Event Title
Offshore Wind Energy Potential in the Gulf of Maine
Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
1-5-2014 2:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 3:00 PM
Project Type
Poster
Description
The Gulf of Maine has enough wind energy potential to supply the state with 70 times the amount of energy it currently uses annually. In comparing three separate wind farms: Nysted in Denmark, Cape Wind in Nantucket Sound and the DeepCwind proposal in the Gulf of Maine, it is clear that there is a significant opportunity to develop offshore wind energy in Maine. Each marine environment has a substrate of fine-grained glacial deposits, consistent winds, relatively calm seas and high electric demands. Denmark has shown how successful offshore wind energy can be and now the United States has taken notice, developing their own major projects in Cape Cod and the Gulf of Maine.
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Geology Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Natural Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
416
Offshore Wind Energy Potential in the Gulf of Maine
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
The Gulf of Maine has enough wind energy potential to supply the state with 70 times the amount of energy it currently uses annually. In comparing three separate wind farms: Nysted in Denmark, Cape Wind in Nantucket Sound and the DeepCwind proposal in the Gulf of Maine, it is clear that there is a significant opportunity to develop offshore wind energy in Maine. Each marine environment has a substrate of fine-grained glacial deposits, consistent winds, relatively calm seas and high electric demands. Denmark has shown how successful offshore wind energy can be and now the United States has taken notice, developing their own major projects in Cape Cod and the Gulf of Maine.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/334