Read, Watch, and Listen #6 -- Tuesday, September 5, 2023

GE’s humongous Haliade-X offshore wind turbine will stand around 850 feet (260 meters) tall and generate up to 14 MW. Image: Claudine Hellmuth/POLITICO.

In this (very wind-y) edition: Colorado NIMBYs are boiling mad over prospects for local geothermal; the wind is not exactly beneath the wings for offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico just yet; a journalist gets curious about behind-the-meter urban wind power; construction of a behemoth offshore wind turbine hits an important milestone; how big is too big for offshore turbines?

Plus: The trials and tribulations of ESG investing.

  1. A fight is brewing to build Colorado’s first geothermal plant as neighbors oppose development
    https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/03/geothermal-plant-chaffee-county-opposition/

  2. Offshore Wind Auction for the Gulf of Mexico Gets a Tepid Response
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/climate/gulf-mexico-wind-farm.html

  3. What I learned when I tried installing a wind turbine on my house
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/11/home-wind-turbine-renewable-energy/

  4. Parts for GE’s gigantic Haliade-X Turbine set sail
    https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gerenewableenergy_first-haliade-x-turbine-heading-for-the-vineyard-activity-7105293662296625154-OMGX/

  5. Offshore wind turbines are growing larger. How big is too big?
    https://www.eenews.net/articles/offshore-wind-turbines-are-growing-larger-how-big-is-too-big/

  6. Can green investing change the world?
    https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/can-green-investing-change-the-world/

Joseph Gaines