http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/science/earth/12wind.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&sq=google%20energy%20east%20coast&st=cse&scp=1
The article highlights how Google and another financial firm have decided to invest in an offshore wind energy network. The plan calls for an underwater cable to stretch from Northern New Jersey to Virginia, in a slight trench, connected to wind turbines about 15-20 miles offshore. The turbines would be barely visible to anyone onshore, and would produce the power of about five large nuclear power plants. Furthermore, because the turbines would stretch across a wide geographic area, the energy supply from them will not be confined to a small area and will thus be more predictable. Some say portions of it can start to be built by 2013. Being that this is an innovative project, it appears that its success will influence other like-minded projects in the future.
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