EU OCEAN WIND LOOKS TO DEEP WATERS

European Offshore Wind: Germany Points To Possible Trouble On The Horizon

Peter Kelly-Detweiler,August 8, 2013 (Forbes)

"…[Employing 58,000 people in 2012, the offshore wind industry installed 5,000 megawatts (5 gigawatts – GW) of new capacity just in the last year…[O]ffshore wind has been one of the fastest growing maritime industries in Europe, but continued growth will require moving into deeper water – that is, water depths greater than 50 meters…[D]eep water wind from the North Sea alone has the potential to supply European markets ‘four times over’ …[but] many technological, economic, and political hurdles must be overcome…” click here for more

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