Port and Infrastructure Analysis for Offshore Wind Energy Development

Port and Infrastructure Analysis for Offshore Wind Energy Development

In the context of a widespread interest in the potential of offshore wind to create clean energy jobs in
Massachusetts, reduce the region’s dependence on foreign oil, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the production of renewable energy, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) commissioned this report (“Summary Report” or “report”) to examine and identify port facilities in Massachusetts that have the ability to support commercial scale offshore renewable energy development. This report also seeks to explore the feasibility, as well as the economic development potential, of planned and potential port and landside facilities at Massachusetts ports identified as possible candidates for staging offshore wind farms. For this first of-its-kind study of port infrastructure to support offshore wind, the MCEC contracted with Tetra Tech EC, Inc. and a team of specialized professionals (collectively “the Team”) to conduct this study and issue a report on the findings.

Click Here To Access The Report.

Click Here To Access The Appendices.