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.

Bluewater Wind has proposed two potential locations for the wind park, both more than 6 miles off the Delaware coast in the Atlantic Ocean, and referred to as “Atlantic North” and “Atlantic South”. (A third potential site, in Delaware Bay, was considered at one point but was not pursued after consultation with Delaware residents and officials, who indicated that they preferred one of the Atlantic sites.

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.

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).

Price stability. Electricity from wind is inflation-proof, and not subject to the price volatility of natural gas, oil, and coal. In the near future, these fossil fuel plants very likely will have to pay carbon taxes related to their greenhouse gas emissions; these taxes could be quite high. On the other hand, wind is a free, and inexhaustible, fuel source. Moreover, a wind park has low, predictable operation and maintenance costs.

more than six miles offshore, as proposed by Bluewater Wind, the wind park will not intrude on the beauty and visual integrity of Delaware's most precious assets: its coastline and beaches. To see how the wind park will appear from shore, view our wind park visualizations. On a summer day, the typical haze will render the turbines invisible. In winter, the turbines will be minimally visible.

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.

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 .

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.

People who would rather not live near wind plants (sometimes referred to as "NIMBYs," short for "Not in My Back Yard") often raise this concern with respect to new wind project proposals. For example, in late 2002, a survey of 300 tourists in the Argyll region of Scotland, noted for its scenic beauty, found that 91% said the presence of new wind farms "would make no difference in whether they would return." Similar surveys of tourists in Vermont and Australia have produced similar results.

The British Wind Energy Association and the Scottish Renewables Forum commissioned MORI Scotland to undertake a survey about tourist’s attitudes towards wind farms. The poll was undertaken in 2002 regarding wind farms in the Argyll & Bute area, this area was chosen as it had the greatest concentration of wind farms in Scotland.

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.

No. Delaware law requires every corporation to have and maintain a Registered Agent in the State who may be either an individual resident, a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Delaware whose business office is identical with the corporation's registered office.

There are many interesting tourism objects in Central Kalimantan. Long and big rivers are worth sailing. Natural Preserve of Tanjung Puting in Kumai (Kotawaringin Barat District) is an attractive place to visit for common and scientific tourism, because it has various panoramas with the miscellaneous of flora and fauna. Tanjung Puting is also a research centre of several animal species such as orang hutan (great ape), bekantan, kelasi etc.

If a beach is consistently under advisory, environmental health inspectors conduct a shoreline sanitary inspection in order to determine the source of the pollution. Point-source and non-point source pollution is handled by Guam EPA's Water Pollution Control Program.

Fortunately, beach closures due to unacceptable levels of pollution are rare. In 1992, Agat Bay North was closed due to a broken sewage outfall following Supertyphoon Omar. Similarly, West Agana Bay was closed after Supertyphoon Pongsona due to a damaged sewer outfall. More commonly, fecal coliform counts are not at sufficiently high levels to mandate closures but are high enough to issue "advisories." There are varying degrees of contamination.

Currently, there are thirty-eight (38) recreational marine beach sites being monitored weekly island-wide. See map.

Beaches are monitored once a week, usually on a Wednesday, with the results reported to the public two days later. This translates to approximately one thousand nine hundred seventy six (1,976) recreational marine beach samples collected each year.

Two words - centrally located. And that's what makes it a great place to stay if you plan on playing on the Peninsula. You are right down the road from fishing on the banks of the Kasilof River, and only an hour's drive to Homer for Halibut fishing. Kenai and the world famous Kenai River is only 20 miles. Soldotna is a short 20 minute drive where you can fish on the banks of the river from three different public boardwalks.

There are currently four operational offshore wind farms in UK waters. It is still a lot more expensive to have offshore wind farms, and still requires further support by the government, although the price of offshore wind energy is coming down. Further offshore projects are currently proposed for UK waters, however their development and construction will take a lot longer to deliver as experience is gained from the current offshore wind farms in the UK and Europe.

There are calls to combine tidal and wind power and install tidal stream turbines on the bases of offshore wind turbines. Marine renewables, however, are at an earlier stage of development than offshore wind so it will be many years yet before these developments occur. Find out more about BWEA's marine renewables work.

Yes! Just one 75 MW installation would create an estimated 245 jobs. The offshore wind energy industry in the UK represents a total potential market of £48 billion, and the creation of an entirely new industry will have significant effects beyond the employment figures.

The process of planning, verification, permitting, and construction takes up to three years and involves dozens of state and Federal agencies. For more details on the process and what is involved at each stage, view our timeline.

Delmarva will be reviewing all proposals along with several state agencies: the Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC), the Delaware Energy Office, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Controller General's office. Once a particular site has been selected, rigorous scientific studies will be carried out to ensure that there will be no unforeseen adverse effects.

Mission Bay Park and the nearby beaches offer swimming, boating, windsurfing, jogging, basketball, volleyball and many other outdoor activities.