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DoomsdaysCWBills revive debate over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SearsIsland</a> port planMaine Public | By Peter McGuire Published March 12, 2025 "Lawmakers heard more than five hours of testimony Wednesday from both sides of a debate over preserving Sears Island in the Town of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Searsport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Searsport</a>."A pair of bills from state representative Reagan Paul would extend a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConservationEasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConservationEasement</a> across the island and restore <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SandDuneProtections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SandDuneProtections</a> in a 330-acre parcel set aside for development."The Winterport Republican said it's time to end decades of controversial port proposals for the island in the town of Searsport. The latest plan is a floating offshore wind port by the Maine Department of Transportation that has so far failed to attract federal funding."'And yet <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MDOT</a> refuses to face reality, doubling down on failure and proving this is not about offshore wind, it is about pushing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndustrialDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndustrialDevelopment</a> at any cost,' Paul told members of the legislature's Environment and Natural Resources Committee."Local <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservationists</a> support the proposal and said the highest and best use of the island is as a wild area. Any commercial development, including the wind port, can be done at nearby <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MackPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MackPoint</a>, a fuel and materials terminal."Read more: <a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025-03-12/bills-revive-debate-over-sears-island-port-plan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025-03-12/bills-revive-debate-over-sears-island-port-plan</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveSearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveSearsIsland</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectNature</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindTurbines</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindPort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindPort</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PenobscotBay</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectSearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectSearsIsland</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheForest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheDunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheDunes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTerminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindTerminal</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SandDunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SandDunes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectWahsumkik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectWahsumkik</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndangeredSpecies</a>

Tina M CaseyNew floating offshore wind turbine platform is a carbon sink, too.<a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/09/us-startup-brings-new-floating-offshore-wind-turbine-platform-to-the-world/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/09/us-startup-brings-new-floating-offshore-wind-turbine-platform-to-the-world/</a><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/windenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windenergy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/windpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windpower</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/offshorewind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offshorewind</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/windfarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windfarms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/offshorewindfarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offshorewindfarms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/windturbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windturbines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/offshorewindturbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offshorewindturbines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/offshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offshore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/offshoreplatforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offshoreplatforms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/offshorenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offshorenergy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/renewableenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#renewableenergy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/esg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#esg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/esginvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#esginvesting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/energyinnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energyinnovation</a>

Primo Natura"UK and Ireland announce deal connecting offshore windfarms to energy networks"<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WindTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindTurbines</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/06/uk-and-ireland-announce-deal-connecting-offshore-windfarms-to-energy-networks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/06/uk-and-ireland-announce-deal-connecting-offshore-windfarms-to-energy-networks</a>

DoomsdaysCWOoooh. And I just found some articles about making <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindTurbines</a> more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> friendly (especially birds and bats, who are unfortunately affected). I'll be posting about those for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarPunkSunday</a>. My vision of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarPunk</a> world involves <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RenewableEnergy</a> technologies that are safe for the environment, wildlife and humans. Some are location specific. Got hot springs? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geothermal</a>! A lot of sun? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solar</a>! Big tides? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tidal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tidal</a> energy. You get the idea...

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GolfCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GolfCourses</a> Use More Land Globally Than <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solar</a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindEnergy</a>Story by Mihai Andrei, February 25, 2025"The land use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RenewableEnergy</a> is often criticized in public and political debates. However, a new study shows that something as frivolous as golf courses use up more land globally than solar or wind energy. Golf courses, which often serve a small number of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AffluentPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AffluentPeople</a>, are also terrible for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> and use up a lot of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> and resources.Competition for space"The lush greenery you see on golf courses is a well-maintained lie. Golf courses use enormous amounts of water — sometimes in regions already facing shortages. Maintaining that flawless grass also means heavy reliance on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fertilizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fertilizers</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pesticides</a>, which seep into local waterways, harming# wildlife and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polluting</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a>. To make it even worse, golf courses are apparently competing with renewable energy for space."Every acre we allocate to one use is an acre less for another. Currently, more than 38,400 golf courses span the globe, occupying vast stretches of valuable land. Surprisingly, researchers from Germany’s Forschungszentrum Jülich found that countries (especially richer countries like the US, the UK, and Canada) dedicate far more land to golf courses than to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarFarms</a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindTurbines</a>."Let’s put this into perspective. If you take the golf courses in just the top ten golfing countries and convert them into renewable energy, you’d get an extra 842 gigawatts (GW) of solar or 659 GW of wind capacity. And to put that into perspective, that’s more than the entire quantity of renewable energy these countries produce and are forecast to have for a few years.Replacing golf courses with something more useful isn’t a new idea, it’s already happening in some areas. In Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, an entire golf course now hosts 260,000 solar panels, generating 125 gigawatt-hours annually. Meanwhile, in South Korea, 'screen golf,' indoor simulated golfing experiences, provide a popular, space-efficient alternative to traditional courses."Read more: <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/general/golf-courses-use-more-land-globally-than-solar-or-wind-energy/ar-AA1zHvIE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/general/golf-courses-use-more-land-globally-than-solar-or-wind-energy/ar-AA1zHvIE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Renewables</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RenewablesNow</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GolfCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GolfCourses</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rewilding</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindTurbines</a>

VictorElectricity System Operability and Reliability Under Increasing Complexity: Decentralized and diverse <a href="https://spore.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#energy</a> sources from <a href="https://spore.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#solar</a> panels, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/windturbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#windturbines</a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/batteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#batteries</a>, and small-scale energy generators offer flexibility and complexity. <a href="https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/28541/electricity-system-operability-and-reliability-under-increasing-complexity-proceedings-of" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/28541/electricity-system-operability-and-reliability-under-increasing-complexity-proceedings-of</a>

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