Clean Energy Digest

It’s election season in the U.S. and talk of energy plans is all the rage. And while wind gets its fair share of press perhaps politicians should look offshore for something more than drilling.
The United States has thousands of miles of coastline that is rated either excellent, outstanding or superb for wind power potential by [...]

Offshore wind projects have proven to be a very tough sell so far in the United States. The most notable project to date has been the 420 megawatt Cape Wind proposal off the coast of Massachusetts. Seven years into the process we still don’t know if the project will ever be approved.
There are other offshore [...]

A revolutionary new kind of wind energy may someday come to an ocean near you. Floating wind platforms can be sighted far offshore to take advantage to stronger winds found in deep waters. A story called Wind Power That Floats provides more details. The video below shows how one such platform was built.
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