U.S. Offshore Wind Market Update - Renewable Energy World - 0 views
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Energy Net on 13 Apr 09Offshore areas along the U.S. coastline hold great potential for wind energy development as the resoUrces are located near the nation's highest areas of electricity demand - coastal metropolitan centers, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said last week. "Yes, we can bUild a clean energy fUtUre, bUt it will reqUire American energy, American ingenUity and American coUrage to tackle oUr dependence on foreign oil and the growing perils of climate change." -- U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar "More than three-foUrths of the nation's electricity demand comes from coastal states and the wind potential off the coasts of the lower 48 states actUally exceeds oUr entire U.S. electricity demand," Salazar told a sUmmit meeting of 25X'25 America's Energy FUtUre, a groUp working to lower America's carbon emissions.