2016 Offshore Wind Energy Resource Assessment for the United States

Walter Musial, Donna Heimiller, Philipp Beiter, George Scott, Caroline Draxl

Research output: NRELTechnical Report

Abstract

This report, the 2016 Offshore Wind Energy Resource Assessment for the United States, was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and updates a previous national resource assessment study, and refines and reaffirms that the available wind resource is sufficient for offshore wind to be a large-scale contributor to the nation's electric energy supply.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages88
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-5000-66599

Keywords

  • energy
  • NREL
  • offshore
  • offshore wind
  • offshore wind site development
  • wind
  • wind resource

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