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Offshore Wind in the US Gulf of Mexico: Regional Economic Modeling and Site-Specific Analyses

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1968455· OSTI ID:1968455
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  1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. USDOI Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), New Orleans, LA (United States)
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The goal of this study is to assess offshore wind energy resources in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and to quantify its technical and economic potential in order to inform Federal and GOM state strategic energy planning over the next decade. The objectives are to: describe site-specific and regional benefits and challenges of deploying offshore wind in the GOM and discuss the current research to mitigate challenges; review and quantify the wind resource capacity and energy potential in the GOM region for each GOM state including state and federal waters, distance from shore, and water depth; perform geospatial regional economic assessments of levelized cost of energy (LCOE), levelized avoided cost of energy (LACE), and net value (Section 3.4.2); evaluate three representative hypothetical locations for site-specific analysis; perform a high-level assessment of local supporting infrastructure availability, including existing services (e.g., fabrication facilities, vessels, ports) and possible grid connection options; assess the regional economic impacts of a 600 megawatt (MW) offshore wind power plant installed at a representative site in the GOM.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOI Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM); USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1968455
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP--5000-75027; BOEM-2020-018; MainId:6371; UUID:6b18d93c-47e1-e911-9c26-ac162d87dfe5; MainAdminID:69183
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
Deployment
Energy Potential
Gulf of Mexico
Levelized Avoided Cost of Energy
Levelized Cost of Energy
Net Value
Offshore Wind
Wind Resource Capacity