offshore wind

The UK Crown Estate, which owns the UK seabed, has announced its 3rd round of offshore wind leasing programs, hoping to have 25 gigawatts of new windfarm sites up and running by 2020. This means, with current technologies, that we can expect an additional 7,000 turbines to be spinning in the waters surrounding the UK in under 12 years.

A recent survey (pdf) found that 87 percent of Massachusetts residents say they are now “more likely to support Cape Wind” in the wake of the recently issued draft environmental impact statement (EIS) that found no major environmental harms resulting from the proje

Professor Jonathan Adler suggests that prize money for renewable energy innovation rather than federal subsidies is more effective. But will it work for marine renewables? Read my post to see my thoughts.