Aug 16 2010
New York officials are having a vision of powering the region through huge wind turbines off Long Island in the Atlantic Ocean. Before offshore wind farms could start working, the city may well be having giant turbines spinning in the wind.
Within a period of three years, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is hoping to have five units of wind towers, each over 280 feet in height, operating in New York Harbor’s west side. The nearby City of Bayonne in New Jersey also plans to install a huge turbine towards providing power for a sewage-pumping station. The five wind turbines are expected to generate around 7.5 MW of energy, sufficient for powering a minimum of 2,000 homes.
Simultaneously, the Department of Veterans Affairs has been considering wind turbine placements in or near the hospitals situated in Brooklyn and Manhattan. New York, a windy city, is well suited for the purpose of converting stiff breezes into electrical energy. Furthermore, Weehawken, NJ is also an extremely windy area and would turn out as a good place for installing windmills. New York’s energy independence drive has so far led to small-scale projects such as small turbines installed on the rooftops of buildings in Bronx and the Times Square electronic billboard meant for Coca-Cola that is powered by wind.
Source: http://www.panynj.gov/