The Biden-Harris administration today announced its approval of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project – the fifth approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project under President Biden’s leadership.
It’s a big area you can set up wind farms in, while property ownership in the eastern US is typically in the form of lots of small parcels, making it difficult to accumulate enough contiguous land for a large wind farm
What are the benefits of putting them offshore?
Basically:
I would add that, depending on how far off shore it is, that the NIMBY factor is less of a problem
When you’re way out to sea, the NIMBY folks switch to fighting the spot where the cable comes ashore.
I said less of a problem, rather then not a problem 🤣