IN-DEPTH: Wind Energy Ocean Industrialization Undermines Ecosystem
A natural resource largely untouched by development now faces colossal industrialization of wind energy along the east coast.
Clean-ocean advocates monitoring its expansion warn that this race to construction undermines an ecosystem that will lead to catastrophic consequences.
“They’re moving at such a reckless pace without any real good science or due diligence,” said Clean Ocean Action (COA) Executive Director Cindy Zipf.
In total, what’s proposed are 3,500 turbines across 2.2 million acres of ocean—twice the size of the Grand Canyon—according to Zipf.
One turbine is as tall as the 1,046-foot-tall Chrysler Building, she said, with one blade surpassing the height of the Statue of Liberty….