A gust of energy
July 10th, 2009 by Ari Daniel Shapiro | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast
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Jim Miller listens to the wind outside of his office window somewhat differently these days.
Jim Miller from the University of Rhode Island studies sounds and noise in the ocean.
Miller said, “Noise means interfering with something else. You could say that marine mammals are making noise because they’re interfering with my measurements. Or, or the ships are making noise. Or the rain is making noise.”
Miller’s thinking about how all this underwater noise is being impacted by offshore wind power. He’ll tell us about that connection in this episode.
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Photographs
 Middelgrunden offshore wind farm in Denmark, 2000. |
 Installation of GE wind turbine. |
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Rhode Island wind farm project
Examples of underwater noise sources
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Rhode Island’s approach to wind farms
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Thank you Jim! Your interview with Ari was very enlightening as to some of the issues surrounding the deployment of wind farms. At least for me, you raised several issues I had never thought of. Really interesting work!
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