>Europe never had that luxury. Offshore wind is our only option. This kind of depends on where in Europe. The North of Sweden (i.e the top 2/3 of the country)

>Europe never had that luxury. Offshore wind is our only option. This kind of depends on where in Europe. The North of Sweden (i.e the top 2/3 of the country) is very sparsely populated, and well-suited for installing on-shore wind power. NIMBYs keep on NIMBYing though, and many projects get killed because of their protesting.