From Green Right Now Reports

South Carolina is the latest state to target the harvesting of offshore winds for future energy needs. A partnership of Santee Cooper, the state-owned electric and water utility, along with Coastal Carolina University and the South Carolina Energy Office plans to launch weather buoys that will measure wind off the coast of Georgetown and Little River, S.C. as a first step in what could become an offshore wind farm.

The buoy deployment, which could begin later this month, will be followed by Santee Cooper’s installation of an offshore platform in about six months, project officials said. Coastal Carolina researchers, working closely with counterparts at North Carolina State University, will evaluate the buoy data to help pinpoint the best location for the platform. The offshore wind platform is expected to gather data for at least a year.

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