North Sea Price Wars Could Lead to Big Windmills in U.S. Waters

摘要

North Sea gales are blowing life into the struggle to develop offshore wind farms in the U.S. Energy auctions in Denmark and the Netherlands in the third quarter helped drag down offshore wind prices 22 percent this year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. U.S. developers say that's reducing equipment and construction costs on both sides of the Atlantic, as they pursue contracts to sell electricity from proposed projects in waters off New York, New Jersey and elsewhere.