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Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term – using energy that would otherwise go to waste

  • Written by David Goldberg, Lamont Research Professor, Columbia University
imageThe U.S. had seven operating offshore wind turbines with 42 megawatts of capacity in 2021. The Biden administration's goal is 30,000 megawatts by 2030.AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

Off the Massachusetts and New York coasts, developers are preparing to build the United States’ first federally approvedutility-scale offshore wind farms – 74...

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