The number of wind power installations connected to the electrical grid in the US has exploded in recent years, driven in part by government tax credits for renewables, but all of them have been confined to land so far. That changed today, when North America's first-ever offshore wind turbine, the VolturnUS (pronounced as one word, "vol-tern-us"), was installed on a floating platform off the shore of the Penobscot River in Brewer, Maine. In the coming days, the turbine is set to be towed across the river to a site further out into the waters of the Atlantic, where it will be plugged into the electrical grid through an undersea cable. By Tuesday, it will spin to life, becoming the first operational machine of its kind on the continent.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/31/4384034/usa-first-offshore-wind-turbine-volturnus-installed-maine
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