It's about time we started to harness the power of the ocean. I've seen similar proposals over the years, with the idea of using tides to be the most interesting, but a deepwater windfarm sounds pretty interesting. Especially since they'll be using already established oil rigs to set up the windfarm on. The only question I have, is how would 2,000 turbines in the ocean affect the ocean's fish/whale/etc. population? I would assume they'd be fenced off to prevent fish from getting chopped up in the turbine, but while a few turbines here and there sounds like a good idea, how much is too much? I guess it's just a matter of trial and error, but it's always better to harness natural energy forces (wind, water, sun) rather than burning natural resources.

URL: EE Times UK - UK to be first with deepwater windfarm