Maine's offshore wind ambitions: Big ideas tempered by setbacks and competition
The work began in the midst of a deep recession marked by soaring petroleum prices, in a state with the greatest dependence on heating oil. Baldacci and other advocates saw ocean energy as a tool to ...
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Can floating turbines harvest the world's wind?
Kincardine is the world's largest floating wind farm. It helps solve an engineering riddle. And its designers believe it shows how offshore wind can become a truly global energy source.
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Floating wind turbines planned off Kincardine coast
Plans have been put forward for a floating offshore wind ... of consultation. Kincardine wants to start construction in the second quarter of 2016 and have the wind farm operating by the end ...
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How floating wind farms could be the secret to Britain's clean energy future: The six innovative ways we could float skyscraper-sized turbines in the middle of the sea, revealed
However, this power is currently used to support offshore oil and gas ... energy for 35,000 UK homes. The Kincardine wind farm meanwhile has another five floating turbines which use barges.