OSW Consortium 2 - Validated National Offshore Wind Resource Dataset with Uncertainty Quantification (CRADA Report)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium, Albany, NY (United States)
This research has led to the development of the 2023 National Offshore Wind data set (NOW-23), which offers the latest wind resource information for offshore regions in the United States. NOW-23 supersedes, for its offshore component, the Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit, which was published a decade ago and is currently a primary resource for wind resource assessments and grid integration studies in the contiguous United States. By incorporating advancements in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, NOW-23 delivers an updated and cutting-edge product to stakeholders. As part of this project, we also developed a summary of the uncertainty quantification in NOW-23, along with NOW-WAKES, a 1-year post-construction data set that quantifies expected offshore wake effects in the US Mid-Atlantic lease areas. Stakeholders can access the NOW-23 data set at https://doi.org/10.25984/1821404.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Albany, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 2377978
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP--5000-90394; CRD-19-16351; MainId:92172; UUID:e52a839c-d331-4ed7-969a-b8dc7a0349c7; MainAdminId:73019
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English