部署30吉瓦的海上风电将为1000万户家庭提供足够的电力，支持7.7万个就业岗位，并每年刺激120亿美元的直接私人投资。
能源部发布的《推进美国海上风能》战略、《美国能源部向30吉瓦及以上的战略贡献》概述了能源部将如何支持政府能源政策的方法，加速部署海上风能，以支持到2035年实现无碳电力行业。
美国能源部长Jennifer M. Granholm表示，海上风能的变革潜力对于实现政府大胆的清洁能源目标至关重要。正如海上风能战略所显示的那样，能源部正在利用部门的所有资源使用这种清洁可靠的美国能源，这将创造数以万计的高薪工作岗位，并振兴沿海社区。
目前，美国有40吉瓦的海上风电处于不同的发展阶段，这表明其有大幅扩张的潜力。
该战略将美国能源部建设海上风电的努力分为四阶段：
目前：到2030年，将成本从每兆瓦时73美元降低到每兆瓦时51美元，发展国内供应链，并为可持续、公平的固定海底风电部署提供信息。
未来：实现到2035年将成本降低70%以上至45美元/兆瓦时的浮动海上风电目标，建立美国在浮式海上风电设计和制造方面的领导地位，并为浮动海上风电的可持续、公开部署信息。
连接：为大规模海上风电部署提供可靠且有弹性的输电解决方案。
转型：扩大海上风力发电技术，实现广泛的电气化和脱碳。
能源部表示，这四阶段共同寻求以经济、公正和环境可持续的方式支持海上风电开发。
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USA Releases Strategy to Deploy 110+ GW of Offshore Wind by 2050
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released its Offshore Wind Energy Strategy, a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive summary of the Department’s efforts to meet the goal to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030 and set the nation on a pathway to 110 GW or more by 2050.
Deploying 30 GW of offshore wind would provide enough power for 10 million homes, support 77,000 jobs, and spur USD 12 billion per year in direct private investment.
The Department-wide strategy, Advancing Offshore Wind Energy in the United States, U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Contributions Toward 30 Gigawatts and Beyond, outlines how DOE will support the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government approach to accelerate the deployment of offshore wind in support of achieving a carbon-free electricity sector by 2035.
”The transformative potential of offshore wind energy is critical to achieving President Biden’s bold clean energy goals,” said US Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm.
”As our Offshore Wind Energy Strategy shows, we’re leveraging all resources across our department to harness this clean and reliable American energy source, which will create tens of thousands of good-paying, union jobs and revitalize coastal communities.”
There are currently 40 GW of offshore wind in various stages of development in the USA, which suggests the potential for substantial expansion.
The strategy categorizes DOE’s offshore wind efforts into four pillars:
NOW: Lower costs from USD 73 per megawatt-hour (MWh) to USD 51 per MWh by 2030, develop a domestic supply chain, and inform sustainable, just deployment of fixed-bottom offshore wind.
FORWARD: Achieve the Floating Offshore Wind Shot goal of reducing cost by over 70 per cent to USD 45/MWh by 2035, establish US leadership in floating offshore wind design and manufacturing, and inform sustainable, just deployment of floating offshore wind.
CONNECT: Enable reliable and resilient transmission solutions for large-scale offshore wind deployment.
TRANSFORM: Expand offshore wind co-generation technologies for widespread electrification and decarbonization.
Collectively these four pillars seek to support offshore wind development in a manner that is economic, just, and environmentally sustainable, DOE said.
