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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 ...
As aforementioned, offshore wind farms have the primary goal of reducing carbon emissions, by providing renewable energy. Evidence of this goal being achieved can already be seen in the United States. Specifically, a study done in Michigan analyzing the effects of offshore wind farms on the Great Lakes has shown improvement to air quality. [48]
Chevelon Butte wind farm Arizona: 477 [100] Alle-Catt wind farm New York: 340 [101] Boswell Springs Wind Farm (2023) Wyoming: 331 [102] Thunderhead Wind Energy Nebraska: 300 [103] Seven Cowboy wind farm Oklahoma: 300 [104] Canisteo wind farm New York: 291 [105] Sapphire Sky wind farm Illinois: 260 [106] Badger Wind Farm North Dakota: 250 [107]
Construction of the Block Island Wind Farm, a five turbine project began in April 2015 and was completed in December 2016 to become the first offshore wind farm in the United States. Cape Wind started development around 2002, but faced opposition and eventually ceased before being realized.
Community Offshore Wind, a partnership between Essen, Germany-based RWE and New York-based National Grid, on Friday proposed a wind farm that would generate 2.8 gigawatts of electricity, or enough ...
Vineyard Wind 1 is an offshore wind farm under construction in U.S. federal waters in the Atlantic Ocean in Bureau of Ocean Energy Management-designated Lease Area OCS-A 0520, about 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts.
That would make offshore-wind projects more efficient. The US is home to only 7 offshore wind turbines. But one startup is betting on autonomous underwater vehicles to map the seafloor up to 10 ...
The nation's second large offshore wind farm, Vineyard Wind, is expected to open later this year off the coast of Massachusetts, too. The first five turbines are providing power for about 30,000 ...