The potential of on-shore wind power in Delaware is minimal, having a potential of generating at most 22 GWh/year.[1] Delaware's principal wind potential is from offshore wind. A 2012 assessment estimates that 15,038 MW of offshore wind turbines could generate 60,654 GWh/year.[1] Delaware generated 11,522 GWh from all generating sources in 2011.[2]
2 MW of large scale wind capacity has been constructed in Delaware. A single 256-foot tall, 210-ton turbine at the University of Delaware in Lewes was built in 2010 for generating and educational purposes.[3] It produced 5 GWh of electricity in 2015.[4] There are no projects under construction, but there is a planned offshore wind power project that would produce 120 MW
The state of Delaware ran a request for proposals (RFP) during 2006-2007 that is notable as the first known RFP, world-wide, in which offshore wind power competed equally against coal and natural gas power alternatives.[5]
- ^ a b Renewable Energy Technical Potential
- ^ Electric Power Monthly February 2012 Table 5.4.B.
- ^ "Wind turbine in Lewes produces wide reaching research".
- ^ "U.S. Wind Industry Fourth Quarter 2016 Market Report". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Offshore Wind Power Delaware Project".