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I would not call offshore wind cheap, as can bee seen in Germany in the 2025 Germany's No-Subsidy Offshore Wind Auction. https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/08/0

I would not call offshore wind cheap, as can bee seen in Germany in the 2025 Germany's No-Subsidy Offshore Wind Auction. https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/08/06/germanys-2-5-gw-offshore-wind-tender-fails-to-attract-bids/ https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/08/06/germanys-2-5-gw-offs... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/analyzing-failure-germanys-no-subsidy-offshore-wind-lcn0f/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/analyzing-failure-germanys-no... Private investors are currently not willing to invest into offshore wind at market pricing. Solar is much cheaper.

no-name-here 3mo ago
1. Solar may be cheaper on average, but the Trump admin wouldn’t have to be banning companies from pursuing wind and rescinding wind leases that companies had chosen to purchase (as GP commenter linked) if companies didn’t think wind was a way to generate electricity that could also generate a profit. 2. Combining wind with other forms of renewables can also be an excellent option as wind can also generate electricity at night, in more northern climates, etc.
- leonidasrup 2mo ago
  The Trump administration is opposed to wind power, we all know that. On the other hand the claim from the article https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-national-security-82fa9799462f7eaa40556a201c9840a5 https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-national-secu... is : "Burgum says he’s worried about autonomous drones going through a wind tower field undetected because of radar interference. And, he said, the vibration of wind towers could affect undersea sonar." Maybe it's false, maybe it's true, but we can't say it for sure, because exact capabilities and limitation of military radars are classified. Personally, I think it's a half-truth, military radars have problems with detection of small slow flying drones through wind farm with a lot of moving turbine blades, but it's very improbable that someone would attack US using drones flying through offshore wind farm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar#Clutter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar#Clutter 2. Combining wind with other forms of renewables doesn't make it cheaper, but more expensive, you to build more machines, infrastructure. But in all cases, for weather dependent renewables like wind power, you have build some backup power generation for the times when wind is too weak, or too strong and wind power plant doesn't generate enough electricity. It's interesting to see that offshore wind without subsidies is not competitive even in Germany, where natural gas is much more expensive then in US. European wholesale gas is roughly 4 to 5 times more expensive than in the U.S. market. Similar situation in UK, Belgium, Japan, India https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66749344 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66749344 https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/belgium-halts-princess-elisabeth-tender/ https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/belgium-halts-princess-... https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/gwec-urges-japan-to-reform-offshore-wind-auctions/ https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/gwec-urges-japan-to-ref... https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/india-scraps-4-5gw-offshore-wind-tenders/ https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/india-scraps-4-5gw-offs...

no-name-here 3mo ago

1. Solar may be cheaper on average, but the Trump admin wouldn’t have to be banning companies from pursuing wind and rescinding wind leases that companies had chosen to purchase (as GP commenter linked) if companies didn’t think wind was a way to generate electricity that could also generate a profit. 2. Combining wind with other forms of renewables can also be an excellent option as wind can also generate electricity at night, in more northern climates, etc.

leonidasrup 2mo ago
The Trump administration is opposed to wind power, we all know that. On the other hand the claim from the article https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-national-security-82fa9799462f7eaa40556a201c9840a5 https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-national-secu... is : "Burgum says he’s worried about autonomous drones going through a wind tower field undetected because of radar interference. And, he said, the vibration of wind towers could affect undersea sonar." Maybe it's false, maybe it's true, but we can't say it for sure, because exact capabilities and limitation of military radars are classified. Personally, I think it's a half-truth, military radars have problems with detection of small slow flying drones through wind farm with a lot of moving turbine blades, but it's very improbable that someone would attack US using drones flying through offshore wind farm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar#Clutter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar#Clutter 2. Combining wind with other forms of renewables doesn't make it cheaper, but more expensive, you to build more machines, infrastructure. But in all cases, for weather dependent renewables like wind power, you have build some backup power generation for the times when wind is too weak, or too strong and wind power plant doesn't generate enough electricity. It's interesting to see that offshore wind without subsidies is not competitive even in Germany, where natural gas is much more expensive then in US. European wholesale gas is roughly 4 to 5 times more expensive than in the U.S. market. Similar situation in UK, Belgium, Japan, India https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66749344 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66749344 https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/belgium-halts-princess-elisabeth-tender/ https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/belgium-halts-princess-... https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/gwec-urges-japan-to-reform-offshore-wind-auctions/ https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/gwec-urges-japan-to-ref... https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/india-scraps-4-5gw-offshore-wind-tenders/ https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/india-scraps-4-5gw-offs...