{"id":5050,"date":"2009-04-08T17:12:59","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T17:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2009\/04\/08\/wind-turbines-could-more-than\/"},"modified":"2009-04-08T17:12:59","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T17:12:59","slug":"wind-turbines-could-more-than","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/08\/wind-turbines-could-more-than\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind turbines could more than meet U.S. electricity needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Simply harnessing the wind in relatively shallow waters &#8212; the most accessible and technically feasible sites for offshore turbines &#8212; could produce at least 20% of the power demand for most coastal states, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said, unveiling a report by the Minerals Management Service that details the potential for oil, gas and renewable development on the outer continental shelf.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest wind potential lies off the nation&#8217;s Atlantic coast, which the Interior report estimates could produce 1,000 gigawatts of electricity &#8212; enough to meet a quarter of the national demand.<\/p>\n<p>The report also notes large potential in the Pacific, including off the California coast, but said the area presented technical challenges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There will be considerable opposition to this because the wind turbines will totally spoil the view, which is actually one of the main economic assets in tourist areas along the east coast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-energy3-2009apr03,0,7532220.story\">Details here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simply harnessing the wind in relatively shallow waters &#8212; the most accessible and technically feasible sites for offshore turbines &#8212; could produce at least 20% of the power demand for most coastal states, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said, unveiling a report by the Minerals Management Service that details the potential for oil, gas and renewable &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/08\/wind-turbines-could-more-than\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wind turbines could more than meet U.S. electricity needs<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1js","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}