Offshore windfarms 'can provide more electricity than the world needs'
Erecting wind turbines on the world’s best offshore sites could provide more than enough clean energy to meet global electricity demand, according to a report.
A detailed study of the world’s coastlines has found that offshore windfarms alone could provide more electricity than the world needs – even if they are only built in windy regions in shallow waters near the shore.
Analysis by the International Energy Agency (IEA) revealed that if windfarms were built across all useable sites which are no further than 60km (37 miles) off the coast, and where coastal waters are no deeper than 60 metres, they could generate 36,000 terawatt hours of renewable electricity a year. This would easily meeting the current global demand for electricity of 23,000 terawatt hours.
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Neat. Now do storage and distribution.Gwad said:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/24/offshore-windfarms-can-provide-more-electricity-than-the-world-needs
Erecting wind turbines on the world’s best offshore sites could provide more than enough clean energy to meet global electricity demand, according to a report.
A detailed study of the world’s coastlines has found that offshore windfarms alone could provide more electricity than the world needs – even if they are only built in windy regions in shallow waters near the shore.
Analysis by the International Energy Agency (IEA) revealed that if windfarms were built across all useable sites which are no further than 60km (37 miles) off the coast, and where coastal waters are no deeper than 60 metres, they could generate 36,000 terawatt hours of renewable electricity a year. This would easily meeting the current global demand for electricity of 23,000 terawatt hours. -
Cool. Just don’t put them where rich people like to vacation.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/mar/2/20060302-124537-9804r/ -
Let's wipe out the sea birds too!!!!
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If you like huge electricity prices that phu*cks over the little guy then you have a solution. Scratch a leftist find a fascist.
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Let's spend trillions to build all these so that in 20 years when the next generation of progressives decide they're environmentally distasteful we can try something else.
Wind energy is the new hydroelectricity. -
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As the great Thomas Sowell would say “At what cost, and compared to what”?
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Anyone pushing for clean energy who doesn’t include nuclear as a major piece of solution is dishonest and isn’t really interested in green energy or climate change.
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Have people forgot hydro and nuclear exist?
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They bad. Everyone says so.PostGameOrangeSlices said:Have people forgot hydro and nuclear exist?
