Offshore Wind Power | Research Articles and Papers

Peer-reviewed Articles

Dhanju, Amardeep, and Jeremy Firestone, 2009, Access System Framework for Regulating Offshore Wind Power in State Waters. Coastal Management, 37:441-478. DOI: 10.1080/08920750902856004

Richard W. Garvine and Willett Kempton, 2008, Assessing the wind field over the continental shelf as a resource for electric power (16 MB download). Journal of Marine Research 66 (6): 751-773. (Nov 2008)

Lund, Henrik and W. Kempton, 2008, Integration of renewable energy into the transport and electricity sectors through V2G (PROOF). Energy Policy 36 (9): 3578-3587. (Published version has errors in Table 2, see corrected Table 2.) doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.06.007

Firestone, Kempton and Krueger, (in press), Public Acceptance of Offshore Wind Power Projects in the United States (manuscript) Wind Energy 12(2): 183 - 202. DOI: 10.1002/we.316

Felipe Pimenta, Willett Kempton, Richard Garvine , 2008, Combining meteorological stations and satellite data to evaluate the offshore windpower resource of Southeastern Brazil (PROOF).(several errors in proof, see doi for corrected final journal article) Renewable Energy 33: 2375-2387. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2008.01.012

Blaydes, M. and J. Firestone, 2008, Wind Power, Wildlife and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act: A Way Forward. Accepted for publication, Environmental Law, 38(4) prepublication manuscript

Amardeep Dhanju, Phillip Whitaker, Willett Kempton (2008), Assessing offshore wind resources: An accessible methodology (proof) Renewable Energy 33(1): 55- 64. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2007.03.006

Firestone, J. and C. Jarvis, 2007, Response and Responsibility: Regulating Noise Pollution in the Marine Environment, Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 10(2): 109-52.

Kempton, Archer, Garvine, Dhanju and Jacobson, 2007, Large CO₂ reductions via offshore wind power matched to inherent storage in energy end-uses. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L02817, doi:10.1029/2006GL028016. See summary press release, or full journal article from Geophysical Research Letters (may require payment), or proof (free, but with minor typos).

Jeremy Firestone, W. Kempton, A. Krueger, and C.E. Loper, Regulating Offshore Wind Power and Aquaculture: Messages from Land and Sea (proof sheets), Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, 14 (1): 71-111.

J. Firestone and W. Kempton, (2007) Public Opinion about Large Offshore Wind Power: Underlying Factors Energy Policy 35 (2007) 1584-1598. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2006.04.010.

W. Kempton, J. Firestone, J. Lilley, T. Rouleau and P. Whitaker, 2005, The Offshore Wind Power Debate: Views from Cape Cod. Coastal Management Journal 33 (2): 119-149.

Conference papers and reports

Firestone, J., S. Butterfield, L. Coakley, C. Jarvis, and J. Clarke, Offshore Wind Power On The Horizon: A New Energy Frontier For Oceans, People And Wildlife (draft) To Be Published By The Coastal Society, TCS 20 Proceedings and Final Program, Tampa Bay, Fl (May 2006).

Firestone, Kempton and Krueger, Delaware opinion survey. Our study of Delaware public opinion, released Jan 2007, is available as: Interim report, our one-page summary of the interim report, or the University press release. Based on a statisticallly robust sample of the state of Delawre, this interim report to our sponsor gives an overview of Delaware opinions on offshore wind. The report briefly compares the Delaware results with the authors' parallel study of opinion on Cape Cod.

Amardeep Dhanju and Jeremy Firestone, "A Framework for Regulation of Offshore Wind Power in Delaware State Waters," Final Report, January 2008. Report, University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment.

Jeremy Firestone, Willett Kempton and Andrew Krueger, "Delaware Opinion on Offshore Wind Power," Final Report, January 2008. Report, University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment.

Workshops

Workshop on Offshore Wind Power for Delaware, 16 Feb 2007, Dover Sheraton. This workshop was for state officials, followed by a poster session, then a second session for the public, businesses, and local officials. Many of the presentations and posters are available.

Public testimony

Willett Kempton, Jeremy Firestone, Richard Garvine, Comment submitted to Minerals Management Service (24 Feb 2006) Re: 30 CFR Part 285, RIN 1010-AD30, Alternate Energy-Related Uses on the Outer Continental Shelf. Responding to: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR). Note: This is a good short summary of resource and U.S. policy issues regarding alternative energy on the OCS, with concentration on offshore wind.

Kempton and Firestone, Comments on Blue Ribbon Panel Interim Report on Offshore Wind Power (13 Feb 2006). In the words of another commentator, an amazingly tight, analytical, yet scathing review of the Interim Report. The Final Report was massively revised, and ultimately resulted in preliminary environmental studies and an RFP for a 350 MW facility. See Interim and Final reports at Blue Ribbon Panel on Development of Wind Turbine Facilities in Coastal Waters.

Also see extensive public testimony on the Delaware Offshore Wind Project