The first of several ongoing parts…
Point Lookout, NY- The future has arrived here in this quiet, seaside hamlet in Long Island’s Nassau County.
That is, in the form of a 100 kilowatt wind turbine, the latest addition at The Town of Hempstead’s Point Lookout Energy Park.
Dawn breaks on a new day for Point Lookout
This falls under their extremely interesting “Wind to Hydrogen” project to successfully capture, and storethat wind energy. That energy will then be used to run the Town of Hempstead’s hydrogen vehicle fleet seen here
Newsday:
Hempstead Adds Three Hydrogen Powered Cars
Imagine your surprise, as a wind energy enthusiast, to google the words “wind energy (and the name of your hometown) ” and that search returns :
Final
Environmental Assessment
I had the pleasure this past April of sitting down with Ron Masters, fellow Point Lookout resident who happens to be the Commissioner of Conservation and Waterways. He heads the department under Supervisor Kate Murray’s Town of Hempstead government that is spearheading this project. It was a great hour-plus long highly informative conversation.
With the tower up, and the turbine coming in the next few days, it sure is an exciting time in our little town, at least for me, anyway!
Point Lookout Wind Turbine Simulation
Follow-ups will continue as the project becomes operational and I will answer any related questions about this in future articles or personally so please comment. I have quite a lot of information, and opinions as well.
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