Read more offshore development stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34279/offshore-development.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 19:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55205/wind-could-provide-all-us-power-feds.htmlKatherine Thompson<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=196488&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331230108' border='0' />Offshore winds are a largely untapped resource that could potentially supply the US with even more electricity than it currently needs, according to a new Interior Department report. The report says the area off the Atlantic coast could meet more than one-fourth of the national power demand, but the fact...A speed boat passes by offshore windmills in the North Sea offshore from the village of Blavandshuk near Esbjerg, Denmark, in this file photo taken on Wednesday, Oct.30, 2002.http://www.newser.com/story/55205/wind-could-provide-all-us-power-feds.htmlFri, 03 Apr 2009 10:18:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36500/crowded-northeast-looks-offshore-for-wind.htmlJim O'Neill<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=132712&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401004125' border='0' />The Northeast is the most promising region of the US for major development of wind power, the Wall Street Journal reports, with large coastal cities close to strong offshore winds and a shallow continental shelf good for erecting turbines. The federal government is getting ready to lease 10 tracts of...Wind farms, like this one off the coast of southeastern England, would be less expensive to build off the east coast of the US than off the west%u2014and there are plenty of power-hungry customers.http://www.newser.com/story/36500/crowded-northeast-looks-offshore-for-wind.htmlWed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:00 CDT