Delaware’s Wind Farm Push, makes the Washington Post’s front page!
No doubt these guys are reading Delaware Liberal!!
Delaware Energy Debate Could Turn on the Wind
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Two hundred towering windmills, each so tall that its blades would loom over the U.S. Capitol Dome, could be built in the Atlantic Ocean near one of Washingtonians’ favorite beach retreats, under a plan being considered in Delaware.The plan, which could create the first wind “farm” in waters along the East Coast, envisions a thicket of turbines offshore of either Rehoboth Beach or Bethany Beach, Del. As the blades are spun by ocean winds, designers say, the wind farm could provide enough power every year for 130,000 homes.click the link to read the rest!
Tags: Choose Wind, Delaware, Energy and the Environment, TommyWonk
The WaPo story got the it more or less right on the way the issue has been framed:
“In Delaware, though, industry analysts say the debate has been different. Instead of wind-farm-vs.-no-wind-farm, here the debate has been windmills, which would not produce the kinds of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change, versus fossil-fuel plants, which would.”
The element of the story that is still emerging, and could make this even bigger news, is DPL’s intransigence in refusing to negotiate as required in the RFP process.
This changes the flavor of the PSC’s decision. If the PSC backs away from its staff recommendation, it will be interpreted as caving in to Delmarva Power.