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> UK has the largest offshore wind generating capacity in Europe. The UK has a generating capacity of 8.2 gigawatts, accounting for 44 per cent of all offshore
by perfunctory 7y ago
> UK has the largest offshore wind generating capacity in Europe. The UK has a generating capacity of 8.2 gigawatts, accounting for 44 per cent of all offshore wind capacity in Europe.
> It also puts other countries to shame, and there’s perhaps no bigger embarrassment than the U.S., which has just 30 megawatts (or 0.03 gigawatts) of offshore wind capacity.
- Gravityloss 7y agoUS has a lot of land mass and quite good land wind power areas. AFAIK the ocean shores of the US are quite deep. All contrary to UK or Denmark.
- fatnoah 7y agoDespite not directly stating it, the article does create the impression that wind power is not a thing in the US, however it is indeed a thing and offshore is a growing part of it. From Wikipedia: As of January 2017, the total installed wind power nameplate generating capacity in the United States was 82,183 megawatts (MW).[3] This capacity is exceeded only by China and the European Union.[4] Also from Wikipedia: On August 8, 2016 the Massachusetts governor signed Bill H.4568 which mandates that Massachusetts utilities obtain 1.6 GW of offshore wind power by 2027 Behind the curve? Yes. Ignoring wind? No.