efhC3NV7\">promised<\/a>&nbsp;by New York State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just this week, it was New Jersey\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eCeXNDpz\">turn<\/a>&nbsp;to be left looking like adolescents for pretending that Offshore Wind could ever become a viable option for supplying the electricity needs of that state\u2019s ratepayers at affordable levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note the delicious fury from New Jersey\u2019s Governor Phil Murphy who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eQ8W982K\">proclaimed<\/a>&nbsp;that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday\u2019s decision by \u00d8rsted to abandon its commitments to New Jersey is outrageous and calls into question the company\u2019s credibility and competence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was Murphy himself whose&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/emZGuiCK\">competence<\/a>&nbsp;had been called into question by backing these wildly infeasible ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If this sounds a little too much like a \u201cSpike the Football\u201d moment for our valuable readership, you have my deepest condolences. I just fell off my armchair laughing at the hilarious incompetence of our renewable energy-promoting political class. The day can\u2019t come soon enough when real adults return into leadership positions to pull humanity back from the brink of extinction events that actually exist, as recent troubling global developments adequately demonstrate.<br>&nbsp;<br>The Biden administration\u2019s preposterous plan to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/euYQargw\">establish<\/a>&nbsp;30,000 megawatts of nameplate Offshore Wind capacity by 2030 was always a pipedream. It\u2019s what you get when you put the children in charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The badly-needed adult supervision delivered by marketplace realities has now demonstrated to sentient humans that there was never a chance in the whole universe that Biden\u2019s absurd plan could ever be realized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activate to view larger image,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"594\" data-attachment-id=\"287230\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=287230\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-244.png?fit=1871%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1871,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-244\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-244.png?fit=723%2C594&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-244.png?resize=723%2C594&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-244.png?resize=1024%2C841&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-244.png?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-244.png?resize=768%2C630&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-244.png?resize=1536%2C1261&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-244.png?resize=1200%2C985&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-244.png?w=1871&amp;ssl=1 1871w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-244.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Comments on Post<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the many comments that followed either confirmed the obvious or suggested the way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The obvious from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7125869180892934145?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7125869180892934145%2C7125900067118407680%29&amp;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7125869180892934145%2C7125982950923411456%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287125900067118407680%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7125869180892934145%29&amp;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287125982950923411456%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7125869180892934145%29\">Robert Borlick<\/a>: \u201cNotice how many days with no output? This is why wind needs to be backed up with dependable generators that can be ramped up to serve the load.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The way forward from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7125869180892934145?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7125869180892934145%2C7125891321130594304%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287125891321130594304%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7125869180892934145%29\">Ken Urkosky<\/a>: \u201cAll this subsidy funding should go to building infrastructure capable of withstanding the harsher weather events we\u2019re told to expect! That would be much more effective in reducing the impacts of climate change vs trying to control our Earth\u2019s climate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Borlick, an important voice in the electricity debate, has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7125869180892934145?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7125869180892934145%2C7125952934844006401%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287125952934844006401%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7125869180892934145%29\">had enough<\/a>&nbsp;with offshore wind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I strongly opposed the OSW projects that were approved by the Maryland Public Service Commission in 2017 and again in 2021. Both awards violated Maryland law by not conducting valid cost-benefit analyses, which would have eliminated all but one project (US Wind). I tried to persuade the Maryland People\u2019s Counsel to sue the MPSC but they wimped out \u2013 both times.<br><br>Now the crazies in the Maryland legislature want to approve even more OSW but this time they want to hide the huge subsidies by paying them out of general tax revenues, instead of through the more visible electricity rate increases.<br><br>My hope is that cost increases will kill the Maryland projects just as they did the New Jersey projects.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last word goes to engineer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7125869180892934145?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7125869180892934145%2C7125900830645325825%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287125900830645325825%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7125869180892934145%29\">Greg Gardner<\/a>: \u201cBUT, it made a lot of congresspersons rich\u2026 that was the real plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BP&#8217;s top renewables executive said last week that the U.S. offshore wind industry is &#8220;fundamentally broken.\u201d If anything, the Big Wind industry appears to be in even deeper financial distress. 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