A Struggle in Europe for Offshore Wind Power - Green Inc.

NYTimes.com: "Despite the financial crisis, it seems that wind power is moving up the political agenda everywhere. But as China and the United States continue to develop their wind resources on the ground, a question for Europe is how many windmills can be built out at sea.

Inland sites are much less available in Europe than in some other parts of the world. Building windmills at sea also helps to overcome not-in-my-backyard protests from homeowners who complain that windmills are ugly and noisy.

Furthermore, the wind across the sea is stronger and more stable, resulting in higher levels of electricity generation. Developers also can generally build bigger turbines because there is no need to haul the massive components by narrow roads to remote inland locations."