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Resource Documents: New Jersey (6 items)
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Evidence that offshore wind energy vessel surveys are the cause of the recent New Jersey whale and dolphin deaths
Author: Save LBI
The evidence that offshore wind energy vessel surveys are the cause of the recent New Jersey whale and dolphin deaths consists of the following elements, listed below and then each presented in detail in the original document. There have been recent unprecedented spikes in whale deaths The deaths began when the number of vessel surveys increased. The time and place of the whale deaths coincides with survey vessel presence. The use of an unsupported low noise source level and a . . .
More »Construction & Operations Plan: oils, fluids, and lubricants
Author: Ocean Wind
8. Waste Management and Chemicals 8.1. Chemicals Table 8.1-1. Summary of maximum potential volumes oils, fuels, and lubricants per wind turbine generator. System/Component Oil/Fuel Type Oil/Fuel Volume Bearings and Yaw Pinions Grease* 187 gallons Hydraulic Pumping Unit, Hydraulic Pitch Actuators, Hydraulic Pitch Accumulators Hydraulic Oil 40 gallons Drive Train Gearbox (if applicable), Yaw Drives Gearbox Gear Oil 106 gallons Transformer Dielectric Fluid 1,585 gallons Emergency Generator Diesel Fuel 793 gallons Switchgear Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF₆) 243 lbs Transformer and Converter Cooling . . .
More »New evidence renewables don’t reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Author: Stevenson, David
This comparison of actual regional grid carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions between 2019 and 2021 shows increased use of wind and solar did not reduce emissions. Wind and solar electric generation are actually poor technologies no one would use without permanent government mandates and massive subsidies and taxes that are adding $1 billion a year in power cost. They are also unreliable, non-recyclable, have negative environmental impacts [1], have shorter productive life spans than alternative power sources, and take up a . . .
More »Connecticut, Delaware, Economics, Emissions, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont •
Review of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Author: Stevenson, David
The nearly decade-old Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was always meant to be a model for a national program to reduce power plant carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explicitly cited it in this fashion in its now-stayed Clean Power Plan. Although the RGGI is often called a “cap and trade” program, its effect is the same as a direct tax or fee on emissions because RGGI allowance costs are passed on from electric generators to distribution . . .
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