Test models performed well in the laboratory, but the farm's real turbines will need to stand up to the region's bleak weather
Maine, a northeastern US state known more for its lobster than renewable energy, is pushing to become a world leader in deep sea wind power.
While Europe has over one hundred off-shore wind farms - some fixed to the seabed and some floating - the United States, perhaps surprisingly, has none at all. That's right: none, zero, nada.
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