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77th Year, No, 33 Freeport. N.Y. 11520 The Community Newspaper Thursday, August 9, 2012 750
The midshipmen sail into Freeport!
THE SAILING
SQUADRON from the
United States Military
Academy at Annapolis
will be making its annu-al
visit to Freeport on
Thursday, August 9. See
page 2 for more.
Long Island has wind farms in sight
by Laura Amante
An Offshore Wind Conference was
held last week at the Long Island
Association in Melville. Many differ-ent
people were there to discuss the
benefits of offshore wind farms for
Long Island and how important it is to
use the clean, renewable energy that
wind provides.
"The issue of renewable energy is a
critical one in our nation," said
Adrienne Esposito, executive director
for Citizens Campaign for the
Environment.
Congressman Tim Bishop was the
keynote speaker at this event, and he
talked about how important it is for the
United States to use renewable energy,
"We use 25% of the world's oil," he
said, "and we need to decrease our
dependence on fossil fuels."
Mr. Bishop praised organizations such as
the Citizens Campaign for the
Environment for educating elected officials
about ways to help the environment.
Heading towards wind
Gordian Raacke, who is the execu-tive
director for Renewable Energy
Long Island, spoke about how many
different places, such as Scotland and
China, are investing in offshore wind
farms. He thinks that Long Island is
the perfect place for a wind farm, due
to its proximity to the ocean.
"Long Island and the Northeast
region is blessed with amazing off-shore
wind resources," he said,
"Offshore compares better to urban
areas, which is where we need elec-tricity
more."
"Part of the answer is moving away
from fossil fuels to the new ways of
renewable energy," said Ms. Esposito.
She discussed how Denmark had the first
offshore wind farm in 1991, and that there
are now 40 wind farms in other countries.
"New York is at an energy cross-roads,"
said Ms. Esposito, "What will
our future be on Long Island?"
She thinks that wind is the right
choice to make for Long Island's
future. "Electricity is not a luxury in
today's society," she said. Since wind
contains no fuel, it is good for the
environment, she added.
Wind farms on Long Island
Ms. Esposito talked about two propos-als
for wind farms. The first one is a
partnership that would take place along
the South Shore. "[The South Shore] has
some of the greatest wind potential in
America," she said. The other proposal
is off of the tip of Long Island. "We can
share energy generated off that wind
farm' with other states," she said.
This proposal, known as the
Collaborative, is a wind farm propos-al
by LIPA, Con Edison and the New
York Power Authority. "This would be
13 miles offshore of the Rockaways,"
said Mr. Raacke.
The second proposal, the Deepwater
Proposal, which would be 30 miles
east of Montauk, would share the
energy with the New England Area,
"Underwater cables would connect
the wind turbines to Long Island,"
said Mr. Raacke.
Although there are two proposals,
no construction plans are set. "Neither
of them [the proposals] are finalized
yet," said Tara Bono, program coordi-nator
for Citizens (. .mpaign for the
Environment, "They are still in the
planning stages."
There was once talk of wind tur-bines
at Jones Beach, but those plans
were cancelled when the Long Island
Power Authority determined that it
was too expensive and too small.
"[The wind turbines at Jones Beach]
would have set the industry back fur-ther,"
said Kevin Law, president and
CEO of the Long Island Association.
He is supportive of wind farms near
Long Island, saying "I believe in off-shore
wind for its environmental
aspects." (continued on page 6)
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| Title | 2012-08-09 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
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| Date | 2012 |
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