Potential Economic Impacts from Offshore Wind in the Great Lakes Region (Fact Sheet)

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1117053· OSTI ID:1117053

Tegen, S. ^[1]; Keyser, D. ^[1]

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

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 DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. This fact sheet summarizes the potential economic impacts identified by the study for the Great Lakes region.

• 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: 1117053
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102014-3857
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Economic Impacts of Offshore Wind, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
OFFSHORE WIND
WIND
ECONOMIC IMPACTS
JOBS
JEDI
DOE
GREAT LAKES