 Making electricity with wind turbines is becoming more cost-effective. The remaining challenges include securing suitable locations for industrial-scale developments that reduce local concerns and preparing transmission grids to take large amounts of power from this intermittent source. In a little more than five years, Shell WindEnergy has become one of the world's largest wind power developers. We have major new projects underway in the USA. In Europe, we are using our experience from oil and gas production at sea to tackle the operating and cost challenges of running large wind power projects offshore.Achieving big expansions in wind power will require moving offshore, where winds are stronger, larger turbines can be used and the chance of visual disturbance is smaller. Projects: - US:  Rock River, White Deer, Cabazon, Whitewater, Brazos, Colorado Green, Bear River - Europe: Harburg, La Muela, Offshore Windpark Egmond aan Zee
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