The coastal region running from Massachusetts to North Carolina, for instance, contains up to 330,000 megawatts of average electrical capacity, an amount of guaranteed, bankable power that is larger, in terms of energy equivalence than the entire mid-Atlantic coast’s total energy demand — not just for electricity but for heating, for gasoline, for diesel and for natural gas. Indeed the wind off the mid-Atlantic represents a full third of the Department of Energy’s estimate of the total American offshore resource of 900,000 megawatts.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Offshore Wind Energy's Potential
The coastal region running from Massachusetts to North Carolina, for instance, contains up to 330,000 megawatts of average electrical capacity, an amount of guaranteed, bankable power that is larger, in terms of energy equivalence than the entire mid-Atlantic coast’s total energy demand — not just for electricity but for heating, for gasoline, for diesel and for natural gas. Indeed the wind off the mid-Atlantic represents a full third of the Department of Energy’s estimate of the total American offshore resource of 900,000 megawatts.
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