Researchers find substantial wind resource off Mid-Atlantic coast

User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 40 vote(s)

Nysted wind farm in the Baltic Sea off Denmark. Photo by Jeremy Firestone University of Delaware
Nysted wind farm in the Baltic Sea off Denmark. Photo by Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware

The wind resource off the Mid-Atlantic coast could supply the energy needs of nine states from Massachusetts to North Carolina, plus the District of Columbia--with enough left over to support a 50 percent increase in future energy demand--according to a study by researchers at the University of Delaware and Stanford University.


Full story »
All News summaries from Space & Earth science news
All News summaries for February 02, 2007
Goto Archive PhysOrg Forum Goto Archive Video Goto Archive Editorials Goto Archive Free Magazines Goto Archive Newsletter

News Archive