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FIGURE 2-10 Offshore projects showing capacity, water depth, and distance to
shore. Figure does not include experimental deepwater projects (e.g., Hywind).
(S OURCE : National Renewable Energy Laboratory.)
be farther from shore. This trend may be indicative of different market con-
ditions favoring larger projects because of economies of scale. It may also
reflect a general desire to move projects away from shore to areas where
public concerns (over visual impacts, for example) can be minimized.
New technologies, as well as new construction and transport strate-
gies, will be needed to extend this design space farther from shore and