
The United States is considering a European trend in order to produce energy by using offshore wind.
According to an article in the Long Island Report, utility companies in the United States are considering two different offshore wind proposals, following Europe's lead when it comes to green energy production.
Europe's first offshore wind farm, Vindeby, which is an 11-turbine farm in Denmark, has been in service since 1991, the source reported. Since the year the wind farm was completed, Europe has installed 49 offshore wind farms, which have a total of 1,247 turbines, according to a report by the European Wind Energy Association.
The executive director of the team proposing an offshore wind farm in the United States, Gordian Raacke, said he believes the United States will begin producing offshore wind energy soon.
“When you see what’s happening in Europe, the growth that’s happening in Europe and the projections, that trend will come to these shores,” Raacke said to the source. “We’re hitting critical mass in the U.S. now.”
Two offshore proposals have been approved by all of the necessary agencies in the United States. The Cape Wind project near Cape Cod and the Delaware Offshore Wind Farm are both utility scale proposals, which will produce a large amount of energy.
A pilot project in China has also opened the door for China to produce more offshore wind energy, according to website CRI English.

