Offshore Wind Farms Are Spinning Up in the US—At Last
Offshore Wind Farms Are Spinning Up in the US—At Last
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
April 24, 20197m 31s
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Show Notes
On June 1, the Pilgrim nuclear plant in Massachusetts will shut down, a victim of rising costs and a technology that is struggling to remain economically viable in the United States. But the electricity generated by the aging nuclear station soon will be replaced by another carbon-free source: a fleet of 84 offshore wind turbines rising nearly 650 feet above the ocean's surface.
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