Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy Opportunities and Challenges in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico

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• Personal Author:
  Fuchs, Rebecca ; Musial, Walt ; Zuckerman, Gabriel R. ; Chetan, Mayank ; Marquis, Melinda ; Rese, Leonardo ; Cooperman, Aubryn ; Duffy, Patrick ; Green, Rebecca ; Beiter, Philipp ; Mulas Hernando, Daniel ; Morris, James A. ; Randall, Alyssa ; Jossart, Jonathan A. ; Mudd, Lauren ; Vickery, Peter
• Corporate Authors:
  National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.) ; United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ; CSS. ; Applied Research Associates, Inc.
• Description:
  Offshore wind energy in the Gulf has the potential to be a viable clean energy option to help the region meet the U.S. goals to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Many technical challenges are discussed but most can be resolved with engineering solutions that are available to the industry.
• Keywords:
  Offshore Wind Power Plants Research Offshore Wind Power Plants
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/f822-cq62
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61b4d7fd9cff81e07d0f47442c8c84384399ff3a2995b888e4a21b648313040fd95a623c2150425d903396b506667b875e18c9e8004d0468100e2945b9137a4c
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/67185/noaa_67185_DS1.pdf
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