#windfarm — Public Fediverse posts
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And here's a closer zoom - you can see these enormous wind farm structures sitting on a huge ship, ready to be taken offshore
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/55259592330/in/photostream/lightbox/#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #GreenEnergy #WindFarm #Leith #LeithDocks #Ship #Beateau #Engineering
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Looking towards Leith Docks, at the moment dominated by these huge, bright yellow structures being readied for offshore wind farms
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/55258292347/in/photostream/lightbox/#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #engineering #WindFarm #GreenEnergy #LeithDocks #Ecosse #Scotland
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New study suggests majority of regional Australians back renewable energy transition
Spend a bit of time on social media and it would seem like renewable energy is tearing regional…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #CleanEnergy #Climatechange #Energy #farming #renewables #Science #solarpower #Transmissionlines #turbines #windfarm
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/641798/ -
Alcazar launches public consultation for 396 MW wind project in North Macedonia https://www.byteseu.com/1913175/ #AlcazarEnergy #ebrd #electricity #EnergyTransition #EnvironmentalImpactAssessment #EuropeanBankForReconstructionAndDevelopment #IFC #InternationalFinanceCorporation #Loan #Loans #NorthMacedonia #RenewableEnergy #WindFarm #WindPark #WindPower #WindPowerPlant #WindPowerPlants
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Trump Administration Will Pay Nearly $1 Billion to Block 2 Offshore Wind Farms
Under the deal, TotalEnergies will invest the money in oil and gas projects, including an LNG export facility in Texas. -
https://www.europesays.com/dk/40126/ Revolution Wind starts sending power to the New England grid #AmandaDasch #Connecticut #DanielJMcKee #DonaldTrump #EastCoast #GlobalInfrastructurePartners #JoeCourtney #OffshoreWind #Ørsted #OrstedA/S #RIOfficeOfEnergyResources #RevolutionWind #RhodeIsland #SkybornRenewables #TaylorRogers #WindFarm
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Attorneys for Empire Wind had told the court that the project, which is ~60% complete, would face “existential risk” if it was further delayed. #Equinor, the Norwegian #energy giant developing the #WindFarm, said that if construction did not restart in the coming days it would lose >$1B in contracts & that a specialized ship needed for construction would set sail for another project.
#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateSolutions #RenewableEnergy #wind
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Kentbruck Green Energy Hub passes planning hurdle but report highlights environmental concerns
A major wind-turbine project — planned near Ramsar-listed wetlands — has passed a “significant” planning milestone, despite concerns…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Community #glenelgriver #Ramsar #Renewablesprojects #Science #southwestvictoria #wetlands #windenergy #windfarm #windturbines
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/273565/ Kentbruck Green Energy Hub passes planning hurdle but report highlights environmental concerns #Community #Éire #Environment #GlenelgRiver #IE #Ireland #Ramsar #RenewablesProjects #Science #SouthWestVictoria #Wetlands #WindEnergy #WindFarm #WindTurbines
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#Ørsted seeks injunction against #US government over project freeze
In a statement, Ørsted—the world’s largest #offshorewind developer that is 50% owned by the Danish state—and its joint venture partner #SkybornRenewables, a unit of #BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners, said the US government’s order to suspend the lease on its #RevolutionWind #windfarm off coast of #RhodeIsland was a violation of applicable law.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/orsted-seeks-injunction-against-us-government-over-project-freeze/ -
@MusiqueNow Another grievance I have with #JanetMills is her insistence that a #WindFarm be placed on undeveloped #SearsIsland, rather than #MackPoint. Of course, now the funds have disappeared (thanks Trump), but it seems like she wanted to open Sears to development. Just like her brother #PeterMills wanted to do to #SmilingHillFarm. So, given all that, I'm really torn about who to vote for in the primaries. #GrahamPlatner (who has bad tattoos that he regrets), or #JanetMills (who has been both good and bad for #Maine).
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#Equinor, the developer behind #EmpireWind, recently said that those delays & other regulatory changes affecting US offshore #wind projects had cost the company nearly $1B.
At the same time as it thwarts the wind industry, the #Trump admin has taken several steps to boost #oil & #gas as well as #coal, the dirtiest & most expensive #FossilFuel when it comes to burning it for #electricity.
#law #RenewableEnergy #energy #WindFarm #climate #ClimateSolutions #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
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#Trump appointed Matthew Giacona, the acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, issued a letter on Friday to #Orsted, the Danish company building the #WindFarm, ordering it to “halt all ongoing activities” due to unspecified issues.
“In particular, #BOEM is seeking to address concerns related to the protection of national security [?] interests in the United States,” Giacona wrote, adding Orsted “may not resume activities” until the agency has completed a review of the project.
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Trump admin lifts hold on #offshore #windfarm, doesn’t explain why
Reasons for the hold were never backed up, and nobody's explaining why it ended.
#EmpireWind is a large project being built off #LongIsland by #Equinor, Norwegian energy company. The first of two phases, Empire Wind 1, will have an 800MW capacity and has already received permitting and environmental approval. #BOEM indicates a review of its approval is ongoing, but construction can resume during the review
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/trump-admin-lifts-hold-on-offshore-wind-farm-doesnt-explain-why/ -
#SunriseWind, #NewYork’s largest offshore #windfarm, now has the final permit it needs from the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (#BOEM) to start construction.
The 924-megawatt (MW) Sunrise Wind, a 50-50 partnership between Ørsted and Eversource, will generate enough clean energy to power nearly 600,000 New York households. It’s around 30 miles east of #MontaukPoint, #LongIsland, and is expected to be operational in 2026.
https://electrek.co/2024/06/24/new-yorks-largest-offshore-wind-farm-sunrise-wind/ #offshorewind -
#Norway agrees to compensate #IndigenousPeople over land for Europe's largest onshore #WindFarm
By Angela Symons with APTN
March 4, 2024"The wind farm fought against by #GretaThunberg will keep operating with compensation paid to #Sami reindeer herders.
"Norway on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm and the #Indigenous right to raise reindeer.
"Under the agreement, the partially state-owned farm's 151 turbines stay in operation. Energy Minister Terje Aasland said the deal includes 'a future-oriented solution that safeguards the reindeer farming rights.'
"The agreement also has compensation for the Sami - including a share of energy produced - along with a new area for winter grazing and a grant of 5 million kroner (€439,000) for strengthening Sami culture."
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GLOBAL INDIGENOUS 2023: The Year in Review
Highlights of news from around the world on #Indigenous Issues in 2023
by Deusdedit Ruhangariyo
Dec 27, 2023Highs and lows: The year brought a wave of highs and lows for #IndigenousPeople around the globe on issues of land, #HumanRights, climate and the #environment, education, #CriminalJustice and health.
Recent victories
In #Brazil, a majority of the country's Supreme Court delivered an historic decision in September, rejecting an attempt to curtail the rights of Native peoples concerning protected reservations on their ancestral lands, Voice of America reported. The 9-2 ruling marks a significant triumph for Indigenous activists and advocates for #ClimateAction, VOA reported.
In #Ecuador, after more than 80 years of displacement because of war, the #Siekopai nation, an Indigenous community in the Ecuadorian #Amazon, secured legal victory in a court battle to reclaim ownership of their ancestral homelands. An Ecuadorian appeals court, in a ruling shared with CNN by the nonprofit organization Amazon Frontline, upheld the Siekopai nation's claim to #Pë’këya, a #biodiverse region situated in northeast Ecuador near the Peruvian border. The Siekopai people were originally displaced during the 1940s #PeruEcuadorWar.
In #Malaysia, #IndigenousActivists achieved two significant wins against timber giant #Samling in their longstanding efforts to protect #forests and territories in #Sarawak.
And in Canada, language revitalization got a boost with a decision by the University of Northern #BritishColumbia, which is now offering a groundbreaking bachelor’s degree in #Nisgaa language fluency. The program starts in September 2024.
Ongoing struggles
It has not all been cozy this year with the world’s Indigenous peoples, however. Native people continue to struggle with a host of issues that surface in communities around the globe.
Land rights and displacement
In #Ethiopia, the designation of #BaleMountains National Park as a UNESCO World Heritage Site could lead to the eviction of more than 20,000 people from farming communities on what were once homelands for the #Oromo people.
In Canada, federal prosecutors filed charges against numerous Indigenous fishers, setting up a court fight over constitutional and treaty rights for #FirstNations people that could end up in Canada’s highest court. The move comes just three years after the initiation of a self-regulated lobster fishery by a First Nation in #NovaScotia.
Health issues
A surge in #HIV infections among Indigenous people in #Manitoba, Canada, is being blamed on “systemic anti-Indigenous racism” in the health care system. In #Saskatchewan, another Canadian province, however, disparities prompted the #Ahtahkakoop #Cree Nation to work on building its own 24-hour urgent care center to offer options to residents.
In #Australia, meanwhile, the life expectancy of Indigenous people has increased by about nine years in the last 20 years but still falls short of the wider population. According to the Australian government department of health, Aboriginal communities experience higher rates of chronic diseases and lower life expectancies due to limited access to healthcare services and disparities in health outcomes.
Education
In #Canada, many Indigenous children living in remote reserves lack access to quality education facilities, resulting in lower graduation rates and limited prospects for higher education.
In #China, authorities banned a book on the early #MongolianPeople, invoking "historical nihilism" to suppress divergent historical perspectives.
But there were gains in Australia, where the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the nonprofit Yalari organization launched a three-year partnership to help support educational opportunities for Indigenous children from regional and remote communities.
Climate change and the environment
A coalition of countries agreed to a five-year plan to disburse $1.7 billion to support the land rights of Indigenous and local communities, but those funds are largely bypassing the very communities they are designed to help. The funding expenditures were detailed in a report released at the United Nations’ recent climate conference, known as COP28, held in Dubai.
#Protests emerged throughout the world over various mining projects, which largely targeted Indigenous lands with work that threatened vast environmental damage. In #Panama, for example, mass protests erupted against a government deal with Central America's largest #CopperMine over concerns about sovereignty, environmental damage, and the impact on the #PanamaCanal. And in #Brazil, more than four years after the rupture of a tailings dam in #BrumadinhoValley, #Brazil, the Indigenous #Pataxó and Pataxó Hã-hã-hãe people still suffer from the lack of secure land, water, and food.
And in the #Arctic region, The Christian Science Monior reported how tough it is for Indigenous guardians to preserve their culture in a warming world, highlighting the fact that the harsh realities of #ClimateChange are affecting most Indigenous people around the world.
Human rights
#HumanRights violations continue to be problems throughout the world.
In Japan, more than 150 activists, lawmakers and advocates urged leaders to investigate the Chinese government’s human rights abuses against the #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang.
The #Kenyan government has begun widespread destruction of homes and property of Indigenous #Ogiek people living in #MauForest, despite a 2017 legal victor acknowledging ancestral land rights.
Western Australia’s parliament, however, issued an historic apology and agreed to reimburse #Aboriginal and #TorresStraitIslander workers who were exploited between 1936 and 1972 under a system that some leaders compared to “slavery.”
Language, culture preservation
Australia, which once boasted more than 300 Indigenous languages, is now facing one of the planet’s most severe rates of language decline. Fewer than 30 Indigenous languages remain as primary tongues today.
In New Zealand, efforts to revitalize the Māori language and culture is an ongoing struggle, as colonization led to a decline in the use of the Māori language and traditional practices.
Access to justice
The arrest of five environmental activists battling #WaterPollution and #mining in #ElSalvador are believed to have been politically motivated, sparking global condemnation amid controversial court proceedings.
The same issues emerged in Norway, where activists protesting against a [GIANT] #WindFarm that they say obstructs the rights of the #Sami people to raise #reindeer in central and Arctic #Norway were removed from the entrances to two government offices by Norwegian police.
In #NewZealand, a study found that incarcerated Māori people are nearly twice as likely to face housing instability when released from prison as non-#Māori prisoners. The study calls for officials to provide stable housing for individuals re-entering society.
Source:
https://ictnews.org/news/global-indigenous-2023-the-year-in-review
#IndigenousRights #IndigenousActivists #ClimateJustice #IndianCountryToday #ProtectTheForests #LandBack #CriminalizingDissent #WaterIsLife -
Very disappointing news
No offshore wind projects were successful in the renewable energy auction, including Wales' first offshore floating wind farm, Erebus, because the government set the maximum price for generators too low
#RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #FLOW #FloatingOffshoreWind #WindFarm #Erebus #ContractsForDifference #Tories #Labour #GreenParty #PlaidCymru #WalesPol #UKPol
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Very disappointing news
No offshore wind projects were successful in the renewable energy auction, including Wales' first offshore floating wind farm, Erebus, because the government set the maximum price for generators too low
#RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #FLOW #FloatingOffshoreWind #WindFarm #Erebus #ContractsForDifference #Tories #Labour #GreenParty #PlaidCymru #WalesPol #UKPol
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Very disappointing news
No offshore wind projects were successful in the renewable energy auction, including Wales' first offshore floating wind farm, Erebus, because the government set the maximum price for generators too low
#RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #FLOW #FloatingOffshoreWind #WindFarm #Erebus #ContractsForDifference #Tories #Labour #GreenParty #PlaidCymru #WalesPol #UKPol
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#WindFarm Off #NewJersey Coast Wins Biden’s Approval as Locals Balk
Under Interior Department’s approval, as many as 98 #windturbines and three #offshorewind substations could be installed about 13nm southeast of #AtlanticCity, with power cables coming ashore in #OceanCounty and #CapeMay County. According to the #BOEM, the project is estimated to have a generating capacity of 1.1GW, capable of powering more than 380,000 homes over the opposition of some local residents.
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The #US’ largest #cleanenergy infrastructure project is kicking off construction
#SunZia is made up of #SunZiaWind and #SunZiaTransmission.
SunZia Wind is the largest wind project in the #WesternHemisphere. The 3,500-megawatt (MW) #windfarm sprawls across #NewMexico’s counties of Torrance, Lincoln, and San Miguel.
SunZia Transmission is a 550-mile ± 525 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line with the capacity to transport 3,000 MW of clean energy.
https://electrek.co/2023/05/04/us-largest-clean-energy-infrastructure-project-sunzia/ -
Metal detecting on the okd parish roads along the Ogwr Ridgeway wasn’t a huge success. 2 Roman beer cans, 4 medieval bits of fencing and one huge hunk of early Iron Age metal. One day this will make me a millionaire.... #OgwrRidgeway #StPetersChapel #Dectorist #Rhondda #Cymru #Windfarm #sundays #sundayfun #walking #Cerdded
