Offshore Wind Power: Is It Worth the Trade-Offs?

The U.S. has approved the first offshore wind farm. This farm, off the coast of Cape Cod, will supply enough energy for ¾ of Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The project will include 130 wind turbines over a 24 sq. mi. about 5 miles from shore. One nice thing about this project is that will not produce and carbon or any other pollutant. This could be the beginning of a new area to cleaning up our earth, being the first of many planed projects all along the Atlantic coast. Even with all the benefits, some are not thrilled about the project. The project will cost $1 billion and will be built on Indian burial grounds; it will also block the Cape Cod’s sea views.
This is what the wind industry has been waiting for after their largely spreading achievement across the land. Last year alone more than 10,000MW of wind power added, which equals about 39%, and has an estimated ability to produce 90,000MW of energy along the coast line. Most people feel that this process will be a very positive impact.
I’m so glad that somebody finally found a way to produce energy without harming our planet anymore. Everybody is trying to go green and this seems to be a great way to show that even energy could easily go completely green. We really need to do more of this. There is no way of reversing global warming but we can reduce it, which is really need with all the extreme disasters and weather we have been having lately.