Comments on: Offshore Wind: Costly, But Big Benefits

By: GE Jumps Into Offshore Wind Biz, Buys ScanWind

GE Jumps Into Offshore Wind Biz, Buys ScanWind — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:01:44 +0000

[...] is an important entrant in the offshore wind technology market. Offshore wind has been hampered by high costs, the recession, and NIMBY-ism, and a variety of big players have backed out of high-profile [...]

By: House OKs $1B for Wind Tech Development & Demos: What’s In It for Innovators?

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:00:24 +0000

[...] wind technology — which is more expensive, kilowatt-for-kilowatt, than land-based projects — gets special mention in the bill as an area of focus for the DOE [...]

By: Picking the Sweet Spot for Offshore Wind

Picking the Sweet Spot for Offshore Wind — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:31:20 +0000

[...] No Comments Posted April 27th, 2009 at 2:30 pm in Big Green,Energy Sure, offshore wind is more expensive than that captured on land, but it’s often windier out there on the water, which means more [...]

By: StatoilHydro and Statkraft Team Up on UK Wind

StatoilHydro and Statkraft Team Up on UK Wind — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:02:10 +0000

[...] moving out. The project is much smaller than the 1,000-MW London Array, but offshore wind can cost twice as much as onshore projects, and the viability of offshore wind in the UK has been questioned in the past. [...]

By: New Rules for Offshore Clean Power On the Way « Earth2Tech

New Rules for Offshore Clean Power On the Way « Earth2Tech — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:46:14 +0000

[...] wind energy is only just beginning to make headway in the U.S. The 420-megawatt Cape Wind project in Massachusetts received a favorable review from [...]