Giant Undersea Network Will Bring Offshore Wind Power to East Coast, With Google Investment
The Atlantic Wind Connection The proposed undersea transmission cable would link offshore wind projects up and down the mid-Atlantic coast. TheGoogle Last night, Google announced that it has agreed to invest heavily in a proposed $5 billion, 350-mile power transmission backbone that would provide infrastructure for future offshore wind projects along the mid-Atlantic coast. But even with the backing of one of the world's mightiest tech companies, various financial investment firms, and many important officials in government, the transmission line is going to be something of a technological trick. The Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) will stretch from New Jersey to Virginia, moving power up and down the shoreline to the highest capacity markets along the coast. As envisioned, it would eventually link some 6,000 megawatts worth of offshore wind turbines into the land-based transmission system, supplementing traditional power infrastructure with enough power to serve some 1.9 million households. Even before...