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History and Background. Offshore wind power in the United States began to develop in the early 2000s. The Cape Wind project, proposed for Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts, was the first significant offshore wind project attempted in the U.S. However, it faced numerous challenges, including legal disputes, opposition from local communities, and ...
In 2010, the US Energy Information Agency said "offshore wind power is the most expensive energy generating technology being considered for large scale deployment". [5] The 2010 state of offshore wind power presented economic challenges significantly greater than onshore systems, with prices in the range of 2.5-3.0 million Euro/MW. [36]
In addition to the large onshore wind resources, the U.S. has large offshore wind power potential, [52] with another NREL report released in September 2010 showing that the U.S. has 4,150 GW of potential offshore wind power nameplate capacity, an amount 4 times that of the country's 2008 installed capacity from all sources, of 1,010 GW. [53]
The following table lists offshore wind farm areas (by nameplate capacity) that are in various states development for the Outer Continental Shelf in U.S. territorial waters of the East Coast of the United States, [31] where a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) wind energy area lease has been secured [32] [33] and have gained at least some ...
The 1973 oil crisis triggered the investigation in Denmark and the United States that led to larger utility-scale wind generators that could be connected to electric power grids for remote use of power. By 2008, the U.S. installed capacity had reached 25.4 gigawatts, and by 2012, the installed capacity was 60 gigawatts. [12]
Maryland's first offshore wind project is expected to start operations in 2025-2026. The 270-MW project is owned by US Wind, a subsidiary of Italy's Renexia SpA.
Offshore wind energy projects in New York, New Jersey and Maryland are moving forward, as federal regulators examine the proposals and opponents escalate their legal challenges to the work. A ...
[6] [7] Wind farms sited offshore have less visual impact and have higher capacity factors, although they are generally more expensive. [2] Offshore wind power currently has a share of about 10% of new installations. [8] Wind power is one of the lowest-cost electricity sources per unit of energy produced.