Sunay Dagli

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2024-94

May 10, 2024

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2024/EECS-2024-94.pdf

This report examines the feasibility and economic implications of integrating offshore wind and tidal energy into the United States energy grid, with a focus on California. Offshore wind and tidal energy are increasingly recognized as viable alternatives to fossil fuels, however, their integration into existing energy systems requires careful planning and analysis for significant investments. This report uses Switch, a power system capacity expansion model that uses linear programming to minimize the cost of the system while meeting renewable energy standards. Offshore wind and tidal modules are implemented and the procedure is detailed in this report. The findings indicate the potential of offshore wind in the long term, while tidal power has a large price barrier that limits its potential. The report concludes by analyzing how different methods of building offshore turbines may have an impact on their potential and recommends using them as distributed energy resources to supply electricity to underserved regions.

Advisors: Robert Pilawa-Podgurski

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BibTeX citation:

@mastersthesis{Dagli:EECS-2024-94,
    Author= {Dagli, Sunay},
    Title= {Offshore Wind and Tidal Energy Integration into Power System Linear Programming Capacity Model},
    School= {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
    Year= {2024},
    Month= {May},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2024/EECS-2024-94.html},
    Number= {UCB/EECS-2024-94},
    Abstract= {This report examines the feasibility and economic implications of integrating offshore wind and tidal energy into the United States energy grid, with a focus on California. Offshore wind and tidal energy are increasingly recognized as viable alternatives to fossil fuels, however, their integration into existing energy systems requires careful planning and analysis for significant investments. This report uses Switch, a power system capacity expansion model that uses linear programming to minimize the cost of the system while meeting renewable energy standards. Offshore wind and tidal modules are implemented and the procedure is detailed in this report. The findings indicate the potential of offshore wind in the long term, while tidal power has a large price barrier that limits its potential. The report concludes by analyzing how different methods of building offshore turbines may have an impact on their potential and recommends using them as distributed energy resources to supply electricity to underserved regions.},
}

EndNote citation:

%0 Thesis
%A Dagli, Sunay 
%T Offshore Wind and Tidal Energy Integration into Power System Linear Programming Capacity Model
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 2024
%8 May 10
%@ UCB/EECS-2024-94
%U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2024/EECS-2024-94.html
%F Dagli:EECS-2024-94