The Mid-Atlantic Bight wind resource, if fully exploited, could produce 330 GW of average electrical power, a resource exceeding the region's current energy demand for electricity, cars and building heat. Since electric cars and building heat store energy at the end use, their storage use can be used to levelize fluctuating wind output, thus allowing higher penetration of wind. Using wind power for all these energy needs would reduce the region's CO_2 emissions by 68%.
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