Just 1% of coastal waters could power a third of the world’s electricity – but can we do it in time?

Aleh Cherp, Central European University; Jessica Jewell, Chalmers University of Technology, and Tsimafei Kazlou, University of Bergen Just 1% of the world’s coastal waters could, in theory, generate enough offshore wind and solar power to provide a third of the world’s electricity by 2050. That’s the promise highlighted in a new study by