Does that actually make any sense when there is also plenty of wind across the ocean, which is >1000 miles closer to the coastal cities where people live?

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sigmoid10 a day ago | parent | next [-]

Offshore wind power costs ~3 times more per MWh than on land. You can still do it if you're really low on space, but if you have tons of empty space anyway, it may very well be cheaper to simply build longer power lines.

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bryanlarsen 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The main advantage of offshore power is the reliability of the wind. For example, on the North Sea the wind blows strong enough for power generation 80% of the time.

The East coast of the US has similar trade winds.

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Jordan-117 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Plus the current admin is extremely hostile towards wind power projects.

	▲	AnthonyMouse 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The current admin doesn't have a long enough shelf life to be making any long-term plans based on their proclivities.

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aqme28 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Tends to have a lot of unfortunate pushback from the well-connected people who like to live on coastlines.

	▲	AnthonyMouse 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A wind turbine which is ~30 miles from shore can't be seen from the coast because of the curvature of the earth. Do you actually think you'll get more opposition to a wind farm nobody can see from shore with a 30 mile undersea power cable that correspondingly doesn't require any use of eminent domain, than needing to seize a line of land 1500 miles long for a transmission line?