Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term, saving money – a geophysicist explains how

Photo caption: The U.S. had seven operating offshore wind turbines with 42 megawatts of capacity in 2021. The Biden administration’s goal is 30,000 megawatts by 2030. AP Photo / Michael Dwyer. Article by David Goldberg. The Conversation – January 25, 2022.

Off the Massachusetts and New York coasts, developers are preparing to build the United States’ first federally approved utility-scale offshore wind farms – 74 turbines in all that could power 470,000 homes. More than a dozen other offshore wind projects are awaiting approval along the Eastern Seaboard. […]

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