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Does that actually make any sense when there is also plenty of wind across the ocean, which is >1000 miles closer to the coastal cities where people live?
by AnthonyMouse 3mo ago
Does that actually make any sense when there is also plenty of wind across the ocean, which is >1000 miles closer to the coastal cities where people live?
- sigmoid10 3mo agoOffshore wind power costs ~3 times more per MWh than on land. You can still do it if you're really low on space, but if you have tons of empty space anyway, it may very well be cheaper to simply build longer power lines.
- Jordan-117 3mo agoPlus the current admin is extremely hostile towards wind power projects.
- AnthonyMouse 3mo agoThe current admin doesn't have a long enough shelf life to be making any long-term plans based on their proclivities.
- bryanlarsen 3mo agoThe main advantage of offshore power is the reliability of the wind. For example, on the North Sea the wind blows strong enough for power generation 80% of the time. The East coast of the US has similar trade winds.
- aqme28 3mo agoTends to have a lot of unfortunate pushback from the well-connected people who like to live on coastlines.
- AnthonyMouse 3mo agoA wind turbine which is ~30 miles from shore can't be seen from the coast because of the curvature of the earth. Do you actually think you'll get more opposition to a wind farm nobody can see from shore with a 30 mile undersea power cable that correspondingly doesn't require any use of eminent domain, than needing to seize a line of land 1500 miles long for a transmission line?