Comment by mcmoor
3 days ago
There are a lot of ocean, but limited shores. I guess that's the only economical place to build it, but of course it blocks scenery. If people truly built it in open ocean, less people will complain.
3 days ago
There are a lot of ocean, but limited shores. I guess that's the only economical place to build it, but of course it blocks scenery. If people truly built it in open ocean, less people will complain.
"It is very hard to build robust and secure wind farms in water deeper than around 200 feet (~60 m)"
https://profession.americangeosciences.org/society/intersect...
That’s ~true for now but keep the date someone said it in mind. It’s really easy to keep thinking technical limitations still true when they are wildly out of date.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_wind_turbine
The biggest is Hywind Tampen, Max. water depth 300 m
NOK 8 billion ($730 million; $8.3m/MW)