Une technologie qui sera sans doute mûre dans 5 à 10 ans et qui permettra d'exploiter l'énorme potentiel éolien du large.


"(...) Two deepwater floating wind turbine demonstration projects to be built near Utsira over the next two years using technology similar to that of floating oil and gas platforms (...) The same sized wind turbine can produce double the amount of power out at sea as on land, he said, adding that the need for more robust technology to withstand maritime weather conditions however drove up costs.  StatoilHydro, which one day hopes to build a park of giant turbines capable of floating in depths of up to 170 metres and each capable of providing power for 1,000 homes, says such deepwater wind farms are still years off (...)"

Suite : AFP


 70 miles x 70 miles = about 150 GW or 400 TWh per year = UK annual demand for electric power.
(1 mile = 1,6km)