director ewind consultants Laguna Niguel, California, United States
Abstract- # April 15, 2022 DRAFT IPF Critical Design Considerations for 9GW Grays Harbor, Washington Deepwater Offshore Wind Project CHALLENGES TO BE MET - US goals for offshore wind (OSW) include 30GW installed by 2030 and 110 GW by 2050 per President Biden’s announcement under the direction of the key Federal agencies EPA/DOI/DOE/Commerce Dept. California and Oregon have announced over 6GW of OSW and Washington State appears to have the resources to field a 9GW OSW project at Grays Harbor. PRESENTATION: WORK AT HAND- To meet the above goal, BOEM leaseholds on the Pacific Coast will need to be increased to accommodate the above goal OPPORTUNITIES / TASKS - Task 1-Locate Suitable Sites / Issue Deep-Water Offshore Leases Meeting the 30GW goal at a nominal 80ac/MW spacing will require 2.4million acres (3,750 square miles) An attractive area is the Grays Harbor, Washington Project (GHWA) Task 2 – Advance US Technology for Deployment of Deep-Water Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) Current offshore state- of- the art (SOA) resides overseas. There is an opportunity for US marine, WTG, technology, manufacturing , industrial companies to advance SOA for deep water WTG, including longer life and stronger composite spar configuration and a novel construction-barge strategy which does not require lease of expensive heavy lift cranes for turbine erection at deep water site. [SUMMARY OF US TECHNOLOGY GAPS/ SOLUTIONS TO BE PROVIDED IN PAPER TO BUILD 9GW GHWA PROOJECT ]
Task 3 - Develop Interconnect Capacity/ On-shore Electricity Network Promote upgrade to existing land based electrical infrastructure to accommodate and operate offshore wind projects totaling 30GW by 2030 and 110 GW by 2050. [SUMMARY OF ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE GAPS/ SOLUTIONS TO DEVELOP INTERCONNECT FOR GHWA PROJECT ]
Task 4 – Positive Institutional and Economic Results - Generate government/industry Task force of key stakeholders to foster a center of excellence in USA technology and education across multiple disciplines: Marine Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Management, Law, Political Science, Economics, Social Sciences, and others to build and operate 30GW by 2030 and plan for 110 GW by 2050. [SUMMARY OF JOBS CREATED AND ASSOCIATED ECONOMINC BENEFTIS GAPS/ SOLUTIONS BY 9GW GHWA PROJECT ]
