Flaccus, G. (2023, December 5). Sale jumpstarts floating, offshore wind power in US waters. Retrieved January 25, 2024, from AP News website: https://apnews.com/article/business-california-wind-power-climate-and-environment-82bb858c275f3dbb13852522fdf5b680
There are an exponentially increasing amount of wind turbine projects happening miles off of shore. There is projected to be 150 times the amount of wind turbines in the ocean in 2030 than there are now. And the turbines are huge with some of them being the size of the Eiffel Tower. They are planned to sit on large floating triangle platforms that are anchored to the bottom of the ocean. While England has several of these projects in the North Sea, the United States are just beginning to jump on these huge possibilities that could end up producing 19 gigawatts of energy.
I think projects like this one are extremely important to the future of renewable energy. Two of the main problems with renewable energy technology is that they are too expensive and there is not a lot of room for them. But these wind turbines are in the ocean far enough away from civilization to not affect it, and it is 60% cheaper to build them now than in 2021. This project is a great adaptation to the environment and a potential big solution to slowing climate change.
As offshore wind turbine projects continue to expand, what challenges do you see in the future in terms of their integration into existing energy infrastructure and addressing potential environmental impacts?
This was interesting to read. I was wondering if the turbines could have an effect on this ecosystem?
I agree with you on how important these projects are going to be. You said that there is not that much room for them, how do you think that they can increase in such a large amount if there is only a certain amount of space they can be located?