On the other hand, some developers say athumbs-down could gut America’s offshore wind industry before it everreally gets started.

另一方面，有些开发者表示，反对者有可能在项目真正起动之前摧毁美国海上风电产业。

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Britain, which has little upland space available for large wind farms, overtook Denmark in offshore wind generation in 2008 and now leads the world with 330 offshore turbines installed.

英国虽然没有建设大型风场需要的处于高地的空间，但是它已经于2008在近海风力发电方面超过了丹麦，目前以330台的装机量领先于世界。

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Today the shipyard has found a new role building offshore wind turbines.

现在，船厂已经找到了新的出路：制造海上风力涡轮发电机。

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The European Wind Energy Association is targeting 40 gigawatts of offshore wind in the European Union by 2020 and says eventually offshore wind can provide 10% of Europe's power.

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WEAs are areas being considered by state-federal government offshore wind task forces and large public-private wind power consortiums like the Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium.

FORBES: Offshore Wind Race Accelerates Across Atlantic

There are already a dozen offshore wind farms, and nine European countries pledged this week to build a giant offshore wind grid.

FORBES: Generation