It's not often my home state makes national news. Especially when the news is positive. But Delaware has plans for an offshore wind power installation.
"Bluewater Wind completed a critical phase of negotiations with Delmarva Power & Light. The result of these negotiations is expected to lead to the development of the nation's first offshore wind park, and a 25 year supply of stable-priced, clean renewable energy for Delaware."
It would provide 30 percent of the power to about 300,000 homes. Delmarva would pay 10.59 cents per kilowatt hour for the wind energy. Lord I hope that doesn't mean our electric bills go up again.
The plan will put 150 turbines off the coast of Rehoboth Beach by about the year 2014. (That's two to three years later than Bluewater originally proposed finishing the project.) "The turbines would sit 400 feet above sea level when a blade is at its highest point."Labels: energy efficiency, wind energy |
Anything related to going green makes me happy. My electric bill had a delivery charge of oh, about $10 only a year ago. Now it's $100 ... and there's nothing I can do about it. The less energy I use, the more they raise the delivery free. Ugh.