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Another excellent article, Gav. Thanks for sharing this latest offshore technology that has not been evident in the typical news sources. A Maine offshore wind farm has the double benefit of being near hydro (storage) and having a demand profile that generally matches the supply profile. With the large proposed wind farm development off Scotland recently abandoned by Shell et al, advances like this help keep the forward movement in renewables. The supergrid could take a large step forward with this development.
The Shell project you mention was off south-east England - the London Array.
When Shell pulled out Masdar joined up to replace them, so its still going ahead.
http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/2008/10/masdar-takes-stake-in-london-arra...
I agree the supergrid concept is very important - by expanding our grids and making them more intelligent, we can free ourselves of energy sources that deplete and pollute entirely.
I should have been more specific; I was referring to the Cirrus Array in the NorthWest.
Ooops - sorry - I didn't realise they had pulled out of another project.