The Norwegians are building wind farms well offshore where wind speeds are greater and out of sight of NIMBY neighbors.
intercst
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They’re expensive though (no surprise, I guess). An already operating floating farm that supplies power to Norwegian oil rigs cost about $8 million per MW of capacity. The average cost of a normal wind turbine is some $1.3 million per MW, so the floaters are 6x more expensive, and that is without miles of undersea cables to the mainland.
DB2
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Not to worry, Norway has lots of oil & gas to pay for it. 
The Captain
as George Gilder used to say, “Environmentalism is the privilege of the rich.:”
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Gilder also said that offering a career path to women was a waste, as they were only working to kill time until they marry, then quit to raise children. (Wealth And Poverty)
Steve
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Nobody’s perfect.
DB2
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So, who is the final arbiter of “correct thought” vs “incorrect thought”?
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Norway has a profound sustainability point of view. Cost does not really factor into these decisions from a Primary point of view. It is a consideration with respect to capacity and rate of change, NOT the change itself.
On this basis, they view efforts by the US and ROW as inferior, incomplete and of utter complacency.
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Everyone has their own opinions, of course. I generally try to stick with the numbers (such as the floating turbines being 6x more expensive) and let people draw their own conclusions. Some might conclude the extra cost is worth it, others the opposite conclusion.
DB2
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If you have the cash you can go to Mars. If you don’t you use the Secondary point of view.
A.K.A. Supply and Demand.
The Captain
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