Guardian:
The US and the UK are collaborating to develop floating wind
turbines to take advantage of the high wind speeds far
offshore. The turbines could be located in areas of the ocean
that are too deep to attach them to the sea floor. Such
technology should increase the potential for offshore wind
power and reduce the cost: Fixing the turbines to the sea floor
and then venturing out to repair them is expensive; floating
turbines could be repaired in port instead. The decision to
collaborate was made just before this week's
Clean
Energy Ministerial 3, which will take place 25–26
April in London.
