Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study
Type: White Paper
Categories: Regulation, Wind
Date Published: 4/15/2024
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Primary Topic: Wind
The Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study evaluated coordinated transmission solutions that would enable offshore wind energy deployment along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, addressing gaps in existing analyses.
Co-led by NREL (National Renewable Energy Lab) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the study identifies and compares different transmission strategies for enabling offshore wind energy deployment along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, from Maine through South Carolina. Ensuring adequate equitable, affordable, and timely transmission access for offshore wind is critical to achieving state clean energy goals as well as the national goal of 30 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030, which would enable the deployment of 110 GW or more by 2050.
Download the report to understand why offshore wind energy development provides a unique opportunity to add transmission capacity offshore that provides value to the electric grid.
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