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Title: Potential Economic Impacts from Offshore Wind in the Southeast Region (Fact Sheet)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1087792· OSTI ID:1087792

Offshore wind is a clean, renewable source of energy and can be an economic driver in the United States. To better understand the employment opportunities and other potential regional economic impacts from offshore wind development, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded research that focuses on four regions of the country. The studies use multiple scenarios with various local job and domestic manufacturing content assumptions. Each regional study uses the new offshore wind Jobs and Economic Development Impacts (JEDI) model, developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. This fact sheet summarizes the potential economic impacts identified by the study for the Southeast (defined here as Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia).

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind Power Program
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1087792
Report Number(s):
DOE/GO-102013-3858
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Wind Program, NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English