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Why offshore? (none / 1)
  1. some countries are running out of space onshore

  2. offshore, you can build wind farms like actual powerplants, on a GW-scale (with hoped for economies of scale and industrialisation, ie more potential to bring prices down and th possibility to replace large chunks of the power generation system

  3. wind is a better quality (less turbulence) and can be harvested at a higher altitude (where it is stronger)

  4. logistical issues prevent from building bigger turbines onshore as they cannot be transported around. Putting factories by the seaside for offshore use solves that.


In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Mar 13th, 2009 at 04:18:39 PM EST
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