Published On Jul 11, 2021
Offshore wind turbines powered almost 40% of all the UK's homes in 2020. The International Energy Agency says there's enough potential accessible energy out there to power all of Europe, the US and Japan several times over. But to get at all of it, developers will have to go out into the very deep waters of the open oceans and find a way to make their turbines float safely and securely in all weather conditions. So how on earth are they going to do that?
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