{"id":828,"date":"2012-05-17T14:19:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T18:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/google-shows-the-way-on-offshore-wind.html"},"modified":"2012-05-17T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T18:19:25","slug":"google-shows-the-way-on-offshore-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/google-shows-the-way-on-offshore-wind.html","title":{"rendered":"Google shows the way on offshore wind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zachary Shahan wrote for CleanTechnica yesterday, Google-backed Offshore Wind Power Superhighway Moves Forward<\/a>,<\/p>\n

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The Department of the Interior stated on Monday that there was \u201cno overlapping competitive interest\u201d for the areas where the $5-billion project would be constructed. This decision leads us to the next step in the process \u2014 environmental review of the Atlantic Wind Connection line.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The article notes that environmental review could take 18-24 months, with a projected power online date of end of 2017. Southern Company projects Vogtle Unit 3 online in 2016 and Unit 3 in 2017.<\/a> And that’s before the cost overruns that have already started.<\/a> I’m guessing Google will have its Atlantic wind project up and running before Southern Company has any new nukes online, if they’re ever online.<\/p>\n

And remember, the Atlantic Wind Connection is privately funded:<\/p>\n

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Other than Google, companies funding the project include Good Energies and Japan’s Marubeni Corp.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The cost is about $5 billion<\/a> for 6,000 MW of wind energy generation.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Southern Company has already overrun its nuke cost estimate by almost $1 billion within a few weeks of NRC go-ahead. It won’t take long at that rate for the cost overruns to exceed $5 billion. That’s on top of the perhaps $8.3 billion<\/a> base cost. That’s for two 1,100 MW reactors, for 2,200 MW total.<\/p>\n

What if Southern Company and private investors quit wasting resources <\/a> on nukes and funded a Georgia Bight Wind Connection<\/a> instead? After all, Georgia’s offshore waters are part of the East coast wind energy basket<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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