NREL Offshore Balance-of-System Model
Citations Over Time
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has investigated the potential for 20% of nationwide electricity demand to be generated from wind by 2030 and, more recently, 35% by 2050. Achieving this level of wind power generation may require the development and deployment of offshore wind technologies. DOE (2008) has indicated that reaching these 2030 and 2050 scenarios could result in approximately 10% and 20%, respectively, of wind energy generation to come from offshore resources. By the end of 2013, 6.5 gigawatts of offshore wind were installed globally. The first U.S. project, the Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island, has recently begun operations. One of the major reasons that offshore wind development in the United States is lagging behind global trends is the high capital expenditures required. An understanding of the costs and associated drivers of building a commercial-scale offshore wind plant in the United States will inform future research and help U.S. investors feel more confident in offshore wind development. In an effort to explain these costs, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has developed the Offshore Balance-of-System model.
Related Papers
- → Does more wind energy influence the choice of location for wind power development? Assessing the cumulative effects of daily wind turbine encounters in Denmark(2015)22 cited
- → Offshore energy hubs: cost-effectiveness in the Baltic sea energy system towards 2050(2023)1 cited
- Comparative analysis of leading and lagging rural regions in OECD countries in the 1980s and 1990s(2004)
- → Evaluation of optimal collection system and positions of offshore power substations of an offshore wind farm(2014)1 cited
- → It`s time for offshore wind and offshore HVDC at the Black Sea(2020)