North American Windpower: Iowa State University Receives Grant To Study Offshore Wind Energy Assessment

Iowa State University Receives Grant To Study Offshore Wind Energy Assessment

by NAW Staff on Monday 30 July 2012

The Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development (IAWIND) has awarded a $300,000 grant to Iowa State University for wind energy research.

The grant, which will be matched by wind energy assessment company Anemometry Specialists, will be used by Eugene S. Takle, a professor of agricultural meteorology and director of the climate science program at ISU, to develop a balloon-borne buoy-mounted measurement platform for offshore wind energy resource assessment.

According to IAWIND, the total cost of energy for an offshore wind farm could be reduced by up to 4% if a buoy-based system - rather than an offshore meteorological tower - were used for wind resource assessment.

The total equipment and installation cost of the buoy-based instrumentation system will be less than $100,000, which represents at least a 90% reduction in cost compared to offshore meteorological towers, according to IAWIND.

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