Electrical & Computer Engineering Seminar (Daniel Lorden)

New York State Off-Shore Wind Energy Development

Daniel J. Lorden,

Principal DJL Energy Consulting, LLC

Abstract: New York State’s 2019 Green Energy Deal doubled-down on its Clean Energy Standard to increase renewable electricity from 50% to 70% by 2030 and to achieve 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040. In addition to an ambitious increase of land-based solar, wind, and energy storage capacity targets, the Green Energy Deal calls for increasing New York State’s off-shore wind energy target from 2,400MW by 2030 to 9,000MW by 2035. This seminar will: (1) provide a summary of the Northeast U.S. off-shore wind resource areas and who has secured the rights to develop these areas; (2) describe the technologies available to harvest and transmit the off-shore wind energy to the land-based grid; (3) describe New York State’s ongoing wind energy procurement process; (4) identify the many forces currently impeding progress; and (5) discuss why the Green New Deal goals may not be achieved.

Dan Lorden earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson in 1981 and a M.S. in Electric Power Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1983. Dan has 40 years of experience in the electricity industry performing senior level engineering, project, and corporate management functions related to: high voltage transmission planning; project development execution; high-voltage direct current systems; combined-cycle gas turbine power plant development; FERC, ISO, NERC and associated Reliability Council process management; and energy asset acquisition. Areas of special expertise include power-electronic transmission technology and wholesale electricity market policy and tariffs. Dan is a member of the IEEE, CIGRE, and ESIG and co-authored the EPRI HVDC Handbook.

CAMP 176

Friday, October 6, 2023, 4pm

Also on Zoom: https://clarkson.zoom.us/j/99689458746?pwd=eVowa1RleDRwdWNNT1pyUS82eUpmdz09

*Co-Sponsored by IEEE student branch and HKN

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