Starting Offshore Solar (SOS) is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to starting the development of offshore solar in the US.
“Offshore solar is presently comparable with the cost of residential rooftop solar, but has the potential to be competitive with utility scale solar plants.”
Offshore solar is poised for rapid growth in the US because of its unique advantages:
avoids land-use conflicts
higher panel efficiency due to evaporative cooling of the water underneath
located out-of-sight from shore