Ørsted, the Danish clean-energy company seeking to develop an offshore wind farm presence on Delmarva, will seek public feedback virtually Monday on the company’s bid for Skipjack 2, a second offshore project that could potentially be substantially larger than Skipjack 1, initially proposed along coastal Delaware.
Ørsted announced last week that it has submitted a bid to the Maryland Public Service Commission to develop Skipjack Wind 2, a proposed project of up to 760 megawatts. Ørsted is developing Skipjack Wind 1, a 120-megawatt project off the Maryland-Delaware coast, scheduled to be operational by the second quarter of 2026. The Skipjack 1 project was awarded during Maryland’s first offshore wind solicitation in May 2017. However, a location for Skipjack 1 has yet to be determined.
- Wait until the billionaires reject it because they can see the generators from their oceanfront window telescopes. Delaware: Long live climate deniers and polluters like DuPont. — Tommy Bou
- How much coal does it take to power an electrical car plug? How many birds has each windmill killed? How much oil does a windmill leak? What happens to the batteries in electric cars when they get scrapped? — Bob Hice
- How much oil gets spilled in the ocean every year? Don’t forget, the Gulf of Mexico was literally on fire last week. — Pete Schonert
- Fire had nothing to do with oil. — Bob Hice
- You’re right. It was a different petrochemical. How could I be so wrong? — Pete Schonert
- And let’s not forget the windmill cancer. — William Mazzariello
- Every year, this is a debate. For the last 10 to 15 years. — Jeff Grzeszczak
- Nuclear is the answer. — Pete Schonert
- Woah! People don’t want clean, stable, scalable power generation. They want inconsistent sources with a capacity factor of less than 40% that makes them feel good. — Jake Phil
- Build them. — Patrick Dembkowski
