onshore
adj.located on the land near the sea or a lake. You use this to describe things like wind farms or oil rigs that are built on the coast rather than in the ocean.
adj.situated on the land adjacent to a body of water, such as the sea or a lake. Often used to distinguish land-based infrastructure from offshore equivalents.
“The company is building a new onshore wind farm.”
“While offshore drilling is expensive, onshore extraction is often more accessible for smaller energy firms.”
“The transition to renewable energy has seen a significant shift toward onshore wind and solar farms, which are generally easier to maintain and integrate into the existing national grid.”
“SunZia has been in the works for about a decade and arrives at a time when US onshore wind power development has dwindled for a host of reasons related to regulations and public opinion.”
“In parallel, the government was pursuing a similar approach for onshore wind.”
From on + shore.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.