Offshore Wind Energy

Offshore wind is now a growing source of energy in Europe, and interest is on the rise in the US and in New England. Some of the most significant wind resource in New England is offshore, but this resource had not been well characterized.

In 2000, RERL joined together with AWS Scientific and True Wind Solutions, under the auspices of the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust and Northeast Utilities Service Company, in a project to improve the assessment of the wind energy resource offshore of Southern New England. The effort included data collection, wind resource mapping and preliminary design of future offshore met stations.