Project overview:

Transmission Expansion Planning Models for Offshore Wind Energy

Awardee:

Tufts University

Start Date:

Q4, 2021

Technical Challenge Area:

Electrical Power Systems

Completion Date:

Q1, 2024

Synopsis:

This project aims to develop transmission expansion planning (TEP) models for an integrated onshore/offshore electricity grid. Using modified Eastern Interconnect (EIC) reduced bus models, it designs scalable grid topologies (30 GW, 60 GW, 100 GW) that incorporate BOEM lease and call areas to optimize power flow, reliability, and production costs.

Target Outcomes:

Develop advanced transmission expansion planning (TEP) models based on state-of-the-art reduced bus models of the Eastern Interconnect (EIC) to enable efficient assessment of power flow, reliability, and production costs for various grid scenarios.

Utilize the developed TEP models to design integrated onshore/offshore grid topologies. These topologies will leverage the entire capacity of existing BOEM lease and call areas, ensuring optimized integration of electricity generation and transmission.

Create grid topologies at three distinct scales: 30 GW, 60 GW, and 100 GW. These scalable capacities will offer flexibility and adaptability to cater to varying energy demand scenarios and support the effective distribution of electricity across the integrated grid.