Louisiana's entire offshore is completely able to produce electric power for the state. I look at it this way. It won't be underwater when sea level rise hits.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has produced these estimates of the gross (not reduced by environmental or human use considerations) offshore wind potential expressed in "installed capacity." This is the potential megawatts (MW) of rated capacity that could be installed at offshore areas with mean annual wind speeds of 7 m/s and greater at a 90-m height, assuming 5 MW of installed capacity per square kilometer of water. The offshore wind potential tables present the resource broken down by annual wind speed, water depth, and distance from shore.
St. James Parish President Pete Dufresne may or may not be influenced by the petroleum industry, but, one thing is for sure the companies he wants to see in his parish want alternative energy. The people of the USA want the switch and they want it now.
American agriculture has never been more important. The agricultural land may also be compatible with wind turbines, too. But, for Mr. Dufresne to simply exclude alternative energy production as wrong is irresponsible. The people want it and valuing their consumers, the companies want it. While a reassessment is in order to determine the importance and production of the farmland, there are plenty of opportunity for solar that are mounted on top of buildings as well.
That said, METHANE IS NOT A GREEN ENERGY.
Cities across the USA must provide a forum to move them from petroleum based energy to alternative energies.
IT MUST HAPPEN.
There is no politics or back room deals to be tolerated. Alternative energies must take hold and now.
July 10, 2022
By David J. Mitchell
..."That's the most valuable real estate we have. (click here) That's the most valuable real estate, accessible to rail and river, and it's just taking away so many opportunities that could be other clean projects, as well, you know, that could actually bring jobs, and that's what our concern is," Dufresne told a few solar, utility and media representatives after a recent Parish Council meeting.
"We need jobs. I mean these thousands of acres of solar farms is not bringing any jobs, and who's getting the benefit? Who's getting the real benefit of these solar panels," he added.
Dufresne's and other local officials' concerns reflect the unease that has arisen among some in rural Louisiana over the proliferation of solar farms over thousands of acres agricultural land....
By David J. Mitchell
..."That's the most valuable real estate we have. (click here) That's the most valuable real estate, accessible to rail and river, and it's just taking away so many opportunities that could be other clean projects, as well, you know, that could actually bring jobs, and that's what our concern is," Dufresne told a few solar, utility and media representatives after a recent Parish Council meeting.
"We need jobs. I mean these thousands of acres of solar farms is not bringing any jobs, and who's getting the benefit? Who's getting the real benefit of these solar panels," he added.
Dufresne's and other local officials' concerns reflect the unease that has arisen among some in rural Louisiana over the proliferation of solar farms over thousands of acres agricultural land....
