Offshore Wind Plugs Energy into Homes and Businesses Back on Shore
Offshore wind turbines have the potential to provide abundant clean energy to heavily populated coastal cities and the larger national grid. But first, the power they generate must be transmitted across miles of ocean waters and coastline, using systems that were not designed to be used this way.
Building on its success with integration from its world-renowned work on utility-scale renewable energy systems to its comprehensive vision for offshore wind development and collaboration with industry partners the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is launching new strategies to plug offshore installations into the grid.