Floating Ocean Windmills Designed to Generate More Power (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Mon Sep 18, 4:45 PM ET Windmills that would float hundreds of miles out at sea could one day help satisfy our energy needs without being eyesores from land, scientists said today. Offshore wind turbines are not new, but they typically stand on towers that have to be driven deep into the ocean floor. This arrangement only works in water depths of about 50 feet or less—close enough to shore that they are still visible. Researchers at the Massachusetts ...