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Penobscot Bay Watch
"People who care about Maine's biggest bay."
For Immediate release. December 19, 2011 (edited Norwegian translation below English version)
Contact Penobscot Bay Watch email: coastwatch@gmail.com tel: 207-691-7485
Protest reaches out to King Harald V about Norwegian plan to site ocean windpark off Maine, USA.
Summary: Letter cites Norwegian research on side-effects of deepwater ocean windparks, and their imminent worldwide expansion, as reasons for His Majesty to host a global meeting on standards to protect migratory flows of planktonic larvae of fish and shellfish from accidental diversion, by the strong upwelling currents created and perpetuated by improperly sited deepwater windfarms.
South Portland, Maine. A long time Maine coastal conservation group has sent a letter to King Harold V. (Also attached as a pdf file.) The letter was sent December 10, 2011 following the December 8, 2011 meeting held by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in South Portland, Maine,where a plan by Statoil to build and install a floating ocean windpark 12 miles off the Maine coast was introduced. (Meeting agenda here) (Media coverage here )
The December 10, 2011 letter, signed by Penobscot Bay Watch executive director Ronald Huber, asks His Majesty to call for a moratorium on deepwater ocean windparks "until after an international committee of oceanographers considers the implications of the findings of Norwegian researcher Göran Broström and others, and develops standards to ensure ichthyoplankton-safe placement of deepwater ocean wind parks."
"Our world is on the verge of intensive shallow and deepwater ocean wind development
off nearly every coastal nation," the coastal conservation group's leader wrote. "While deepwater wind energy extraction will help our species’ struggle to escape the carbon era, it must be introduced precautionarily, lest expensive mistakes be made in the first flurry of exploitation."
Huber cites a research study by Dr. Brostrom of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, entitled "On the influence of large wind farms on the upper ocean circulation." the report shows that energy extraction by ocean windmills can generate large localized upwellings of seawater beneath the ocean windmills, "sufficiently enough that the local ecosystem will most likely be strongly influenced by the presence of a wind farm." (Göran Broström, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, 2008) See also Brostrom 2009 powerpoint: Can Ocean Windmills affect the Climate?
Huber and others are concerned that the kilometers-wide water upwellings produced year round by deepwater wind parks could slow or divert the movement of fish and shellfish larvae using the Gulf of Maine's natural coastal currents to migrate during their early lifestage as plankton. See a short simulation of lobster larvae being diverted away from the coast by the пропсоед Statoil windpark (Youtube) Huber said this could reduce the number of these young animals reaching their normal settling habitats off shore of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, where they grow to commercial maturity.
These can be long migrations. "Many of Maine’s lobsters, for example, originate in Canada’s Bay of Fundy," Huber wrote to the King, "while many of Maine’s atlantic bluefin tuna arise in the Gulf of Mexico."
Mr. Huber met with a prominent New England researcher at the December 8, 2011 meeting. "I spoke with Professor Peter Jumars, head of the University of Maine's School of Marine Sciences." Huber said. "He said that it is possible that the four deepwater turbines that Statoil proposes installing off Maine could together extract enough wind energy to trigger the upwelling effect that Dr Brostrom describes."
Huber notes that the university's 2011 Maine Offshore Wind Report cites Goran Brostrom's study five times as it considered its own DeepCwind deepwater wind park plan.
Unfortunately the University of Maine's oceanographers have been denied repeatedly when seeking funding to study potential water circulation effects of siting deepwater windfarms in the existing Gulf of Maine water currents, according to Dr. Jumars.
This is why a greater global effort needs to take place now Huber said. "Norway could start by funding such water circulation research for this project off Maine." he said. "Nearly every coastal nation is interested in deepwater wind power; however, many of them also lack sufficient oceanographic institutions to make informed decisions.
If Statoil wishes to lead the world's deepwater wind exploitation, then it needs to think on the large scale, and underwrite the expenses of a global colloquium on this topic, Huber said.
The Penobscot Bay Watch letter to King Harald notes His Majesty's familiarity with and support for deepwater windpower extraction, and asks him to be "the one who convenes this international colloquium".
It takes someone of the stature of King Harold as an energy leader to pull such a meeting together, Huber believes.
"We ask you as leader of your county, and as a world leader in ocean windpower development, to call for suspension of deepwater windpark licensing until such time as siting standards are developed that evaluate the impact of these proposals on existing water currents and ichthyoplankton."
The letter closes by stating "Many who otherwise support ocean windparks will be grateful to you for your caution and foresightedness in ensuring that both seafood and electricity comes in abundance from the world’s oceans."
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For More Information, please contact by telephone and email
Ron Huber
Penobscot Bay Watch
"People who care about Maine's biggest bay."
POB 1871, Rockland Maine 04841
e: coastwatch@gmail.com
tel: 207-691-7485 cellphone: 207-593-2744
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blog: penobscotbay.blogspot.com
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Penobscot Bay Watch
"Folk som bryr seg om Maine største bukt."
For umiddelbar løslatelse. 19 desember 2011
Kontakt Penobscot Bay Watch email: coastwatch@gmail.com tel: 207-691-7485
Protest når ut til kong Harald V om norsk plan til nettstedet hav vindpark utenfor Maine, USA.
Sammendrag: Brev siterer norsk forskning på bivirkninger av dypvanns hav windparks, og deres forestående verdensomspennende ekspansjon, som grunner for Hans Majestet å være vert for et globalt møte om standarder for å beskytte trekkende strømmer av planktoniske larver av fisk og skalldyr fra utilsiktet avledning, ved sterke Teoriene strømmer skapt og foreviget av feil plassert dypvanns vindkraftanleggene.
South Portland, Maine. En lang tid Maine kyst bevaring gruppen har skrevet et brev til kong Harald V. Brevet ble sendt etter en 8 desember 2011 møte (se agenda her) av det amerikanske Bureau of Ocean Energy Management i South Portland, Maine, hvor en plan med Statoil skal bygge og installere et flytende hav vindpark 12 miles utenfor Maine kysten ble innført for gjennomgang. (En kopi av brev til kong Harald V vedlagt som pdf-fil.)
Den 10 desember 2011 brev, undertegnet av Penobscot Bay Watch administrerende direktør Ronald Huber, spør Hans Majestet å kalle for et moratorium på dypt hav windparks "før etter en internasjonal komité av oseanografer vurderer implikasjonene av resultatene av norsk forsker Göran Brostrøm og andre , og utvikler standarder for å sikre ichthyoplankton-safe plassering av dypt hav vindparker. "
"Vår verden er på randen av intensive grunt og dypt hav vind utvikling
off nesten hver kystnasjon, "kystens bevaring gruppens leder skrev." Mens dypvanns vindenergi utvinning vil bidra til vår art 'kamp for å unnslippe karbon epoke, må det bli innført precautionarily, så dyre feil bli gjort i første kave av utnyttelse. "
Huber siterer en forskningsstudie av Dr. Brostrøm av Det norske meteorologiske institutt, med tittelen "På påvirkning av store vindparker på øvre havsirkulasjonen." Rapporten viser at energi ekstraksjon ved hav vindmøller kan generere store lokalisert upwellings av sjøvann under hav vindmøller, "tilstrekkelig nok til at det lokale økosystemet vil mest sannsynlig være sterkt påvirket av tilstedeværelsen av en vindpark." (Göran Brostrøm, norske meteorologiske institutt, 2008)
Huber og andre er bekymret for at den kilometer-brede vann upwellings produseres året på dypvanns vindparker kunne treg eller viderekoble flytting av fisk og skalldyr larver bruker Gulf of Maine naturlige kyststrømmen å flytte i løpet av deres tidlige livsstadier som plankton. Se en kort simulering av hummer larver kanaliseres vekk fra kysten ved statoil vindpark (Youtube)
Huber sa at dette ville redusere antallet av disse unge dyr nå sine normale settling leveområder utenfor kysten av Maine, New Hampshire og Massachusetts, der de vokser til kommersielle modenhet.
Disse kan være lange vandringer. "Mange av Maine hummer, for eksempel, kommer i Canadas Bay of Fundy," Huber skrev til kongen, "mens mange av Maine atlantisk makrellstørje oppstår i Gulf of Mexico."
Mr. Huber møtt med en fremtredende forsker ved 8 desember 2011 møte. "Jeg snakket med professor Peter Jumars, leder for University of Maine School of Marine Sciences." Huber sa. "Han sa at de fire dypvanns turbiner som Statoil foreslår installering av Maine kunne sammen ut nok vindkraft til å utløse Teoriene om at Dr Brostrøm beskriver."
Huber bemerker at universitetets 2011 Maine Offshore Wind Report siterer Göran Brostrøm studie fem ganger så det vurdert sin egen DeepCwind dypvanns vindpark plan. "Burde ikke Norge gjøre det samme for dette prosjektet?" sa han.
Til slutt bemerker Penobscot Bay Watch brev til kong Harald Hans Majestets fortrolighet med og støtte for dypt vann vindkraft utvinning, og ber ham å være "den som innkaller denne internasjonale kollokvium".
"Vi ber deg som leder av fylket ditt, og som en verdensleder i havet vindkraft utvikling, å kalle for suspensjon av dypvanns vindpark lisensiering inntil lokalisering standarder er utviklet som evaluerer effekten av disse forslagene på eksisterende vann strømmer og ichthyoplankton. "
Brevet avslutter med å si "Mange som ellers støtte hav windparks vil være takknemlig til deg for din forsiktighet og foresightedness i at både sjømat og elektrisitet kommer i overflod fra verdenshavene."
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For mer informasjon, vennligst kontakt per telefon og e-post
Ron Huber
Penobscot Bay Watch
"Folk som bryr seg om Maine største bukt."
1871 POB, Rockland Maine 04841
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