This paper gives a summary of ongoing work on the assessment of the wind energy resource off the coast of southern New England in the United States. This project was carried out to determine the potential for the near-term development of offshore wind energy projects in that region. The work...

This paper presents an applications case study and comparison of performance results between two computational models for simulating the performance of hybrid power systems. The first model, HYBRID2, was developed at the University of Massachusetts under National Renewable Energy Laboratory...

This paper provides a preliminary assessment of the performance and economic potential of a hybrid energy system (wind/diesel) power system which includes a variable speed diesel generator. Recent development in power electronics would be utilized to allow asynchronous operation of the diesel...

Offshore wind turbines are now being considered for use in the United States. Ensuring proper design of offshore wind turbines and wind farms requires knowledge of the external conditions in which the turbines and associated facilities are to operate. The primary external conditions are due to...