Life Cycle Assessment of an offshore wind farm in New Jersey

Keywords: LCA, Wind farms, Recycle, offshore, New Jersey
Session Type: Virtual Poster Abstract
Day: Friday
Session Start / End Time: 2/25/2022 03:40 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/25/2022 05:00 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 49

Abstract

Wind farms have seen a tremendous growth over the past few years. As countries strive to become carbon neutral and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, the need for new renewable energy power generation increases. New Jersey, USA, has been diligently working towards this cause, as the State aims to be carbon neutral by 2050. Since wind energy is an abundant resource amongst coastal states, offshore wind farms have gained momentum, and numerous projects are in early development.

This study aims to calculate the environmental impact of the construction, transportation, operation, and decommissioning of a 1.1 GW offshore wind farm along the New Jersey coastline using a cradle-to-grave Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) environmental analysis technique. This study will closely represent New Jersey’s developing plans in collaboration with Orsted’s Ocean Wind Strategic Plan of 2020 and will explore different scenario analyses including turbine type (floating vs fixed), grid connections (offshore and onshore substations), and recycling options.