In the United States its been announced that Cape Wind will use Siemens turbines as the country’s first offshore wind project strives to qualify for federal tax credits.
Plans to start building the US’s first offshore wind farm this year have taken a major step forward after the developer confirmed it would use 130 Siemens 3.8 megawatts (MW) turbines.
Cape Wind, which is being developed on Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound, will have a capacity of 454MW once complete.
The project will provide most of the power needed in Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
However, in order to qualify for a key industrial federal tax credit, it must have started construction by January 1, 2014.
Earlier, Cape Wind confirmed it had signed a deal to buy Siemens’ 3.6MW offshore wind turbines and an offshore substation.
The company said that as the “workhorse” of the global offshore wind industry, the machine had proved its reliability.
According to Bloomberg newsagency, construction of some components has already begun to ensure the project qualifies for the tax credit.
“The completion and execution of the contracts between Cape Wind and Siemens brings the experience and financial strength of the leading global offshore wind supplier into America’s first offshore wind farm ensuring important energy, environmental and economic benefits for Massachusetts and the region,” said Jim Gordon, president of Cape Wind in a statement.
The substation will be manufactured in Maine, by German company Cianbro and was designed by Moffatt and Nichol Engineers of Norfolk, Virginia.
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Hi y’all,Well, Obama and the US haven’t yet committed hilaevy in this area. It’s true that a small part of our recent spending spree is destined to go toward investing in renewable energy and an update to our power transmission lines, but it’s no where near enough and, compared to the total dollar amount of the stimulus package is almost not noticeable. On the other hand, someone in our private sector is still pumping money into wind power, as I continue to see at least one new mega watt wind mill pass through town every week. And I’m not out and about all that much, so I’m either very lucky at catching these things on the road, or there are lots of them going past. Of course, for all I know they’re being shipped to a port on the coast from which they’ll make their way to England. Still, at least we’re making them, and they are impressive bits of equipment.The same goes for railroad investment. The total amount created out of thin air destined for high speed rail is only $8 billion, which may be enough to fund the planning of what we need, but won’t even purchase the right of way for one new line. And of course, since this is political, instead of focusing on areas where the investment would do the most good, the Government is putting the money into a high speed link between Los Angeles and Los Vegas. Hardly a necessity in my opinion, but our top Senator is from Nevada and our top Representative is from California. Surprise!And Matt, my educated guess is that the US can’t carry off the borrow out of trouble thing either. I can only hope that our collapse won’t significantly inconvenience y’all. On the other hand, a massive depression over here will probably be really good for the environment the Grit