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pscot

(21,024 posts)
Thu May 18, 2017, 02:28 PM May 2017

taking offshore wind to the next level

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/05/north-sea-wind-power-hub-offshore-wind-farm/



The proposal is relatively straight-forward: build an artificial island in the middle of the North Sea to serve as a cost-saving base of operations for thousands of wind turbines, while at the same time doubling up as a hub that connects the electricity grids of countries bordering the North Sea, including the UK.

In time, more islands may be built too; daisy chained via underwater cables to create a super-sized array of wind farms tapping some of best wind resources in the world.
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taking offshore wind to the next level (Original Post) pscot May 2017 OP
The North Sea has been trashed enough by Danish oil and gas wells. It hardly needs more trashing. NNadir May 2017 #1

NNadir

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1. The North Sea has been trashed enough by Danish oil and gas wells. It hardly needs more trashing.
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:20 PM
May 2017

n/t.

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