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Biden-Harris Administration Approves Largest Offshore Wind Project in the Nation (www.doi.gov)

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

What are the benefits of putting them offshore?

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

Basically:

Wind blows more consistently
Wind blows at different times from onshore
It's a big area you can set up wind farms in, while property ownership in the eastern US is typically in the form of lots of small parcels, making it difficult to accumulate enough contiguous land for a large wind farm
It's close to major urban areas

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I would add that, depending on how far off shore it is, that the NIMBY factor is less of a problem

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

When you're way out to sea, the NIMBY folks switch to fighting the spot where the cable comes ashore.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I said less of a problem, rather then not a problem 🤣

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Also the turbines can be much larger. The blades have to be a single piece, to withstand the forces on it. That obviously causes problems transporting them on land. Modern offshore wind turbine blades are single pieces of over 100m, so longer then a football pitch. However that is not a problem offshore. The reason you want it is that with blade length the energy produced grows exponentially.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Sad to me that few upvote questions around here. This is a good question to ask. Thank you for asking.

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