The Interior Department announced new rules in April that cleared the way for the first offshore wind turbines to be erected along the Atlantic Coast. The rules aside set long-awaited guidelines for offshore leases, easements and royalty payments that the Bush administration worked on for years but did not complete.The guidelines represent the most aggressive move yet from an administration that hopes to shift the nation’s offshore energy supply from oil to wind power. Offshore wind power is currently used to generate electricity in Europe, where land for traditional onshore turbines is scarce. There are no offshore wind farms in the United States.
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