Offshore wind transmission in the United States. A collectivist culture versus Europe’s individualistic approach?

摘要

In this paper, the benefits of an offshore wind transmission backbone grid for the east coast of the United States are discussed. It is explained why this is a more structured approach than a traditional radial grid where each wind farm project has its own export cable connection onshore. In this study, it was revealed that following an individualistic approach that Europe has followed so far in the wind offshore transmission, strategically, is more costly and time-consuming, including long-lasting permission processes.However, States by following amore collectivistic approach and by working synergistically towards implementing a backbone grid, itmay be possible to reduce costs and save time.