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    Exploring Offshore Wind Energy:

    Why is it important and what is being done at Rutgers?

    Greg Seroka
    NJ Governors School: Energy and Sustainability Course July 10, 2012

    Renewable Energy, Non-fuels


    Obama: 20% renewable by 2030 Diversified energy solution critical for success Renewable energy sources (non-fuel):
    Hydropower Geothermal Solar (variable) Wind (variable)

    Compare to coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear

    Installed U.S. Wind Capacity (as of end 2011)

    Current US Status and Future Needs


    To achieve 20% renewable by 2030, expansion is obvious and needed (currently, 14.6%) Northern Europe has over 50 offshore wind farms, while U.S. has ZERO

    Why will offshore wind be an area of growth for US?


    More wind power potential offshore than onshore

    U.S. Wind Resource Potential

    Why will offshore wind be an area of growth for US?


    More wind power potential offshore than onshore Closer to population centers (coastal cities)
    Less transmission needed

    US energy security Growth esp. along East Coast because:


    Proximity to I95 corridor Shallow waters

    National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)


    Map of Transformation of the Electric Sector:
    http://rpm.nrel.gov/refhighre/expansion/expansion .html

    Why New Jersey?


    State government support
    Offshore Wind Economic Development Act (2010), ORECS

    Continental shelf (shallow waters) Good wind resource

    Wind Variability
    Wind (and solar) are variable renewable energy (VRE) sources
    Non-fuel, no storing (still in research phase)

    Critical to understand, characterize, and quantify major sources of variability Scarce oceanic observations limit efforts toward this goal

    Coastal/Offshore Monitoring
    Meteorological Tower Meteorological Buoy Offshore vertical LIDAR

    Coastal/Offshore Scanning LIDAR

    Infrared Satellite

    Coastal Radar (CODAR)

    Ecological baseline studies of offshore wind power already performed (shown to left) Avian species Fisheries Marine Mammals Sea turtles

    This project is the states physical baseline study

    NJ Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU): a current RUCOOL project


    NJBPU asked RUCOOL to evaluate wind resource as a sort of consultant Use modeling to achieve these goals, complement ecological baseline study

    State of New Jersey


    New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU)

    An Advanced Atmosphere/Ocean Assessment Program: Reducing the Risks Associated with Offshore Wind Energy Development
    As Defined by The NJ Energy Master Plan and The NJ Offshore Wind Energy Economic Development Act

    Principal Investigators: Dr. Scott Glenn and Dr. Rich Dunk, CCM Team Members: Dr. Josh Kohut, Dr. Hugh Roarty, Louis Bowers, Greg Seroka, John Kerfoot, Laura Palamara, Mike Crowley, Ethan Handel, Colin Evans
    New Ocean Data Hi-Res Weather Model Spatial Validation Data Wind Power Statistics

    New Rutgers Satellite Product

    Existing NOAA Product New Rutgers Product

    We can now resolve upwelling using satellites


    Cloud Masking (old
    method)

    *Cloud Masking*
    (new method, unique to Rutgers)

    MODIS 7-day
    (old method)

    and SST for hurricane simulations: e.g. Hurricane Irene


    SPoRT + RTG
    RU declouded product

    Difference

    RU-WRF domains

    3 km horizontal resolution over NY Bight 0.75 km horizontal resolution over study area By comparison, North American Mesoscale (NAM) Model from NOAA is 12 km horizontal resolution
    Model is being run in real-time, for precise comparison to onsite met towers

    Data is currently being extracted from the model at a selected array of grid points within the study domain producing several Virtual Meteorological Towers.

    Sea breeze animation:


    RU-WRF 3km run with RUSST

    RU-WRF domains

    3 km horizontal resolution over NY Bight 0.75 km horizontal resolution over study area By comparison, North American Mesoscale (NAM) Model from NOAA is 12 km horizontal resolution
    Model is being run in real-time, for precise comparison to onsite met towers

    Data is currently being extracted from the model at a selected array of grid points within the study domain producing several Virtual Meteorological Towers.

    Virtual Met Tower Examples


    Onshore (KACY) Offshore

    Model Validation
    Meteorological Tower Meteorological Buoy Offshore vertical LIDAR

    Coastal/Offshore Scanning LIDAR

    Infrared Satellite

    Coastal Radar (CODAR)

    Model Validation
    Offshore vertical LIDAR

    Coastal/Offshore Scanning LIDAR

    Enhanced High Resolution Coverage


    13 MHz CODAR

    Surface Ocean Currents

    CODAR seabreeze animation

    HF Radar Derived Linear Wind Model

    Wind Transient [W'] (cm/s)

    Rotate wind vectors according to complex correlation Calculate the slope and intercept of best fit line U'c(x,y,t) = slope(x,y)*W'(t)

    Atmosphere-Ocean-Wave Coupling

    Future Possibilities
    This work can be used as a basis for a representative forecasting/predicting program Show economic viability of offshore wind Most efficient integration into grid Day ahead bidding of energy by utilities Construction, operation, maintenance

    Rutgers University - Coastal Ocean Observation Lab


    Operations, Research & Education Center

    Vessels Satellite
    Satellite Ships/ Vessels CODAR Glider

    REMUS Modeling Leadership

    Data Vis. Security Education

    Satellite Data Acquisition Stations

    CODAR Network

    Glider Fleet

    3-D Forecasts

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