Offshore Wind Port Scale-Up

Potential Floating Offshore Wind in the U.S. Continues to Grow Approx. 2/3 of U.S. offshore wind energy potential has water depths too great for fixed bottom wind (DOE) White House Floating Offshore Wind Shot ➤ Goal of 15GW of Floating Offshore Wind by 2035 (5m homes) ➤ Accelerate breakthroughs across engineering, manufacturing and other inventive areas to reduce costs by more than 70% by 2035 to $45 per megawatt-hour Research and Development Investments - prize competition for floating offshore wind platform technologies First ever commercial floating offshore wind leases sold in California ➤ Numerous foundation technology options under development CA OR WA MT ND MN WI SD WY NV Substructure Type Fixed Floating UT 5 M 8 CO IA NE ME VT NH NY MA CT PA OH MD IN WV VA KY TN AZ OK NM AR 72 KS MO TX LA SC MS AL GA SH NC ...Exclusive Economic Zone The Atlantic and Gulf coasts are suitable for fixed-bottom offshore wind installations near the shore. Waters along the Pacific coast, Gulf of Maine, and around Hawaii, as well as waters further from shore along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, would require floating offshore wind. Generally, water that is at least 60 meters deep is appropriate for floating offshore wind deployment.² 2 Musial, Walt, Donna Heimiller, Philipp Beiter, George Scott, and Caroline Draxl. 2016. "2016 Offshore Wind Energy Resource Assessment for the United States. Technical Report NREL/TP-5000-66599. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Energy.gov/eere/wind/floating-offshore-wind-shot

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