Is offshore wind the energy of the future?

Offshore wind farms solve one of renewable energy’s biggest problems: unreliability. With wind almost always blowing on sea, there is no lack of power. But the technology is struggling with a bunch of other hurdles.

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Study: Levelized cost of renewable energy technologies: https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/publ...

Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the belgian north sea: https://odnature.naturalsciences.be/d...

Offshore wind farms in Germany:
http://www.offshore-stiftung.de/statu..., https://www.cleanenergywire.org/facts...

Global offshore wind capacity statistics:
https://gwec.net/china-installed-half...

Different offshore wind farm concepts:
https://acee.princeton.edu/wp-content...

0:00 Intro
0:43 Advantages offshore wind energy
3:54 The grid problem
5:28 Expensive offshore wind
7:38 The space problem
9:03 Environmental concerns
12:18 Floating Windfarms
13:01 Conclusion

Report: Kai Steinecke (IG:   / supersteinii  )
Kamera: Henning Goll
Video Editor: David Jacobi
Supervising Editor: Joanna Gottschalk