Evaluating the grid impact of Oregon offshore wind / Josh Novacheck and Marty Schwarz.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Novacheck, Josh, author.

Schwarz, Marty, author.

Contributor:

United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, sponsoring body.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

NREL/TP ; 6A40-81244.

NREL/TP ; 6A40-81244

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wind power--Research--Oregon.

Wind power.

Offshore electric power plants--Oregon.

Offshore electric power plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 61 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.

Place of Publication:

Golden, CO : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2021.

Summary:

This analysis used high resolution offshore wind data and a detailed production cost model of the Western Interconnection to explore the value and operational impact of integrating offshore wind along Oregon's coastline. Leveraging local technical stakeholder expertise and input, we determined a set of scenarios to explore. These scenarios varied offshore wind penetrations and explored the differences of integrating offshore wind in the current grid and a potential future grid. This allowed us to determine how changes to the rest of the system and increasing penetrations of offshore wind affected our findings. We identified a number of key findings from the analysis, including that 2.6 GW of nameplate capacity offshore wind could be integrated into the Oregon power system with minimal curtailment due to transmission congestion or other factors. The range of system value provided by offshore wind ranges between $65/MWh and $85/MWh across the various scenarios considered. We also examined the influence offshore wind had on the trans-Cascade power flow, where we determined a strong correlation between offshore wind generation and reduction in flow across the Cascades. Finally, we also determined that offshore wind could serve between 84 - 93% of Coastal Oregon loads depending on the scenario.

Notes:

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

"This study was funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management through Interagency Agreement M19PG00025 with the U.S. Department of Energy."

"October 2021."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NREL, viewed May 20, 2025).

OCLC:

1407187222

Publisher Number:

1827315 OSTI ID

Access Restriction:

Publicly released