A gamechanger may have blown in for offshore wind power

Horizontal blades could transform the future of floating turbines.

Vertical axis wind turbines. Image: World Wide Wind.

As offshore wind power makes huge strides, particularly in China, the U.K. and Europe — and the U.S. gets set to join the club with a slew of East Coast projects — more and more attention is being turned to floating turbines.

Why? Basically, because many coastlines, such as off California, Oregon and Wa…