It will require a massive ratcheting up of the offshore wind industry by existing onshore wind behemoths like Siemens of Germany and Vestas of Denmark.
But many fear that the contracts will go to existing merchant wind farms, instead of financing new ones.
This paper briefly describes the development of existing onshore wind turbines.
A 2003 survey of residents living around Scotland's 10 existing wind farms found high levels of community acceptance and strong support for wind power, with much support from those who lived closest to the wind farms.
The automaker's existing wind tunnels could be used for hot and cold temperature testing at moderate vehicle speeds, but its new climatic wind tunnels simulate brutal extremes.
European electricity consumers already pay hefty prices to subsidise existing wind and solar installations.
Fallon said it would not be possible to dismantle the existing 4,000 onshore wind turbines.
Owners of existing and proposed wind farms, in and out of state, have until Dec. 9 to submit final bids.
In August, energy consultancy Sinclair Knight Merz reported that most existing wind turbine manufacturers were booked solid for the next five years.
The development would lie adjacent to an existing wind farm site.
