re: #295 brookly red

We also have a tidal turbine in the East River, but hydro power isn’t going to be a fix because of navigable waterway concerns. There are proposals for offshore wind farms for Long Island and NJ, but the NJ proposals came under fire when the proposals were too close to shore (like 3-5 miles), but studies found that opposition declined when they were moved further offshore.

Of course, the further offshore, the greater the costs - both in original installation and then ongoing maintenance, but it goes to the whole notion of NIMBY and out of sight and out of mind.

Bloomberg also proposed wind farms all over NYC, including on SI’s Fresh Kills landfill (and there are some test turbines there IIRC).