Monday, April 04, 2005

Would this work on off shore Windmills?

Mon Apr 4,11:39 AM ET
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By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS - Thousands of oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico could be converted into deep-sea fish farms raising red snapper, mahi mahi, yellow fin tuna and flounder, under a plan backed by the Bush administration.

After reading this off the wire, I started wondering if this could work on the proposed offshore wind turbines that are planned for the local waters off of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. The Cape Wind Project is the
first offshore wind park in the United States. It will be built on Horseshoe Shoal, five miles off the Cape Cod shore in Massachusetts. The wind park will consist of 130 wind turbines.

The project has been at the center of a heated debate between critics, who say the wind farm will harm the environment and ruin the open ocean view from the Cape. It's supporters counter by arguing that the farm will provide a renewable energy resource.

I propose that the turbines could be used as platforms for offshore aquaculture farms. I will try and contact Cape Wind sponsors to see if this has been considered and blog my findings. best wishes,

erich