RALEIGH Representatives from South Carolina as well as North Carolina met in Charlotte in June to discuss opportunities for collaborating to accelerate a development of offshore breeze energy on a south Atlantic seaboard. The meeting is being heralded as a significant first step towards informal collaboration for offshore breeze in a Southeast.The objective of a two-state meeting was to try ways to leverage any states unique experience, knowledge, as well as resources to accelerate a deployment of offshore breeze energy in a way which is mutually profitable to both states. Our states are uniquely positioned with strengths as well as advantages which complement any other. said Elizabeth Colbert-Busch of a Clemson University Restoration Institute. Some of a initial opportunities which were discussed included enabling various research institutions to collaborate on destiny research projects as well as exploring a possibility of an offshore breeze energy project along a NC/SC border.Represented organizations included U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River National Laboratory, Santee Cooper, N.C. Offshore Wind Coalition, N.C. Department of Commerce, N.C. Solar Center, N.C. Energy Office, N.C. Sustainable Energy Association, S.C. Energy Office, Clemson University Restoration Institute, Coastal Carolina University, S.C. Coastal Conservation League, North Strand Coastal Wind Team, as well as City of North Myrtle Beach.An Impressive ResourceAccording to a report by a National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 33 percent of a total East Coast offshore breeze potential within 50 miles of a shoreline is located off a coast of North as well as South Carolina as well as both states have offshore breeze energy resources which exceed their current commissioned electricity generation capacity. Based on a report, North Carolina as well as South Carolina have a largest offshore breeze energy resources in shallow water on a Atlantic Seaboard, said Ralph Nichols Wind Energy Program Manager at a Savannah River National Laborato! ry. Inde ed, if one looks at breeze potential in shallow water (less than 30 meters) as well as more than 12 miles from a shore, an important consideration in limiting visual impacts, a figures are even more impressive, with a Carolinas alone holding more than half of East Coast resource. Adding Virginia as well as Georgia bumps which figure to over 82 percent. This excellent breeze resource, combined with outstanding port facilities in a region, should attract investment by utilities as well as a offshore breeze industry, said Nichols.
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