Quantifying the Opportunity Space for Future Electricity Generation: An Application to Offshore Wind Energy in the United States
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
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.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308;
- OSTI ID:
- 1324531
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP--6A20-66522
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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