Maine wind power test sites chosen VIDEO

2009 Dec 15

Maine officials have identified locations of three offshore wind-power test sites that would be the first of their kind in the nation and could unlock the door to huge reserves of energy.

The administration of Gov. John Baldacci announced Tuesday that the sites will be near Boon Island off York in southern Maine, near Damariscove Island south of Boothbay Harbor, and south of Monhegan Island off Port Clyde.

UMaine Professor Habib Dagher says the test windmills will appear in 2011.

Dagher said winds off Maine's shores have a potential to produce the equivalent of 149 nuclear plants.

Gov. John Baldacci called the offshore test the first of its kind in the country and said, "This is where the future lies."

Read more: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=112275

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Wind Power for South Carolina Coast

2009-11-11

Wind Power

As part of Santee Cooper's study into the feasibility of building a wind power farm off the South Carolina coast, Clemson University's Institute for Energy Studies used special software to simulate what a wind farm might look like. These photo simulations show how a wind farm might appear about 7 miles off North Myrtle Beach and about 8 miles off DeBordieu near Winyah Bay. A third photo simulates what wind turbines would look like at varying distances, starting with two miles on the far left and moving out a mile back with each turbine.

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