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:

N/A (Currently Underway)

Synopsis:

This project will develop transmission expansion planning (TEP) models that support the exploration of topologies for a future integrated onshore/offshore electricity grid.

Target Outcomes:

the team will develop topologies that integrate the full capacity of existing BOEM lease and call areas at three scales: 30 GW, 85 GW, and 200 GW.

NOWRDC Project Manager

Mel Schultz

Program Manager

Project Principle Investigator

Eric Hines

Professor of the Practice, Civil and Environmental Engineering