WindFloat Pacific Project, Final Scientific and Technical Report

Technical Report · Tue Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1339449· OSTI ID:1339449

Banister, Kevin ^[1]

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1. Principle Power, Inc., Emeryville, CA (United States)

PPI’s WindFloat Pacific project (WFP) was an up to 30 MW floating offshore wind demonstration project proposed off the Coast of Oregon. The project was to be sited approximately 18 miles due west of Coos Bay, in over 1000 ft. of water, and is the first floating offshore wind array proposed in the United States, and the first offshore wind project of any kind proposed off the West Coast. PPI’s WindFloat, a semi-submersible foundation designed for high-capacity (6MW+) offshore wind turbines, is at the heart of the proposed project, and enables access to the world class wind resource at the project site and, equally, to other deep water, high wind resource areas around the country.

• Research Organization: Principle Power, Inc., Emeryville, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W); Dept. of the Interior (DOI) (United States). Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
• Contributing Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: EE0005987
• OSTI ID: 1339449
• Report Number(s): DE-EE0005987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
16 TIDAL AND WAVE POWER
42 ENGINEERING
offshore wind
floating offshore wind
wind energy
pacific coast
ocean energy
naval architecture
ocean engineering
semi-submersible
offshore wind foundation
floating foundation