Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy Leasing Areas for the BOEM Maryland Wind Energy Area

Research output: NRELTechnical Report

Abstract

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), under an interagency agreement with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), is providing technical assistance to identify and delineate leasing areas for offshore wind energy development within the Atlantic Coast Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) established by BOEM. This report focuses on NREL's evaluation of the delineation proposed by the MarylandEnergy Administration (MEA) for the Maryland (MD) WEA and two alternative delineations. The objectives of the NREL evaluation were to assess MEA's proposed delineation of the MD WEA, perform independent analysis, and recommend how the MD WEA should be delineated.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages53
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-5000-58562

Keywords

  • leasing area delineation
  • Maryland wind energy areas
  • NREL
  • offshore
  • offshore wind energy development

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