Comments on: Conditions Clearing for Take-Off in US Offshore Wind Power http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/11/conditions-clearing-for-take-off-in-us-offshore-wind-power/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/11/conditions-clearing-for-take-off-in-us-offshore-wind-power/#comment-105454 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:44:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31305#comment-105454 Thanks for the comments, Eric. Good points.

]]> By: Eric de Haan http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/11/conditions-clearing-for-take-off-in-us-offshore-wind-power/#comment-105453 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:44:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31305#comment-105453 Yesterday I read that ‘Deepwater’ had developed and launched a 1 GW offshore-plan.

“Offshore wind power is also forecast to pick up strongly in Asia. See here and here.”

Source: Clean Technica (http://s.tt/13uwl)

The last link here is about a very small offshore test site 12MW.

“The US Dept. of Energy recently announced a $43 million program to jump-start offshore wind power development.”

Source: Clean Technica (http://s.tt/13uwl)

Having had a look through the 43 subsidized projects, I roughly estimate that half of the expenses can be reduced by getting (buying) information from the European counterparts.

IMHO, the wheel is being invented twice! Why waste time and money?

Rest of the article: Nice conclusion ! Thanks Andrew.

Disclaimer: I have no financial connections with the European Offshore Wind Industry.

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