Offshore Wind Power   |   UD Theses on Offshore Wind Power

Current theses in the process of research and writing

Meredith Blaydes, The Effects of Offshore Wind Power on Beach Tourism (Poster of dissertation in progress, presented at AWEA.)

Amardeep Dhanju, Institutional Challenges to Large Scale Development and Integration of Wind Power in the U.S. (Abstract of dissertation in progress) Also see Transmission Infrastructure for Offshore Wind Power Developmet (AWEA poster related to dissertation in progress.)

Jacquelyn Piero, Public participation in the Delaware decision for offshore wind (Full thesis proposal; thesis research in progress.)

Phil Whitaker, Wind Power on the Horizon (Abstract, thesis in progress.)

Completed theses and dissertations

Christina M. Jarvis, An Evaluation of The Wildlife Impacts of Offshore Wind Development Relative to Fossil Fuel Power Production. Scoping, development of metrics to compare, Chapter 5 has comparative analysis of fossil fuel versus offshore wind impacts. (To reference this document, use: Christina M. Jarvis, 2005, An Evaluation Of The Wildlife Impacts Of Offshore Wind Development Relative To Fossil Fuel Power Production. Thesis, Masters of Marine Policy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA. Also available at: http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/windpower.)

Andrew D. Krueger, Valuing Public Preferences for Offshore Wind Power (Dissertation). Or, one-page abstract. Also see press release drawing from Krueger's dissertation data.