Deep-sea oil rigs inspire MIT designs for giant wind turbines

Deep-sea oil rigs inspire MIT designs for giant wind turbines from PhysOrg.com
An MIT researcher has a vision: Four hundred huge offshore wind turbines are providing onshore customers with enough electricity to power several hundred thousand homes, and nobody standing onshore can see them. The trick? The wind turbines are floating on platforms a hundred miles out to sea, where the winds are strong and steady.
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