DOE Renewable Energy Lab predicts 20% windpower capacity by 2030

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab today predicted that the U.S. could generate 20 percent of its electricity from wind energy by 2030 if it develops offshore wind farms in the coastal waters of 26 states. The report concluded that if offshore wind farms are densely developed along the U.S. coastline, such installations could theoretically provide four times the electricity capacity that now exists in the U.S.