European offshore wind industry taking off | 35 comments (35 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

nresources are obviously not relevant to be represented on the main offshore wind map...

http://www.wind-eole.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/Offshore/European_Offshore_Wind_Map_2009.pd f (larg-ish pdf)

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Jan 18th, 2010 at 09:29:09 AM EST
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Re: Mediteranean (4.00 / 4)

Actually, ther wind resource is rather good in the French Mediteranean:

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Jan 18th, 2010 at 09:32:55 AM EST
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Re: Mediteranean (none / 1)

Yes, but the ocean floor doesn't help. On the Atlantic it would, though.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jan 18th, 2010 at 09:37:22 AM EST
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Re: Mediteranean (none / 1)

That would be thanks to the Mistral and Tramontane.
I have lived near Marseille a couple of years back: it is a windy country.

by Bernard (bernard) on Mon Jan 18th, 2010 at 12:06:31 PM EST
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Re: Mediteranean (none / 0)

I did too, and it makes me wonder if there is such a thing for this as too much windstrength.

When it blows hard, I can't imagine a 80km/h windgust is exploitable. But, maybe it s...

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by r------ on Mon Jan 18th, 2010 at 04:16:15 PM EST
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Re: Mediteranean (none / 0)

The wind resource is great. The difficulty onshore is to find locations that don't disturb people, and offshore to find somewhere not too deep and not to close to shore.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Jan 18th, 2010 at 04:30:19 PM EST
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European offshore wind industry taking off | 35 comments (35 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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