Naval Station Newport Wind Resource Assessment

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1036367· OSTI ID:1036367

Robichaud, Robi ^[1]; Fields, Jason ^[1]; Roberts, Joseph Owen ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the RE-Powering America's Land initiative to encourage development of renewable energy (RE) on potentially contaminated land and mine sites. EPA is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to evaluate RE options at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Newport in Newport, Rhode Island where multiple contaminated areas pose a threat to human health and the environment. Designated a superfund site on the National Priorities List in 1989, the base is committed to working toward reducing the its dependency on fossil fuels, decreasing its carbon footprint, and implementing RE projects where feasible. The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC) partnered with NREL in February 2009 to investigate the potential for wind energy generation at a number of Naval and Marine bases on the East Coast. NAVSTA Newport was one of several bases chosen for a detailed, site-specific wind resource investigation. NAVSTA Newport, in conjunction with NREL and NFESC, has been actively engaged in assessing the wind resource through several ongoing efforts. This report focuses on the wind resource assessment, the estimated energy production of wind turbines, and a survey of potential wind turbine options based upon the site-specific wind resource.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USEPA; Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Renewable Energy
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1036367
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP--6A20-52801
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
17 WIND ENERGY
CARBON FOOTPRINT
CONTAMINATED LAND MINE SITES
Energy Analysis
FOSSIL FUELS
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
NAVSTA NEWPORT RENEWABLE ENERGY
PRODUCTION
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
US EPA
US SUPERFUND
WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT TURBINES ENERGY
WIND TURBINES