West Coast Offshore Wind Transmission Study

Travis Douville; K. Arkema; E. Boos; M. Daly; K. Oikonomou; C. Qin; A. Rahman; E. Schweitzer; S. Siddiqui; B. Vyakaranam; K. Wilson; Gregory Brinkman; Sophie Bredenkamp; Rebecca Fuchs; Connery Gschwend; Jennie Jorgenson; Trieu Mai; Claire Nguyen; Billy Roberts; Amy Rose; Pranav Sharma; Hongfei Sun; Gabriel Zuckerman

West Coast Offshore Wind Transmission Study

Travis Douville, K. Arkema, E. Boos, M. Daly, K. Oikonomou, C. Qin, A. Rahman, E. Schweitzer, S. Siddiqui, B. Vyakaranam, K. Wilson, Gregory Brinkman, Sophie Bredenkamp, Rebecca Fuchs, Connery Gschwend, Jennie Jorgenson, Trieu Mai, Claire Nguyen, Billy Roberts, Amy RosePranav Sharma, Hongfei Sun, Gabriel Zuckerman

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Abstract

Fueled by strong ocean winds, transmission of offshore wind (OSW) power on the U.S. West Coast holds the potential to deliver electricity when and where it is needed and save costs of clean electricity supply to western states. However, these benefits require intentional planning and the maturation of burgeoning technologies. It is the overarching ambition of this study to inform such efforts for system planners, industry, and energy policymakers at Federal, Tribal, state, and local levels. For this reason, the work was guided by an Advisory Committee of over 100 active members and five focused subgroups on the topics of planning, system operations, environment and siting, technology, and community values.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	176
State	Published - 2025

NREL Publication Number

NREL/TP-6A40-92512

Other Report Number

PNNL-37067

Keywords

grid integration
offshore transmission network
offshore wind
Pacific
systems integration
transmission upgrades
West Coast

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