Its two turbines provided the country's first toe in the water for offshore wind power in December 2000.
Solar energy (not much use in cloudy Germany) would get less, while offshore wind power would get more.
So far, there are lease agreements for offshore wind power up to 2020 with a potential capacity of 10 gigawatts.
Offshore wind power has historically played second fiddle to onshore wind projects as a result of higher costs and technology constraints.
Based on the results of cost-benefit analysis, state regulators would potentially require investor-owned utilities to enter long-term contracts to buy offshore wind power.
North Carolina boasts more offshore wind power potential than any other state on the East Coast, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Over the past two weeks, the United States and the European Union have upped the ante in the scramble to harness offshore wind power in the Atlantic Ocean.
Over the next year or two, offshore wind power pioneers will begin rolling out a fleet of 5 to 8 megawatt wind turbines for the coming wave of offshore developments.
The Cape Wind project is the most developed of any proposals to build wind facilities on the OCS, but a number of other offshore wind power proposals are also in the works.
This effort is set to accelerate over the next two years if the New York State Public Service Commission approves a multi-million dollar feasibility study of offshore wind power near New York City.
FORBES: Turn Baby, Turn - Offshore Wind Power Poised for Major Growth in U.S.
"This FAA approval allows Cape Wind to move forward and jump-start the new American industry in offshore wind power that will help light up the East Coast, " Cape Wind spokesman Mark Rogers told CNN.
Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway and Belgium agreed to coordinate investments and project development plans to roll out the offshore wind power grid across the North Sea, the Channel, Celtic Sea and Irish Sea.
The North Carolina Offshore Wind Coalition, a lobbying outfit for the wind industry and local wind advocates, has put legislation into play in the North Carolina legislature that would likely result in the development of a whopping 2.5 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2027.
The EIA estimates onshore wind power will be 80% more expensive than conventional natural gas power, offshore wind power will be 142% more expensive than natural gas, solar thermal power will be 208% more expensive than natural gas, and solar photovoltaic will be 377% more expensive than natural gas.
FORBES: The Senate's EPA Vote Will Help Determine Our Economic Future
While that project is further along than other proposals, several other offshore wind-power projects have been proposed for New York, New Jersey, Florida, California and Delaware.
Nearly two dozen offshore wind-power projects representing more than 2, 000 MW of capacity are in the planning and permitting stages, mostly in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
FORBES: Turn Baby, Turn - Offshore Wind Power Poised for Major Growth in U.S.
WEAs are areas being considered by state-federal government offshore wind task forces and large public-private wind power consortiums like the Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium.
Under the new plan, developing more expensive technologies (such as offshore wind or tidal power) will attract more money.
ECONOMIST: Nuclear power: The wind, the sun—and the atom | The
The Renewable Energy Commission has also been looking at the potential for offshore tidal and wind power, which Deputy Duhamel said could play a significant role in improving the island's energy security in the future.
The company is continuing to pursue contracts in the offshore oil and gas industries - and also in wind power generation from offshore sites.
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult centre will focus on offshore wind, tidal and wave power.
If the "right place" for wind power is offshore, that will multiply the price.
National Grid is consulting over proposals to transfer power from offshore wind farms and Wylfa B to the electricity network.
It builds biomass power plants, huge wind turbines for offshore wind farms and, as of today, concentrated solar thermal power plants.
The European Wind Energy Association is targeting 40 gigawatts of offshore wind in the European Union by 2020 and says eventually offshore wind can provide 10% of Europe's power.
ON, the Rampion offshore wind farm could create enough electricity to power up to 450, 000 homes.
BBC: Offshore Sussex wind farm weather mast causes 999 calls
Plans for a three-year wind power project on Jersey's offshore reefs have been approved.
The invisibility of tidal power may have helped it beat offshore wind in the race to deliver juice to the grid.
While offshore wind installations are very costly to build and maintain, second only to solar thermal, all wind power is expensive.
FORBES: Tax-Blowing Boondoggle: Don't Give Wind Energy More Credit Than It Deserves
应用推荐