List of offshore wind farms in the United States
Encyclopedia
This will be an incomplete list of operational, offshore wind farms in the United States
(within the national maritime boundaries
).
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(within the national maritime boundaries
Maritime boundary
Maritime boundary is a conceptual means of division of the water surface of the planet into maritime areas that are defined through surrounding physical geography or by human geography. As such it usually includes areas of exclusive national rights over the mineral and biological resources,...
).
See also
- Wind power in the United StatesWind power in the United StatesAs of the third quarter of 2011, the cumulative installed capacity of wind power in the United States was 43,461 megawatts , making it second in the world, behind China. In 2010 wind power accounted for 2.3% of the electricity generated in the United States...
- List of wind farms
- List of offshore wind farms
- Lists of offshore wind farms by country
- Wind PowerWind powerWind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships....
- NIMBYNIMBYNIMBY or Nimby is an acronym for the phrase "not in my back yard". The term is used pejoratively to describe opposition by residents to a proposal for a new development close to them. Opposing residents themselves are sometimes called Nimbies...
- Energy Policy Act of 2005Energy Policy Act of 2005The Energy Policy Act of 2005 is a bill passed by the United States Congress on July 29, 2005, and signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005, at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico...
- Alliance to Protect Nantucket SoundAlliance to Protect Nantucket SoundThe Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is a 501 nonprofit self-styled environmental organization dedicated to the opposition of the Cape Wind project and to the long-term preservation of Nantucket Sound...
External links
- Draft Environmental Impact Statement — Produced by the US Army Corps of Engineers
- Opinion on wind turbines shifting - newspaper article
- Cape Wind Project Page - company website
- Clean Power Now — a pro-project advocacy group
- Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound - anti-project advocacy group
- Windstop.org anti-wind advocacy group