Deep-sea oil rigs inspire MIT designs for giant wind turbines

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Among three designs for floating giant wind turbines in the deep ocean MIT research is focusing on the tension leg platform (center) a system that oil companies use for deep-water rigs. Image courtesy National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Among three designs for floating giant wind turbines in the deep ocean, MIT research is focusing on the tension leg platform (center), a system that oil companies use for deep-water rigs. Image courtesy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory

An MIT researcher has a vision: Four hundred huge offshore wind turbines are providing onshore customers with enough electricity to power several hundred thousand homes, and nobody standing onshore can see them. The trick? The wind turbines are floating on platforms a hundred miles out to sea, where the winds are strong and steady.


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