Saturday, July 01, 2006
Floating Wind Farms
General Electric has a solution to the eyesore problem.
By Kevin Bullis
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| Wind turbines off Ireland's coast produce 3.6 megawatts of electricity each. (Courtesy of GE) |
Even some energy-conscious Massachusetts residents oppose a plan to put dozens of electricity-generating wind turbines on towers about eight kilometers off the southern coast of Cape Cod, saying they would be an eyesore. But huge turbines in development at General Electric could make battles with coastal residents a thing of the past. Researchers say the turbines could be placed on floating platforms, far at sea and invisible from the shore.
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