The Economist | (Video Report)
“It is not just utility companies racing to respond to the rise of renewable energy. Oil and gas giant Statoil is building on four decades of offshore experience to erect its first floating wind farm.
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This is truly amazing. Wind generators such as these would be perfect for the US eastern continental shelf. One of the main complaints against wind farms is their “unsightliness”. Floating turbines such as these could be placed far off shore out of sight, and still be in relatively shallow water. The Eastern US shelf in some places extends out 500 miles and is seldom deeper than 500 ft.