Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine
Offshore Vineyard Wind is Un-American
Offshore Vineyard Wind is Un-American
Courting foreign energy companies’ entry into the offshore renewable energy market undermines our energy goals.
“Instead of relying on foreign oil and foreign energy, we are now relying on American energy and American workers like never before.”
President Donald J. Trump
President Trump’s energy policies are laudable. And, his accomplishments in the U.S. energy, and other sectors, are impressive.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/trump-administration-accomplishments/
While, the U.S. presently courts foreign-owned renewable energy companies. Specifically, Vineyard Wind, that would create “green” jobs in Spain, Italy, Denmark, China and the Netherlands, funded by U.S. taxpayers.
Scott Farmelant, Vineyard Wind Public Relations, provides evidence of the foreign ownership of Vineyard Wind:
“Vineyard Wind is a stand alone joint venture co-owned by two corporate partners, with one being Avangrid Renewables, the other being Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.”
Vineyard Wind parent companies include the investment arm of Pensions Denmark, and Avangrid that is Iberdrola of Spain, (2009 biggest stimulus winner- Iberdrola).
https://www.iberdrola.com/about-us/lines-business/flagship-projects/vineyard-wind-offshore-wind-farm
Vineyard Wind poses a threat to U.S. fishing industry jobs and marine tradesmen.
“This is a losing proposition for the fishing industry- big time," said Lanny Dellinger, who is the chair of the state's fisheries advisory board...”
Vineyard Wind is a foreign-owned, U.S. taxpayer-funded, generator of jobs overseas.
“Windar Renovables has been awarded the contract to manufacture, certify, assemble, inspect, store and supply the elements for the [Vineyard Wind] wind farm's 84 foundations...”
Thusly, Vineyard Wind would create 400-500 jobs in Asturias, Spain, (with US taxpayers’ multi-millions’ in stimulus, again; (2009 biggest stimulus winner- Iberdrola).
https://www.iberdrola.com/about-us/lines-business/flagship-projects/vineyard-wind-offshore-wind-farm
“Vineyard Wind named MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as the preferred wind turbine supplier for the project.”
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S
Dusager 4
8200 Aarhus N
Denmark
Vineyard Wind would create manufacturing jobs in Denmark.
http://www.mhivestasoffshore.com/vineyard-wind-selects-mhi-vestas-as-preferred-supplier/
‘Vineyard Wind: Heerema participates in largest US offshore wind project’
riday, 12 July, 2019 - 11:15
“Heerema marine contractors installing a monopile“
”Dutch offshore contractor Heerema has been assigned to help build the first and largest commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. The prestigious 'Vineyard Wind LLC' project is the nation's first utility-scale offshore wind energy project.
The contract for Heerema comprises in the (offshore) transport and installation (T&I) of 84 foundations consisting of monopiles and transition pieces and appurtenant ESP platforms in the Northeast of the US near the island of Martha's Vineyard..”
https://www.offshorewindindustry.com/news/vineyard-wind-heerema-participates-largest-us
“Vineyard Wind has entered into an agreement with Italian company Prysmian Group worth 200 million euros to design, manufacture, install and commission the submarine cabling system that will connect the offshore wind farm with the Continental US power transmission grid. The project will require a total of 134 kilometres of high voltage alternating current electric cable...”
To create jobs in Italy and China with U.S. taxpayers’ dollars.
https://www.iberdrola.com/about-us/lines-business/flagship-projects/vineyard-wind-offshore-wind-farm
Vineyard Wind will likely create cable manufacturing jobs in China-
“Luigi Migliorini, CEO of Prysmian Group China, added that “Prysmian Group can now offer a wide range of cable technologies and products, including Extra High Voltage and High Voltage cable systems, as well as Medium Voltage and Fire Resistant cables, from 6kV to 500kV. The new plant will be capable of producing all the main designs available in the HV systems sector”.
https://www.prysmiangroup.com/en/stories/corporate/
“Denmark’s Bladt Industries has signed a contract with the US-based Vineyard Wind LLC for fabrication and delivery of an offshore substation for the 800MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm...”
“Bladt Industries will execute the project in cooperation with Semco Maritime and ISC Engineering. The design is already underway by ISC Engineering and the electrical system will be performed by Semco Maritime...”
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2019/06/26/vineyard-wind-selects-offshore-substation-team/
Semco Maritime A/S
Esbjerg Brygge 30
6700 Esbjerg
Denmark
https://www.semcomaritime.com/en-en
The proposed offshore wind project, Vineyard Wind, is un-American.
Willem Post
Barbara,
Absolutely correct.
Great research.
I have been saying this for at least 15 years.
It appears state and federal bureaucrats are totally stupid when it comes to DEFENDING THE AMERICAN WORKER AND THE US ECONOMY
That is the main reason the US has huge trade deficits, as Trump has been saying for three plus years.
It would have been a simple matter to REQUIRE 80% of the wind projects to be designed and built in the US using US materials.
The Europeans and Japanese and Koreans do it all the time, standard BAU for them.
They, our "trading partners" screw the US and US worker and US economy coming and going.
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/cop21-flawed-trade-agre...
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/the-us-leaving-cop21-a-...
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/cop21-ipcc-co2-emission...
The wind bonanza may be slowing down.
See URL
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/no-congress-will-not-ex...
Nov 14, 2019
Barbara Durkin
Thank you, Willem. While wind, on land and sea, is the problem, due to its low energy density and to its threat to energy security, yet it’s viewed as a solution by some, in some places. Those who favor it know little about it, or they benefit by public subsidies directed to wind projects, or they’re funded to count bird carcasses.
Nov 14, 2019
Willem Post
The Seven Deadly Sins of China Regarding World Trade, per Peter Navarro, Trade Negotiator
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday identified what he called the “seven deadly sins” that China must stop doing before the ongoing trade war with the U.S. will come to an end.
1) Stop stealing our intellectual property
2) Stop forcing technology transfers
3) Stop hacking our computers
4) Stop dumping into our markets and putting our companies out of business
5) Stop state-owned enterprises from heavy subsidies
6) Stop the [importation of] fentanyl
7) Stop currency manipulation,”
Wallace and Navarro briefly sparred over the extent to which tariffs on China will affect U.S. consumers. President Trump and his economic advisors have repeatedly characterized the tariffs as a “tax on China,” despite economists’ claims that the costs trickle down to consumers.
The list of Chinese misconduct, Navarro said, were “all structural changes,” and “the question is how much as a consumer would you be willing to pay to have that stop.”
“The point is you’re saying I don’t have to pay anything,” Wallace countered.
Navarro argued the tariffs have yet to directly affect Americans because “China has strategically gamed the tariffs by slashing their prices and devaluing their currency.”
He conceded, however, that “we have a bigger question” about whether tariffs in general trickle down to consumers.
Nov 15, 2019
Willem Post
See this article about Mayflower Wind and comments.
That project will have foreign entities do almost all of the project from A to Z, with hundreds of millions of dollars of US taxpayer subsidies.
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/next-steps-on-offshore-wind/
Nov 15, 2019
Willem Post
The subject is OFFSHORE WIND
The US, including all of New England, has near-zero experience and near-zero specialized infrastructures, unlike Europe which has invested tens of $billions in offshore wind infrastructures to train people, design, manufacture, build, transport, erect, maintain and operate 20,000 MW of wind turbines over the past 25 years with many more thousands of MW in the pipeline.
Any move by the US towards offshore wind will be built by foreigners (mostly European entities) from A to Z, with minor US input for window dressing, as happened with Vineyard Wind.
Naive, dreamy renewable folks in Disgusta Maine should not become too starry-eyed thinking Maine will be allowed to "win big" by those entities.
I have 35 years of experience designing and building large energy systems.
Nov 15, 2019
Barbara Durkin
Spot on, Willem! U.S. taxpayers are positioned to fund jobs created in Denmark, Spain, Italy, China, and the Netherlands. According to fishing industry reps, offshore wind will kills domestics jobs.
“Mayflower Wind, a joint venture of Shell and EDPR Offshore North America”
It appears Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. (CFIUS) is looking at a Mayflower Wind partner, EDP.
https://www.bloomberg.com/n...
EDP & EDPR ownership?
China Three Gorges is CTG (China) a Chinese state-owned utility
‘CTG bids for EDP, EDPR to be made simultaneously’
https://renewablesnow.com/n...
‘China Three Gorges halts talks with EU regulators on EDP takeover: sources’
“CTG launched a bid to take control of EDP, of which it already owns 23 percent, in May last year, but the transaction has moved at a slow pace.
Sources say CTG has yet to complete regulatory filings in Europe and the United States, cut, cont.-
https://www.reuters.com/art...
EDP Pac support Hillary Clinton President-
https://www.2ndvote.com/pre...
‘EDP head office raided in corruption probe’
Created: 02 June 2017
Officers of the Judicial Police raided the Lisbon offices of EDP, REN and the Boston Consulting Group this morning as part of an investigation into active and passive corruption.
https://www.algarvedailynew...
‘EDP shares drop after senior staff named in corruption probe’
www.ft.com/fastft/.../edp-s......
EDP chief denies wrongdoing over contracts under investigation ...
www.nasdaq.com/.../edp-chie.........
13 hours ago - EDP chief denies wrongdoing over contracts under investigation ... the local division of U.S. consulting firm Boston Consulting Group on Friday in a probe ... market, saying it suspected "crimes of active and passive corruption…”
‘EDP voting rights and shares to Mubadala’
EDP-CTG_Activos_Portugal_EN
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EDP-CTG_Activos_Portugal_EN
Change of qualified shareholding in EDP
Monday, January 30, 2017
IPIC notified EDP that 100% of its shares and inherent voting rights have been acquired by Mubadala Investment Company PJSC.
About Mubadala Investment Company
On 21 January 2017, the President, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as the ruler of Abu Dhabi, issued a law creating the Mubadala Investment Company, a company wholly owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
- See more at: http://www.mubadala.com/en/......
Mubadala Development Company | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
www.mubadala.com/
Nov 15, 2019
Penny Gray
These companies are sucking us dry and we're applauding them. That's brainwashing and corporate politics hard at work.
Nov 15, 2019
Barbara Durkin
We need to expose these rent-seekers who don’t care if we face fuel poverty because they will destroy our economy, Penny. They need, and have, their friends in government. Let’s expose them, too. Hopefully, green pols will be voted out of office, ASAP!
Nov 15, 2019