Offshore wind has a problem: electrical transmission. Wind developers can fairly easily run high voltage cables from their offshore projects to land, but once that power comes ashore it encounters ...

One study estimates offshore wind farms could meet 11 times the projected global ... Offshore wind farms connected by an underwater power grid for transmission could revolutionize how the East ...

Achieving the aggressive offshore wind power goals of the federal government and individual states will require billions of dollars in spending on transmission infrastructure, “unprecedented” ...

Cutting costs would be welcome news—offshore wind project costs rose as much as 50% from 2021 to 2023. While some of the underlying causes have subsided, such as inflation and global supply ...

As offshore wind power projects gear up in Europe and the U.S., the push for better transmission to ensure steady electricity when winds are weak is gaining momentum. Earlier this year, 10 ...

Offshore transmission seeks second wind. ... The fairest and most efficient way to deliver electricity from future wind power clusters off the Atlantic coast would be to build a 250-mile-long ...

The electrical grid can't handle the amount of offshore wind power expected to be built and it may require putting transmission lines in the ocean. Offshore wind farms are poised to deliver a lot ...

The state aims to build three major transmission lines to carry power from future offshore wind projects to cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles. California’s main grid operator wants to ...

Atlantic Power Transmission LLC, based in Princeton, is backing its support of offshore wind projects with a 10-year, $50 million commitment to workforce development in New Jersey.