Guardian: The Obama administration has for the first time opened up large areas off the Atlantic Coast for offshore wind farms. The department of the interior said it was proposing to offer competitive lease sales on some 278,000 acres, or about 432 square miles, off the coasts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Virginia. The sale is expected to go ahead in the first half of 2013. "Wind energy along the Atlantic holds enormous potential, and today we are moving closer to tapping into this massive domestic...
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/01/us-government-offshore-wind-farms-atlantic
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