MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — Two Michigan universities are joining with a Seattle-based business to pursue the idea of offshore floating wind turbines for the Great Lakes.
The Muskegon Chronicle reports ( http://bit.ly/JczXxN ) Friday that Grand Valley State University and Michigan Technological University are among those seeking federal funding for initial engineering and design of floating turbine technology. The idea would be to put them out of sight of land.
In Maine, a coalition of businesses and research groups, led by the University of Maine, is seeking to test floating turbines off the coast. Statoil North America Inc., a division of the Norwegian company Statoil ASA, submitted an application in October for a commercial lease to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for an area of ocean that’s about 22 square miles for full assessment of environmental impacts, sea bed conditions and wind speeds. The lease area is about 12 nautical miles offshore of the Boothbay area.
Charles Nordstrom, senior engineer on the Glosten Associates’ PelaStar project, says the Great Lakes region is one area where the technology could be tested.
Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center is the lead agency requesting funding from the Energy Department for a U.S. offshore wind demonstration project. Others in the group include Energetx Composites LLC, a wind turbine blade manufacturer that’s based in southwestern Michigan.
Again one has to ask if the idea is sound why do they need a gov grant? A bank will finance a good sound idea. The gov will grant money to anything.
See much past the end of your nose?
Yes I can see way past it. Thus I was able to truck one truck into 24 in just over 10 years all without a single welfare dollar.
The fed does not have money to lend or give out. It is out money they take form us. If you had the money would you invest ion this? I sure do not have any of my money in this stuff as it is a horrible risk. Every person running a home or business knows you only spend what you have. When you have to borrow for improvement or repair never borrow more then you can afford to repay!
My question to you in reply would be see the financial reality???
“Koch’s Sterling butane pipeline had a leak in Lively, Texas, on August 24, 1996. Two teenagers were killed when the gas exploded and burned. ” – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Industries
If you had killed two teenagers for mo’ money you’d be looking at at least manslaughter and up to 20 years.
If the Koch Bros had a controlling interest in wind energy, the Teapotty and the Repubs would be the biggest fans of turbines.