PortandTerminal.com, December 29, 2020 LONDON – The Guardian newspaper is reporting that more than half of Great Britain’s daily electricity came from wind turbines for the first time on Boxing Day (December 26). Storm Bella blasted its way into the UK bringing with it strong winds of over 100mph. Parts of the UK experienced flooding, downed trees, power outages and …
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Trump’s Offshore Oil Ban to Hurt Coastal Wind Farms Too
BLOOMBERG, September 28, 2020 Leasing ruled out in waters off Florida, Georgia and Carolinas | Move imperils construction of wind farms along southeast U.S. By Jennifer A Dlouhy for Bloomberg – President Donald Trump’s decision to rule out energy development along the coasts of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas will bar not just offshore oil and gas drilling — but coastal …
Read More »At least 15 dead in vicious southern Mexico wind-farm feud killings
PortandTerminal.com, June 23, 2020 Conflicts date back to 2012 when a consortium of companies tried to build a huge, 396-megawatt offshore wind farm planned for a narrow spit of land in a lagoon near San Mateo. MEXICO CITY – The municipal government of San Mateo del Mar, in Oaxaca, Mexico, reported Monday that an armed group killed 15 people, including …
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