A federally funded public-private partnership focused on ways to accelerate the offshore wind industry in the US has released its first research and development roadmap.
The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium roadmap aims to advance offshore wind technology, drive innovation and combat climate change.
It establishes a long-term vision for offshore wind technology development in the US and identifies key priorities for establishing the industry as a national leading clean energy sector.
The consortium, which is headquartered at the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center at Stony Brook University, will fund R&D focussing on three offshore wind areas: plant technology advancement; power resource and physical site characterisation; and installation, operations and maintenance and supply chain.
Consortium board chairman Robert Catell said the roadmap is a “critical milestone in the development and implementation of the consortium allowing us now to clearly focus on our key priorities for advancing the offshore wind industry in the US”.
New York State Energy and Research Development Authority was awarded $18.5m in June by the Department of Energy for four years to lead the national R&D consortium.
NYSERDA president and chief executive Alicia Barton said: “The National Offshore Wind Consortium is a symbol for the rest of the world that the US is serious about establishing a leadership position in the rapidly growing global offshore wind industry.”