offshore wind park will help to stabilize the price of electricity by using an energy source that is not subject to the fluctuation of market prices of fossil fuel, such as coal or natural gas. Bluewater Wind wants Delaware consumers to benefit from this price stability and we will do this by offering to sell the electricity generated at our wind park at a pre-determined price for a long-term period (20 years or more).

offshore wind park is completely compatible with tourism at Delaware's beaches. This conclusion is supported by years of experience in Europe, where offshore wind turbines are welcomed by tourists. Indeed, there are many examples of wind parks actually boosting tourism. In Denmark, wind parks off the shores of two major destinations - the capital city of Copenhagen and the beach resort of Blavandshuk - are popular tourist attractions.

Delaware's wind park will be at least six nautical miles off the Delaware coast. A government study released in 2003 tracked more than 25,000 real estate transactions around the largest onshore wind parks in the U.S. and found no adverse effects of wind parks on nearby real estate prices. This study considered projects where the turbines were much more visible than would be the case for Delaware's offshore wind park.

Offshore wind is wind energy located offshore, typically in ocean waters, though the wind potential of the Great Lakes is also being explored in the United States. Because offshore winds are more powerful than onshore, offshore wind turbines are usually larger. At present, two offshore wind farms, Cape Wind and Long Island Power Authority have been proposed for the United States and are undergoing review by Mineral Management Service .

Resolution is the number of pixels on your screen. Pixels are dots of light that make up your computer monitor's picture, similar to how dots of ink make up a printed picture. 640 x 480 resolution means there are 480 rows of pixels on your screen from top to bottom and each row contains 640 pixels, from left to right, for a total of 307,200 pixels (640 x 480). The refresh rate is the rate at which these pixels are drawn onto your computer screen.

There are several factors which suggest the development of an offshore wind energy industry. The resource is extremely large, the energy costs, although initially higher than for onshore, are cheaper than other renewable technologies and the risks are low, as early projects have shown. Many people, while agreeing that wind turbines are a useful strategy, are not happy to see them in their area. This is the NIMBY principle - not in my back yard.

The wind energy resource at sea is extremely large, and the UK has one of the highest in the world with over 33% of the total European potential. In fact, the UK's offshore resource is equivalent to three times the UK's annual electricity consumption. Conservative calculations show that offshore wind alone could meet the 10% target by 2010. Offshore wind speeds are generally higher than coastal wind speeds. Ten kilometres from the shore, speeds are typically around one metre per second higher.

There are no technical barriers to installing offshore turbines but the construction, delivery to site and assembly of such large machines needs specialist equipment and vessels, facilities at ports and careful timetabling to make sure that the possibilities of using calm weather windows are maximised. Most UK developments have been installed using steel monopiles, but projects in other countries have used gravity foundations.

In Delaware, and along the densely populated east coast, there is scarce suitable land for onshore wind parks. Located more than six miles from land as proposed by Bluewater Wind, the Delaware wind park, when visible at all, will appear very small on the horizon. Connecting offshore turbines to the power grid avoids construction of expensive high voltage overland transmission lines.

Giant blades that are mounted on a tower catch the wind and turn a shaft. The turning shaft spins a generator that makes electricity.

Watts are very small units, so the terms kilowatt (kw, 1,000 watts), megawatt (MW, 1 million watts), and gigawatt (pronounced "jig-a-watt," GW, 1 billion watts) are most commonly used to describe the capacity of generating units like wind turbines or other power plants. One 50-watt light bulb left on for 20 hours consumes one kilowatt-hour of electricity (50 watts x 20 hours = 1,000 watt-hours = 1 kilowatt-hour).

Wind systems use large blades mounted on tall towers or turbines. The wind spins the blades, rotating a generator that produces electricity.

Electricity generated by the Bluewater Offshore Wind Park will be used by homes, schools and businesses that are served by Delmarva Power & Light. Cables buried about six feet below the seabed first carry the electricity to offshore transformers and then to onshore facilities, before connecting to the existing grid at onshore substations.

There are three ways, which your electrical connection can remain constant. The first is through the NET METERING PROGRAM (see below for details) the second is through a TRANSFER SWITCH. When the wind is not blowing, a transfer switch on the generator instantly puts you back on the grid with the electric company where you draw from the power company’s energy. The third is a firm power option.

The environmental impact of offshore wind farms is considerably reduced compared with those onshore; both noise and visual impact are unlikely to be issues, but there are still some considerations. For example, there could be an environmental impact from carrying out work offshore, such as localised disturbance of the seabed.

Data gathered from European offshore wind parks over the past 15 years demonstrate that the turbines do not endanger birds and marine life. Bluewater Wind's plan to build more than six miles from shore places the turbines well away from the fly zones of most bird populations. The experience in Europe indicates that marine mammals and other marine life are essentially undisturbed by offshore wind turbines.

Despite their size, wind turbines are remarkably quiet. Today's high-tech machines generate what is termed broadband noise, often described as a "whooshing" sound. At a distance of 750 to 1,000 feet, modern windmills are no noisier than a kitchen refrigerator. Delaware's wind park would be sited six miles out (31680 feet), so the whooshing would not be detectable from shore.

Delaware's legislature has required Delmarva to request proposals for new power plant generation located within Delaware. In addition, the legislature has required that 10% of the state's electricity come from renewable sources by the year 2018. Bluewater Wind is responding to both of these public policies of the state of Delaware. The University of Delaware has confirmed a rich resource of wind off Delaware's shores.

View? our current rates for gas and electricity in your area online. If you are on a Floating Gas Plan, your rate is calculated according to your meter read dates and will be displayed on your monthly bill.

No, our rates for electricity are the same no matter how much or how little you use. The only time your rate will change is when we re-evaluate prices for 2008. You will receive two notices by mail informing you of any change and your options at that time.

Numerous public opinion surveys have consistently shown that the public prefers wind and other renewable energy forms over conventional sources of generation. Wind energy is a free, renewable resource, so no matter how much is used today, there will still be the same supply in the future. Wind energy is also a source of clean, non-polluting, electricity. Unlike conventional power plants, wind plants emit no air pollutants or greenhouse gases. According to the U.S.

The simplest way to think about this is to imagine that a wind turbine works in exactly the opposite way to a fan. Instead of using electricity to make wind, like a fan, turbines use the wind to make electricity. Almost all wind turbines producing electricity consist of three rotor blades which rotate around a horizontal hub. The hub is connected to a gearbox and generator, which are located inside the nacelle.

A medium sized average house needs between 4-6MWh of energy per annum. In good locations one can expect wind speeds of six meters per second and on the coast they can be as high as 8 meters per second. However in urban areas, wind speeds, with lots of buildings around , you are probably looking at four meters per second and that will considerably affect performance.

A modern wind turbine produces electricity 70-85% of the time, but it generates different outputs dependent on wind speed. Over the course of a year, a small wind turbine in the UK will generate about 20% to 30% of the amount it would generate in a constant strong wind. This is known as its 'load factor' (or 'capacity factor').

No, see section 2.1.3 for exceptional actions. Production and distribution of electricity is not eligible action. You can submit application for purchasing machinery and equipment but, "de minimis rules" will be applied. Please see section 2.1.4 for eligible costs in the Guidelines. However you should note that purchase or renting of land or buildings, or construction of a new building or completion of on-going construction are not eligible cost (as indicated under section 2.1.4.

Our wind generators start turning and producing electricity in just over a 5 mph wind. The energy available in the wind rises dramatically with windspeed - most of your power will come from periods when the wind is over 10 mph.

Changes in market interest rates can have differing impacts for different Interest Rate Securities. The longer the time to maturity date, the greater the risk that prices will fluctuate before that date and that the fluctuations will be greater, and the more that holders will need to be compensated for taking extra risk. As such, there is a direct link between maturity and yield.