Floating Offshore Wind Shot

The Floating Offshore Wind Energy Shot™ seeks to reduce the cost of floating offshore wind energy by more than 70% by 2035 for deep water sites far from shore. Floating offshore wind is key to transitioning dense population centers to clean energy. An expanded floating offshore wind industry and supply chain would also mean thousands of jobs in wind manufacturing, installation, and operations.

Driving U.S. Leadership in Floating Offshore Wind Energy

The Floating Offshore Wind Shot is an initiative to help usher in a clean energy future by driving U.S. leadership in floating offshore wind design, development, and manufacturing. 

The Floating Offshore Wind Shot is led by the U.S. departments of Energy (DOE), the Interior (DOI), Commerce, and Transportation. It is part of DOE’s Energy Earthshots™, which seeks to overcome the key technical obstacles to America's climate goals while creating jobs and economic opportunities. 

About two-thirds of U.S. offshore wind energy potential exists over waters that are too deep for today’s fixed-bottom wind turbine foundations, and instead require the use of floating platforms. These structures will be among the largest ever constructed. Achieving the Floating Offshore Wind Shot goals will require an all-out effort to develop a robust domestic supply chain, reduce technology costs, and plan and build out needed transmission. 

Floating Offshore Wind Shot Fact Sheet

Highlights

Goals of the Floating Offshore Wind Shot

Illustration of an offshore wind site.
Develop cost-effective technologies for deeper waters.
Deploy large amounts of reliable, clean power.
Create jobs in operations, construction, manufacturing and more.
Expand supply chains including tailoring port infrastructure to support development.
Help revitalize port and manufacturing communities.
Bring power onshore to areas of high demand.
Ensure environmental sustainability and ocean co-use.

Briefing on the Floating Offshore Wind Shot and Deployment Goal

DOE and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hosted a webinar on their ambitious initiatives to position the U.S. to lead the world on floating offshore wind design, development, manufacturing, and deployment.

Download the slides from this webinar

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