Google Invests in 6 GW Offshore Wind Farm

Good News. Maybe Apple and Microsoft will follow into clean energy.

350 miles? Is this nautical miles or land miles?

Please add metric measurements to the REW articles to make it clear how far the distances are.

Google can afford a boondoogle.

6 GW of wind...what would that look like? If they used an offshore version of the world's largest wind turbine (the 6 MW Enercon E-126), that would require a minimum of 1000 turbines over the 350 mile route, or 2.87 per (LAND) mile through some of the most heavily navigated sea lanes on the planet. Let the impact studies begin!

"With few other renewable energy options ideally suited for the Atlantic coast, the AWC backbone helps states meet their renewable energy goals and standards by enabling a local offshore wind industry to deploy thousands of megawatts of clean, cost-effective wind energy"

Cost effective it is not, at best those units will produce 40% of capacity and over 1/3 of those Billions will go to overseas companies to build components. The same amount supported by our renewable energy tax incentives effectively goes to employ people overseas.

The renewable energy tax incentives are to help spur our economy not some foreign company. A FEW other renewable energy options exist that do not send our tax dollars overseas that are suitable for the Atlantic Coast. I do not think windmills are suitable in areas that have hurricanes especially when alternatives exist that are a fraction of the cost. Employing Americans is one of our goals when we as Americans approved the renewable energy credits and incentives.

There are companies here in the US offer great renewable energy options that do not require windmills littering our oceans. We can make the same energy on land for a fraction the cost and not have to send a billion renewable energy tax dollars overseas.

Five Billion for 6 GW and we pay 1/3 or more in tax incentives as tax payers.
I wonder if the power they make with this investment will lower our personal costs for energy. I doubt that very much.

Few companies actually claim to use this tax incentives wisely creating long-term green jobs in America and then offering the power at a reduced price directly to consumers. You can find one at http://www.electric-energy-store.com

They claim not only to have a solution that makes windmills obsolete they also provide energy to consumers at 50% of their current costs with no upfront investment.

With option like this why buy from the local utility high priced power?

THINKING OUT OF THE BOX FOR AMERICA & OUR WORLD

GO GOOGLE GO..LEADING BY EXAMPLE..BEST WAY TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN OUR WORLD ! !

Respectfully, Michael V. Caldwell