Quantifying the Opportunity Space for Future Electricity Generation: An Application to Offshore Wind Energy in the United States

Marcy, Cara; Beiter, Philipp

doi:10.2172/1324531

Title: Quantifying the Opportunity Space for Future Electricity Generation: An Application to Offshore Wind Energy in the United States

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This report provides a high-level indicator of the future electricity demand for additional electric power generation that is not met by existing generation sources between 2015 and 2050. The indicator is applied to coastal regions, including the Great Lakes, to assess the regional opportunity space for offshore wind. An assessment of opportunity space can be a first step in determining the prospects and the system value of a technology. The metric provides the maximal amount of additional generation that is likely required to satisfy load in future years.

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Marcy, Cara ^[1]; Beiter, Philipp ^[1]

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

Publication Date:: 2016-09-01

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)

OSTI Identifier:: 1324531

Report Number(s):: NREL/TP-6A20-66522

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; offshore wind; opportunity space; electricity generation retirements; regional; future electricity demand; NREL

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                    Marcy, Cara, and Beiter, Philipp. Quantifying the Opportunity Space for Future Electricity Generation: An Application to Offshore Wind Energy in the United States.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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        "Quantifying the Opportunity Space for Future Electricity Generation: An Application to Offshore Wind Energy in the United States".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1324531.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1324531.

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  abstractNote = {This report provides a high-level indicator of the future electricity demand for additional electric power generation that is not met by existing generation sources between 2015 and 2050. The indicator is applied to coastal regions, including the Great Lakes, to assess the regional opportunity space for offshore wind. An assessment of opportunity space can be a first step in determining the prospects and the system value of a technology. The metric provides the maximal amount of additional generation that is likely required to satisfy load in future years.},

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