It's taken a while, but offshore wind finally appears to be seeing some encouraging momentum in the U.S. This coming Monday, for instance, the White House will be holding "an invitation-only summit on offshore wind for state and federal policymakers," at which a representative from the Business Network for Offshore Wind will be speaking. The very next day, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) will be holding its 2015 offshore windpower conference and exhibition. According to AWEA, the conference comes on the heels of an "historic summer," "a wave of offshore wind power activity, including the start of construction on the first American offshore wind farm." That includes: