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Can America's first floating wind farm shake off environmental concerns?
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of The Guardian (One of the UK's leading newspapers)
Posted: August 8th, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/jul/31...
The deep waters off the coast of California could become home to the countrys largest offshore wind energy project. The 765-megawatt project, proposed by ... Trident Winds, would sit about 25 miles off Californias central coast. If built, it will be larger than the 630-megawatt London Array off the coast of Kent, the worlds largest working offshore wind farm. The [US currently] has no offshore wind farms, though a number of projects are in the research phase. Trident is proposing an unprecedented project in a state that has frowned on coastal energy development ever since a 1969 blowout at an offshore oil drilling platform near Santa Barbara, which released more than 3m gallons of crude oil into the waters. California has some of the worlds toughest coastal development regulations. To win government approval, Trident will have to prepare a lengthy report to investigate the potential environmental impact of its project.
Note: Demand for energy from wind and solar sources is soaring despite the bargain price of fossil-fuels.
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