US offshore wind 2,000GW

[Jay McKinsey + 1,489]

“Offshore wind, with its potential for domestic electricity-generating capacity of more than 2,000 gigawatts (GW), could supply enough electricity to meet the needs of the entire United States two times over,” NREL stated earlier this week.

“In just a couple years, offshore prices have dropped from $200 per megawatt-hour (MWh) to roughly $75 per MWh, while turbine rotors have grown in size to 170 m with an average capacity of up to 9.5 MW,” NREL says."

A few more years and it will be $35 MWh.

. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/06/11/wowzers-2x-more-electricity-from-offshore-wind-for-usa/

 

 

Edited June 11, 2020 by Jay McKinsey

[BradleyPNW + 282]

Sort of an efficient model to have all your supply chains, manufacturing, and maintenance located in coastal ports. The public won't complain because you can't see or hear them.