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Block Island R.I. Wind Turbine Electric Rates 40/40
Block Island R.I.For A Second Time In 40 Years (1979) Has Been Promised Cheap Wind Turbine Electricity This Time 40 Percent (2017)
Block Island, R.I.Residents Fall For Wind Turbine Story Second Time
In December of 2012 Deepwater Wind said electricity rates on Block Island, Rhode Island would drop by 40 percent if a wind farm is constructed off the island.
The 5 turbines today are supplying power to the island as of May 1, 2017. The big question on Block Island today is “ Will our electric bills go down at all ? ” It does not look good for electric ratepayers.
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This isn't the first time local residents fell for the " wind turbines will lower your electric rates story." Once in 1979 and again in 2011.
In 1979 the US Department of Energy and NASA built a wind turbine on the island with the promise of lower electric rates. The turbine built on Block Island was part of a nation wide experiment in which around the same time a wind turbine was built in Boone, North Carolina. The turbines caused television and radio line of sight communication problems and in Boone N.C. the turbine it was discovered caused infra sound and sleep problems with neighbors. The turbines are long gone and rate payers pay
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In 2011 the average cost of electricity on the island was 47 cents per kilowatt hour. In the rest of Rhode Island it was 14.8 cents. Prior to the promise of a 40 percent reduction in electric rates these people probably begged to get the turbines built.
Rhode Island may have slightly more than 1 million residents, but its politicians have wowed political junkies by blatantly taking bribes in office. Rhode Island public officials are still dealing with defunct game developer 38 Studios and now want to finance a base ball park with taxpayer money ?
Today it's fair to say :"there's a sucker born every minute" a phrase closely associated with electric rate payers on Block Island. How could they let this happen again ? The answer : Rhode Island politics, power and more money than ever can create an environment ripe for corruption.
The tax breaks for wind are our tax burdens. RI DeepWater Wind has had cable, public safety, and downed turbine problems. Cable problems, (more than 70% of wind project insurance claims), each repair average cost is U.S. $6,450,630.08.
Subsea Cable Installation cost averages $6 million per mile per Sue Tierney Analysis Group Offshore Cabling 2017 2017-03-07 - 2017-03-09
"Cable damages remain an ongoing issue with average costs of € 5 million per repair. Submarine cable repairs account for more than 70 % of all insurance claims of installed wind parks." http://www.offshorewind.biz/events/offshore-cabling-2017/
Offshore wind turbines are corroding internally & externally & industry is challenged to fix the problems. http://www.materialsperformance.com/articles/material-selection-des...
More on DeepWater Problems and how Markey and Warren intend to increase your debt for Big Offshore Windhttp://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/ma-senators-markey-and-warren-file-bill-to-accellerate-your-debt
Block Island Rhode Island See 18 minutes into video didn't save money in 1979 -- Don't save money 2017
Wind Turbines: "Those Magnificent Wind Machines" 1980 NASA Lewis Research Center
"The evolution of the NASA wind program is traced from 1973 to 1980\Block Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW1oxwItqLQ
Block Island Rhode Island See 18 minutes into video didn't save money in 1979 -- Don't save money 2017
