Coastal railroad system, wind turbines, and the Green New Deal...

Today's article in the Washington Post about the potential of the Chesapeake Bay region to become a primary player in wind turbine manufacturing and energy generation ("Dominion Energy is embracing offshore wind. It’ll be a break for the Chesapeake Bay region") by Dominion Energy's pivot to wind generation and away from fossil fuels, reminds me that I've forgotten to make the point that rail transit can be powered by such sources, making it even more sustainable.

From "Ørsted achieves offshore wind turbine milestone: Ørsted has installed its 1,500th offshore wind turbine," Offshore Magasine

In writing about how Massachusetts should develop a true state rail plan ("Massachusetts state rail plan," 2019) I thought I mentioned that they can make it incredibly sustainable by powering it through wind energy generated off the coast, in the Atlantic Ocean ("New report: New England has vast potential for offshore wind energy," Environment Massachusetts).

The report, Offshore Wind for America, examines U.S. offshore wind potential by both coastal region and by state, while documenting the status of existing projects and technological advances. New England could generate more than five times its projected 2050 electricity demand with offshore wind alone.

But I didn't.  

-- "Is high-speed rail the fast track to transport decarbonisation?," Railway Technology
-- "Electrification of U.S. Railways: Pie in the Sky, or Realistic Goal?," Environment and Energy Sustainability Institute

In the US, only Caltrain is really moving forward on systemic electrification.

The same goes for all of the states along the Atlantic, including Maryland, and I failed to mention the potential of offshore wind-generated electricity as the primary source of power for a statewide rail system in Maryland ("A "Transformational Projects Action Plan" for a statewide passenger railroad program in Maryland," 2019), and in the Maglev posts ("Transit "wokeness" in DC and Baltimore" and "DC, Transformational Projects Action Planning, and the Baltimore-Washington Maglev project") among others. 

Plus states along the Gulf of Mexico.  And the Pacific states of California, Oregon, and Washington.

That's at least 20 states.