scholarly journals Cost of Floating Offshore Wind Energy Using New England Aqua Ventus Concrete Semisubmersible Technology

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter D Musial ◽  
Philipp C Beiter ◽  
Jacob Nunemaker
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
New England ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy

Habitat use and selection of black scoters in southern New England and siting of offshore wind energy facilities

2014 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 645-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela H. Loring ◽  
Peter W.C. Paton ◽  
Jason E. Osenkowski ◽  
Scott G. Gilliland ◽  
Jean-Pierre L. Savard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
New England ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Southern New England ◽  
Selection Of

Resource selection and wintering phenology of White-winged Scoters in southern New England: Implications for offshore wind energy development

The Condor ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin E Meattey ◽  
Scott R McWilliams ◽  
Peter W C Paton ◽  
Christine Lepage ◽  
Scott G Gilliland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
New England ◽  
Resource Selection ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Sea Ducks ◽  
Southern New England ◽  
Wintering Habitat

Abstract Southern New England provides key wintering habitat for White-winged Scoters (Melanitta fusca). This area has also pioneered the development of offshore wind energy in North America. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has established 9 Wind Energy Area (WEA) lease blocks along the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf in areas that may provide important staging and wintering habitat for scoters and other species of sea ducks. Concern over the potential impact of offshore wind energy on sea duck populations has led to efforts to develop models to understand their distribution, habitat use, and site fidelity. We used satellite telemetry to document winter phenology and site fidelity, as well as fine-scale resource selection and habitat use, of 40 White-winged Scoters along the southern New England continental shelf. Scoters spent over half of the annual cycle on the wintering grounds and demonstrated a high degree of interannual site fidelity to composite core-use areas. Sizes of individual 50% core-use home ranges were variable (X¯ = 868 km2; range: 32–4,220 km2) and individual 95% utilization distributions ranged widely (X¯ = 4,388 km2; range: 272–18,235 km2). More than half of all tagged birds occupied 2 or more discrete core-use areas that were up to 400 km apart. Throughout the study area, scoters selected areas with lower salinity, lower sea surface temperature, higher chlorophyll-a concentrations, and higher hard-bottom substrate probability. Resource selection function models classified 18,649 km2 (23%) of the study area as high probability of use, which included or immediately bordered ~420 km2 of proposed WEA lease blocks. Future offshore wind energy developments in the region should avoid key habitats highlighted by this study and carefully consider the environmental characteristics selected by sea ducks when planning and siting future WEAs.

Potential Impacts from a Worst Case Discharge from an United States Offshore Wind Farm

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (1) ◽  
pp. 869-877
Author(s):  
CDR Tim Gunter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
New England ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
The United States ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Worst Case

ABSTRACT The main purpose of this research is to explore potential environmental impacts of a worst case discharge (WCD) from an offshore commercial wind farm electric service platform (ESP) in the Northeast United States. Wind farms in the continental United States are a growing industry as an energy alternative to traditional oil, coal, and natural gas energy sources. While many offshore wind farms already exist in Europe and around the world, the Cape Wind Project in New England received the first federally approved lease for an offshore wind energy production facility in the United States. While offshore wind energy is a green source of energy, wind driven energy has its own set of environmental risks, including the risks of an oil spill. A systematic review of scholarly journals, federal government websites and other academic resources was conducted to identify previous spills in the Northeast with the closest match in volume and location to the Cape Wind Project. The oil spills from the barge North Cape in 1996 near Point Judith, Rhode Island and from the barge Florida in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, in 1996, had the most similarities to a potential WCD spill from the Cape Wind Project. Both of these spills adversely impacted the environment, and provide useful information that can be used for the planning efforts surrounding a WCD event from the Cape Wind Project.

A National Offshore Wind Strategy. Creating an Offshore Wind Energy Industry in the United States

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Beaudry-Losique ◽  
Ted Boling ◽  
Jocelyn Brown-Saracino ◽  
Patrick Gilman ◽  
Michael Hahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy

scholarly journals Exploring the Grid Value of Offshore Wind Energy in Oregon

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4435
Author(s):  
Travis C. Douville ◽  
Dhruv Bhatnagar
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Cost Model ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Resource Complementarity ◽  
Wind Energy Potential

The significant offshore wind energy potential of Oregon faces several challenges, including a power grid which was not developed for the purpose of transmitting energy from the ocean. The grid impacts of the energy resource are considered through the lenses of (i) resource complementarity with Variable Renewable Energy resources; (ii) correlations with load profiles from the four balancing authorities with territory in Oregon; and (iii) spatial value to regional and coastal grids as represented through a production cost model of the Western Interconnection. The capacity implications of the interactions between offshore wind and the historical east-to-west power flows of the region are discussed. The existing system is shown to accommodate more than two gigawatts of offshore wind interconnections with minimal curtailment. Through three gigawatts of interconnection, transmission flows indicate a reduction of coastal and statewide energy imports as well as minimal statewide energy exports.

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