Offshore wind energy adverse risks, costs, and market conditions have caused U.S. largest manufacturer of wind turbines, GE; and Shell Wind; and World’s Largest manufacturer of wind turbines, Vestas, to abandon offshore wind plans.

GE “discontinued” its offshore “prototype” 3.6 MW wind turbine that is specified by Cape Wind.

Senior VP of Vestas Peter Kruse states, “the only way forward is more turbines in virgin ground onshore”, and, “Politicians want offshore so they can avoid the Nimby discussion, but they are allowing a tiny minority to force the rest of the population to pay double for renewable energy.”

Shell Wind has announced it will no longer invest in offshore wind as it’s, “not economic”.

Unless and until we have the technical and cost solutions that elude GE, Vestas, and Royal Dutch Shell, we should take no action toward the privitization of our offshore, finite, resources.

New York Times
‘Cape Wind Navigates Shifts in Market’
By Kate Galbraith
March 27, 2009

“But G.E. no longer makes any offshore turbines, according to Steve Fludder, the head of G.E.’s green business unit, who sat down for a wide-ranging interview with The Times on Wednesday.

G.E. has instead focused its turbine business where it sees the vast majority of demand: on land. Offshore wind, said Mr. Fludder, is “just a vastly costlier proposition — not for us but for the world.”

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/cape-wind-navigates-shifts-in-market/#comment-45839

Vestas President and CEO Ditlev Engle stated of the Cape Wind project proposal to the Boston Globe: “And, therefore, I am really wondering why anybody wants to put them up offshore because it’s twice the price. So just as an outsider, I am just scratching my head saying, “Why?”

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/09/21/the_answers_to_him_are_blowing_in_the_wind/

Country Guardian UK

March 17, 2009

‘Shell dumps wind, solar and hydro power in favour of biofuels’

Shell will no longer invest in renewable energy technologies such as wind, solar and hydro power because they are not economic, the Anglo-Dutch oil company said today…”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/17/royaldutchshell-energy

Cape Wind poses a threat to humans as well as endangered wildlife, “at the brink of extinction”.

If Best Science is followed, (and the titans of of offshore wind experiences’ are observed), Cape Wind will not be constructed in Nantucket Sound.