United States Offshore Wind Supply Curves 2024

This data packet contains supply curves, hourly generation profiles, and composite siting exclusion TIFFs for offshore wind (OSW) in the waters of the EEZ off the contiguous United States. The supply curves offer comprehensive metrics such as capacity (MW), generation (MWh), levelized cost of energy (LCOE), levelized cost of transmission (LCOT), and more for each reV site (4,200+ sites). Hourly generation profiles are available for each reV site and can be matched to the available capacity in the supply curve (refer to the Jupyter Notebook). The composite exclusion TIFF is a single file that delineates areas where OSW development is permissible based on various siting assumptions. This data packet contains information for the Open, Reference, and Limited siting scenarios.

The "Open" scenario only excludes areas with known preclusions for offshore wind deployment, such as known legal or administrative restrictions (e.g., Marine Protected Areas), existing infrastructure, and technical constraints (e.g., 1,300 m bathymetry limit). The "Reference" scenario excludes all areas from the "Open" scenario, as well as additional best management practices such as known proposed protected areas, and state waters. The "Limited" scenario excludes all area from the "Reference" scenario. Additionally, it has more stringent siting criteria such as larger setbacks from shore and infrastructure, as well as shallower depth limits on floating technology.

For further details and citation, please refer to the publication linked below: Zuckerman, Gabriel R., Anthony Lopez, Travis Williams, Rebecca Green, and Grant Buster. 2023. Impacts of Siting Considerations on Offshore Wind Technical Potential in the United States. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL/TP-6A20- 85088.

本数据包包含了针对美国大陆沿岸专属经济区（EEZ）海域海上风电（OSW）的供应曲线、每小时发电概况以及综合选址排除的TIFF图像。供应曲线提供了全面的指标，如容量（兆瓦，MW）、发电量（兆瓦时，MWh）、能源平准化成本（LCOE）、输电平准化成本（LCOT）等，针对每个reV站点（超过4,200个站点）。每个reV站点的每小时发电概况均可用，并可与供应曲线中的可用容量相对应（参见Jupyter Notebook）。综合排除TIFF图像是一个单一文件，它根据多种选址假设，界定了OSW开发许可的区域。本数据包包含了开放、参考和限制性选址场景的信息。

“开放”场景仅排除已知的海上风电部署限制区域，例如已知的法律或行政限制（例如，海洋保护区）、现有基础设施和技术限制（例如，1,300米水深限制）。“参考”场景排除了“开放”场景中的所有区域，以及额外的最佳管理实践，如已知的提议保护的区域和州水域。“限制”场景排除了“参考”场景中的所有区域。此外，它还具有更严格的选址标准，如更大的离岸和基础设施退缩距离，以及浮体技术的浅水深度限制。

如需进一步详情和引用，请参阅以下链接的出版物：Zuckerman, Gabriel R.，Anthony Lopez，Travis Williams，Rebecca Green，和Grant Buster. 2023. 美国海上风电技术潜力选址考量影响。科罗拉多州金，CO：国家可再生能源实验室。NREL/TP-6A20-85088。