The document provides guidance on the survey requirements, project-specific data, and other baseline information that must be submitted in a Construction and Operations Plan (COP).
The report assesses the costs, challenges, and impacts in areas of technology, manufacturing and employment, transmission and grid integration, markets, siting and permitting strategies, and potential environmental effects associated with providing 20% of U.S. electricity needs through wind energy by 2030, an increase of more than 290 GW within 23 years.
The report describes the offshore wind supply chain and opportunities for Maryland businesses to take part. Maryland has more than 150 existing businesses, employing more than 7,000 workers, that can participate in the manufacturing of components for offshore wind parks. Another 980 businesses, employing more than 20,000 workers, have the potential to play supporting roles in the construction of offshore wind energy.
The Ocean Energy Task Force (OETF) recommends that Maine establish a goal to install 5,000 MW of offshore wind energy by 2030; improve the siting, governance, and permitting framework for renewable ocean energy development; promote and support financing and development of renewable ocean energy projects and related businesses; improve and align energy transmission infrastructure and state energy policy to attain the offshore wind goals; and, streamline state permitting of appropriately-sited offshore wind energy. development
The report launches an agenda to accelerate the growth and competitiveness of advanced manufacturing in Massachusetts in five areas: promoting manufacturing; expanding workforce & education services; improving technical assistance and innovation; easing cost of doing business; and, ensuring access to capital.
The report recommends that the state of Maryland engage with industry to catalyze the development and improvement of port infrastructure. Over the next 1-3 years, the report recommends locating the staging area for an upcoming offshore wind park at Dundalk Marine Terminal or Sparrows Point Shipyard Industrial Complex (SPSIC), with Dundalk Marine Terminal being in a higher state of readiness. For the long-term strategy beyond 3 years, the report recommends establishing operations at Sparrows Point. RG Steel at Sparrows Point is singled out for its steel production capability. RG Steel's capability and the SPSIC could attract other manufacturers who can serve the offshore wind supply chain.
The report outlines a pathway towards developing wind energy supply chains and creating clean energy manfacturing jobs. The report recommends a federal Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) of 25% by 2025 with meaningful mid-term targets, regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, and policies specifically aimed at building the U.S. wind energy manufacturing sector.
Overview of test specifications and facility specifications at the Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) designed to help the wind industry deploy the next generation of land-based and offshore wind turbine technologies.
Brochure on Savannah's Ocean Terminal, which has five deepwater berths and 73 acres of open storage.
The guide (known as the "bid book") describes attributes of facilities of the Port of Virginia in the Hampton Roads region; capabilities of firms in the Virginia maritime industry; available properties for offshore wind manufacturing and shipbuilding; and, Virginia's research and development and workforce development base.
