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Europe's plan for oceanic windmills

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csmonitor.com: Wind is the fastest growing renewable energy in Europe—making up a third of new energy there, with 20 turbines added every working day in 2008, according to EU statistics.

What the European wind energy industry now wants is to expand—offshore. Ocean winds are a stronger and more predictable form of energy than the ones on land, and the industry is pushing a $57 billion investment to allow broad-winged turbines to spin at sea.

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