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In reply to the discussion: Biden Plans Wind Farms Along Entire U.S. Coastline [View all]hunter
(38,309 posts)... and uses that system to stabilize the electric grid by pumping water uphill when electric supplies are robust, then letting water run downhill and generating electricity when they are not.
Unfortunately the drought in the Western U.S.A. has greatly reduced this capacity. This drought may be a consequence of global warming.
As for the impacts of offshore wind, putting short-lived trash in the ocean is never a good idea. All the diesel powered boats that will be required to build, maintain, and eventually remove these wind turbines will have their own environmental impacts.
I don't have a lot of confidence that dead offshore turbines will be removed. Many California hillsides are still littered with the useless remains of Enron era wind turbines.