Falmouth Massachusetts Offshore Wind Cables

Whale Deaths: Whale deaths have followed offshore wind construction since 2016 in Rhode Island. NOAA declared an unusual whale mortality event from 2016 until today. Deaths continue along the east coast including Cape Cod.

Community opposition to cables: No one wants a cable buried in the street outside their house larger than the output of the Pilgrim nuclear plant.

Fishing industry: Multiple ocean high-voltage cables and noise from the operation and construction of wind turbines drive fish away.

Electric Grid: The electric grid to get power off-cape through Falmouth according to ISO-New England hasn't started a study yet.

New England weather: It's unknown the effects of hurricanes, bomb cyclones, northeasters, and tropical storms on ocean wind turbines over 10 megawatts at 1000 feet.

Interest Rates: Financing offshore wind projects has soared. Offshore wind contractors are backing out of signed bids.

Insurance: Insurance is much higher on ocean wind turbines and the cable systems that connect them.

Electric rates: Allowing wind companies to rebid their contracts makes offshore wind electric rates prohibitive.

Finance; A Massachusetts electric utility company announced an after-tax charge of 331 million related to the sale of its interest in offshore wind.

Maintenance; Major offshore wind manufacturers are finding high maintenance costs after two years.

Component failures: Faulty blades and gears are slowing down production.

Rhode Island Supreme Court; Offshore wind contractors are in the courts next to Massachusetts.

Radar: Interference for radar systems involved in air traffic control, weather, and possibly national defense.

Massachusetts failures; Since Cuttyhunk Island in the 1970s the state has had 50 years of failures including the most recent Falmouth town-owned wind turbines.

Offshore wind is too expensive for customers to bear. Offshore wind is a poorly planned experimental scheme with enormous consequences.