IRI - TURBINE MEETING POSTPONED

[Plug]

Due to weather cancelling school today at Lord Baltimore School in Ocean View, DE where the meeting was to take place. The meeting concerning turbine installation in the Indian River Inlet has been postponed until MARCH 3, 2004

[HaysWalt]

Probably the first good night of sleep D. Vauthier
of UEK Corporation has had in weeks.

[pksurfish]

Weather was fine here in DC. What kind of weather could have caused school to be cancelled in DE? I can't imagine that it could have been that cold or had a lot of snow.

[JAL]

We had less than an inch of snow in west Sussex Co. I think a little farther east they may have had 1-2" in the fields, but not stuck on the roads. Soon they will cancel schools for rain.

[HaysWalt]

Just found this on the New England MFC web site:

INDIAN RIVER INLET TIDAL POWER PROJECT
Plans to construct a tidal power demonstration project in Indian River Inlet, Delaware, are
advancing. Although application has not as yet been made for state or federal permits, project
proponents anticipate developing a feasibility project using a single unit within the year, and
proceeding to commercial production by 2006. Each unit consists of twin, reversible turbines
that are 20 ft wide, 10 ft high, and 16 ft long; the final design is for 28 units (10.8 MW) to be
phased in over a 4-5 year period.
Indian River Inlet provides the principal means of ingress and egress for migratory organisms
using the Delaware Inland Bays, which collectively provide nursery and feeding habitat essential
to dozens of species managed by the Magnuson Fishery Management Councils and/or Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission. Potential impacts of the generating units (e.g., vibration,
entrainment, impingement, pressure changes) on living marine resources have not been
addressed. The University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, has been suggested to
design studies to address biological impacts. Some data should soon be available from a similar,
but nontidal, project that was recently permitted in the Yukon River, Alaska.
(Tim.Goodger@noaa.gov, 410/ 226-5606)

Any updates Fish Wish???

Walt

[Tomasas]

Originally posted by HaysWalt:
the final design is for 28 units (10.8 MW) to be
phased in over a 4-5 year period.

unit = 2 turbines

Myself and Fish Wish talked to the guy (their representative ) at the local tackle shop today... he was affraid to take his sunglasses off... was affraid to look into our eyes...

nice story blah blah blah... but

it ain't happening...

[HaysWalt]

Hope you're correct!

[TimS]

The meeting that was postponed is now scheduled for this Wednesday night!

TimS

[HaysWalt]

Got this e mail from UEK today:

Subj:
Date: 3/1/2004 10:49:43 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: uekus@juno.com
To: HAYSWALT@aol.com



This is to confirm that the rescheduled meeting concerning the Indian
Inlet Power Plant is rescheduled for Mar. 3rd at 7:00 pm. Lord Baltimore
Elementary School, Ocean View, DE


Hey, I did say I was for clean alternative power

[windknot]

Hmmmm, these guys know what they're doing ! Could they find a more inconvenient venue in the state of Delaware????

Ok, enough whining.... I hope many of you Southern dudes make it !

[me]

I will be there! The lastest proposal has moved the turbines to teh north side of the inlet so it won't bother boat fisherman but the northside rocks will most likely be off limits to fisherman. There has to be effect on the striper population also. I am also worried about the bay. This will be very harmfull

[TimS]

Originally posted by me:
I will be there! The lastest proposal has moved the turbines to teh north side of the inlet so it won't bother boat fisherman but the northside rocks will most likely be off limits to fisherman. There has to be effect on the striper population also. I am also worried about the bay. This will be very harmfull

Mah friend Plug is not gonna be happy about that

North side? I thought these things were gonna take up a fair amount of the inlet's width?

TimS

[Fish Wish]

The latest proposal is to tether 26 pairs of turbines on a single cable anchored from the tip of the north jetty to the footing of the proposed new bridge at a depth of 14 feet to ensure 5 feet clearance at mean low tide. THAT configuration would for all intents and purposes destroy fishing on the north side from the jetty to the bridge. The turbines would have to be serviced at least once a year further limiting access. The plan is to add a 20 foot extension on the new bathhouse to house the 'monitoring station' that will be fed by an underground cable connected to the aforementioned cable. I heard this information face to face from a guy in a tackle shop who was distributing posters about the meeting from, I assume, UEKUS.

What scares the hell outta me is that with these plans already in place ... where was the public input PRIOR to the modifications being approved? The taxpayers are paying for the new bridge (in large part) and the new bathhouse.

From the tone of the guy I talked to, he sure had all the answers .... windfarms make noise and kill birds ... there's a sweet spot created behind every turbine that holds fish ... why wouldn't you be able to fish there? blah, blah ...

Be prepared for a real dog and pony show.

[OCSurfFishn]

Originally posted by Fish Wish:
From the tone of the guy I talked to, he sure had all the answers .... windfarms make noise and kill birds ... there's a sweet spot created behind every turbine that holds fish ... why wouldn't you be able to fish there? blah, blah ...

A sweet spot of deafened... blind... deformed fish

I can't wait.

[striper53]

Hi guys,
Just read through this post and the earlier one and am wondering if an Environmental Impact Study has been done yet or is this too early in the game?

I wish you luck on this.

PaulH in NH