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This study aims to understand and quantify the potential impact of offshore wind energy on a future electricity system in the U.S. Northeast. In this analysis, a detailed representation of the Northeast power system is adopted, using a generation portfolio for 2024 paired with offshore wind nameplate capacities of 0 gigawatts (GW), 2 GW, and 7 GW. The analysis identifies points of offshore wind interconnection in the ISO-New England and New York Independent System Operator control areas and uses hourly wind profiles from the Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit. Hourly simulations of the 2024 power system operations show an ability …
View Full ResourceOffshore wind power is an exciting new frontier for American energy production, where technological advances, business opportunity, and policy are converging to unlock a reliable natural resource. Offshore wind will bring tens of thousands of highly-skilled U.S. jobs, strengthen coastal economies, and deliver vast amounts of reliable, clean energy to America’s largest population centers.
America’s first offshore wind farm came online in 2016 in Rhode Island state waters. As of January 2020, there are 15 active commercial lease areas for offshore wind development in federal waters, with more in the works. Interested parties, including members of the general public, industries, …
View Full ResourceAmerica’s growing offshore wind power industry — now projected to generate 18.6 GW of clean, cost-effective power in seven states on the Atlantic Seaboard by 2030 — is presenting a nearly $70 billion CAPEX revenue opportunity to businesses in the offshore wind power supply chain over the course of the next decade.
In this white paper, the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW) quantifies the extensive supply chain business opportunities this $70 billion CAPEX is creating to build out the U.S. offshore wind sector between now and 2030, with quantification broken down by industry component, by state, and by year …
View Full ResourceIn 2015, BVG Associates carried out a detailed review of Virginia ports and associated opportunities relating to offshore wind.
This study extends that work through the following actions:
Review of current and projected market development
Local engagement and development of tools, to help
build partnerships between developers and suppliers
with regional companies interested in diversifying into
offshore wind
Port review and update
Review of Virginia’s business climate and workforce
readiness and
Evaluation of the strategic fit with the current and
future supply chain.…
Over the past 25 years off shore wind technology has developed rapidly, with the first commercial
plant beginning operation in Denmark in the early 2000s. By 2017 the United Kingdom (UK), Germany,
China, Denmark and the Netherlands had the largest off shore wind markets, both in the number of wind
farms and in total installed capacity (see Figure 1) (IRENA, 2018a). As such, these European countries,
and recently China, have the most relevant experience to share with emerging off shore wind markets. Other
non-European off shore wind markets – such as Japan and the United States (US) – are also …
This report provides an overview of the case for state government action to foster
the fledgling domestic offshore wind energy industry and surveys the origin,
implementation, and impact of offshore wind policy in three states—Rhode
Island, Massachusetts, and New York. These states serve as exemplary cases
for other coastal states endowed with access to this abundant, climate-safe,
renewable resource.
This report concludes with a list of policy options for other coastal states also
considering pursuit of the strategic benefits of offshore wind energy, based on the
key elements underpinning the success of the three states highlighted. When considered
together, these …
The 2016 Offshore Wind Technologies Market Report is intended to provide stakeholders with quantitative information about the offshore wind market, technology, and cost trends in the United States and worldwide.
Key findings of the report include:
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Deepwater Wind completed the commissioning of the Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island, marking a milestone as the first commercial offshore wind project in the U.S.
A trend of offshore wind price declines has been marked by European auction strike prices
There is increased confidence in the U.S. offshore wind market caused by decreasing global costs and stronger state policy
We conduct a choice-experiment with individuals that recently rented a vacation property along the North Carolina coastline to assess the impacts of a utility-scale wind farm on their rental decisions. Visualizations were presented to survey respondents that varied both the number of turbines and their proximity to shore. Results indicate that there is not a scenario for which respondents would be willing to pay more to rent a home with turbines in view, as compared to the baseline view with no turbines in sight. Further, there is a substantial portion of the survey population that would change their vacation destination …
View Full ResourceToday’s offshore wind turbines, rooted to the seabed by monopile or jacket foundations, are restricted to waters less than 50 metres deep. This rules out sites with the strongest winds and, often, access to big markets. Floating foundations, by eliminating the depth constraint and easing turbine set-up, could open the way for power generation from deeper waters.…
View Full ResourceOffshore wind energy holds the promise of significant environmental and economic benefits for the United States. It is an abundant, low-carbon, domestic energy resource. It is located close to major coastal load centers, providing an alternative to long-distance transmission or development of electricity generation in these land-constrained regions. Once built, offshore wind farms could produce energy at low, long-term fixed costs, which can reduce electricity prices and improve energy security by providing a hedge against fossil fuel price volatility.
Realizing these benefits will require overcoming critical challenges in three strategic themes: 1) reducing the costs and technical risks associated with …
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