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The Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap is the product of more than 18 months of work, under the leadership of the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO). The Roadmap describes how Maine is uniquely positioned to benefit from the responsible advancement of offshore wind. As one of the nation’s most fossil fuel-dependent states—with nearly 60% of all homes reliant on heating fuels, and Maine and New England’s energy grid over-reliant on natural gas for electricity—Maine is distinctly vulnerable to price and supply volatility of imported fossil fuels, such as the soaring costs caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.
The Roadmap’s …
View Full ResourceTo access the nation’s most robust wind energy resources on the West Coast, electric transmission facilities need to be coordinated and developed. West Coast wind resources are located over waters hundreds to thousands of feet deep, requiring floating turbine foundations and substations to meet engineering challenges. Most of the best wind resources are in areas with limited nearby electricity transmission capacity, making it difficult to interconnect large wind projects to customer load. West coast topography, location of load centers, requirements for floating generation and transmission components, state decarbonization policies, and electricity policies, markets, and transmission networks present unique considerations. If …
View Full ResourceIn this report, the authors describe how a fully domestic offshore wind energy supply chain could develop. We summarize the major barriers that could prevent or delay supply chain expansion and present potential solutions that could help overcome these challenges. We describe the major factors that need to be considered to develop resilient, sustainable, and equitable manufacturing capabilities in the United States. Finally, we present a scenario for a domestic supply chain that estimates the number of required major component manufacturing facilities, ports, and vessels that would need to be developed by 2030 to support an annual deployment of 4–6 …
View Full ResourceThe Business Network for Offshore Wind releases its U.S. Offshore Wind Quarterly Market Report in April, July, October, and January. Each builds off our U.S. Offshore Wind Annual Market Report and provides key analysis of both federal and state government activities impacting the U.S. offshore wind industry. Quarterly Reports ensure companies are informed on offshore wind industry developments affecting their business.
The last three months of 2022 (Q4) are notable for the first-ever federal offshore wind auction along the U.S. west coast and key port investments, yet the combination of supply chain bottlenecks, rising commodity prices, and the lack of …
View Full ResourceThis report provides an overview of how states with offshore wind potential have begun to include and operationalize principles of equity in their offshore wind policies and related economic development programs. States, local communities, and other stakeholders can use this report to learn about options to incorporate equity provisions into state offshore wind policies and programs.
The development of large-scale energy infrastructure has the potential to impact already marginalized communities, including environmental justice communities, low-income communities, and communities of color, in both positive and negative ways. For that reason alone, careful integration of equity principles into all facets of …
View Full ResourceThis report documents the evaluation of the proposals received in response to the solicitation of offshore wind (OSW) transmission solutions by PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM), conducted under PJM’s State Agreement Approach (SAA) for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (Board or BPU). The Board initiated the SAA to identify necessary transmission solutions to support New Jersey’s goal of 7,500 MW of OSW generation capacity by 2035. This SAA evaluation report has been prepared for the Board by the SAA Evaluation Team (led by consultants of The Brattle Group with Herling Power Grid Consulting, Holland & Knight, and Dewberry Engineers) …
View Full ResourceThe Business Network’s Proposal for Coordinated Transmission Development for Offshore Wind in Multi-State RTOs outlines a framework for greater regional collaboration on offshore wind transmission planning and buildout. The policy brief, authored by John Dalton, President of Power Advisory LLC and head of the Network’s Grid & Transmission Working Group, was released ahead of the expected published results of New Jersey’s offshore wind transmission solicitation to connect 7.5 GW of generation to the grid. The brief builds upon the evident success of the state’s transmission solicitation, which spurred dozens of private sector bids, and offers a framework for multi-state transmission …
View Full ResourceA new Center for American Progress analysis found that, per acre, Americans are getting significantly more return on investment from offshore wind energy leasing than they are from oil and gas leasing. This is true across the board, from taxpayer revenue to energy production, consumer energy costs, and carbon emissions. The average acre from an offshore wind lease sale brings in nearly 12,500 percent more revenue for taxpayers than 1 acre of oil while providing enough electricity to drive an electric vehicle almost 65 times farther than a gasoline-powered vehicle.
Offshore wind leases are a massive potential source of public …
View Full ResourceThis booklet is a compilation of educational research briefs developed as part of the U.S. Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research (SEER) project. The topics for the briefs focus on the environmental effects of offshore wind energy and were chosen through extensive outreach and engagement activities with stakeholders and the SEER Science and Technical (S&T) Advisory Committee between October 2019 and August 2021. Relevant literature was reviewed and synthesized for the final brief topics. The briefs were written by the SEER team and reviewed by external subject matter experts, the S&T Advisory Committee, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s …
View Full ResourceSeveral U.S. states announced ambitious offshore wind capacity targets in recent years, along with programs to facilitate the achievement of these goals. The expected resulting addition of offshore wind facilities offers multiple economic and clean energy benefits.
The facilities may also introduce operating challenges to the U.S. power grid that demand consideration. In this white paper, our experts examine how growth in offshore wind capacity in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions could impact the current state of the power grid. …
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