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Offshore wind farms may line U.S. coast

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  • Wind-driven turbines probably will be operating offshore before oil platforms appear
  • Delaware hopes to be the first state to construct a wind farm off its coast, by 2012
  • Most such projects are proposed for the Atlantic coast, where the seabed is shallow
  • Significant obstacles to offshore wind, such as high construction costs, still remain
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