The Biggest Offshore Wind Project in the US Is Underway

From the steady growth in market share of electric cars to continuous improvement and expansion of solar energy technology, it appears the world is going renewable—the age of fossil fuels is slowly but surely being left behind. For whatever reason, wind power doesn’t get as much love as solar, but it’s growing quickly, with massive new projects underway in the US, UK, and other parts of the world.

The Biggest Offshore Wind Project in the US Is Underway.

Two recent developments are particularly significant. First, at the beginning of this month, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm came online.

 Hornsea One, located in the North Sea off the coast of Grimsby, England, will have a generating capacity of 1.2 gigawatts when it’s fully completed in 2020. That’s almost double the capacity of the biggest fully-operational offshore farm, the UK’s 659-megawatt Walney Extension.

At 75 miles from shore, Hornsea One is also the farthest away from the land it’s meant to provide power to. At present, 50 of the farm’s 174 turbines are operational. Unlike its not-too-far-away floating neighbours in Scotland’s Hywind farm, Hornsea’s turbines will be anchored to the ocean floor.

Read the SingularityHub story by Vanessa Bates Ramirez - “The Biggest Offshore Wind Project in the US Is Underway.”