bet8体育娱乐入口's efforts to be a leader in the development and implementation of offshore wind technology on the Virginia coast are paying dividends for the Commonwealth.
大学赢得了775美元的奖金,000 grant from the Department of Defense's Office of the Secretary of 退伍军人 and Defense, with partners from the College of William & Mary and James Madison University.
The grant will help create a wind energy siting solution to mitigate the effects of location decision on military training, 准备和研究, covering both offshore and onshore wind projects.
Tom Allen, professor of geography, will serve as principal investigator. The effort will be coordinated by Jerry Cronin of ODU's OpenSeas 技术 创新 Hub.
"The grant will combine the University's strong capabilities in wind energy and geographic information systems, along with the entrepreneurial business development expertise of the Institute for 创新 & 创业 to create a sustainable solution that extends beyond the life of the grant,克罗宁说.
In 2019, bet8体育娱乐入口 established an offshore wind task force to help align public- and private-sector interests as Dominion Energy Inc. prepares to build a 220-turbine wind farm approximately 27 miles off the Virginia Beach coast. 计划中的7美元.8 billion megaproject would be the largest offshore wind farm in the country when fully built.
"This award comes at a time when a coordinated approach for all things maritime is more important than ever," Old Dominion President John R. 布罗德里克说. "I am proud of all of our researchers as we balance the economic opportunities of our maritime economy with the realities of national military security and our responsibility to protect our natural resources."
The task force has won a total of $1.8 million in external funding in the past 12 months.
保罗·奥尔森, ODU's executive director for programs and partnerships, attended the Commonwealth's offshore wind bill signing ceremony at the Virginia Aquarium in late June, which was followed by a several-hour trip aboard three vessels to tour Dominion Energy's 弗吉尼亚海岸 Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.
ODU's focus on offshore wind research has opened opportunities for the University apart from the $1.8 million in grants already received. "We have amazing research faculty to exploit our offshore wind locational advantage we enjoy at ODU,奥尔森说.
乔治·哈格曼说, senior project scientist with ODU's Coastal Center for Physical Oceanography, leads a team of nationally recognized offshore wind project scientists.
"I'm really honored to be working with George Hagerman - he has amazing energy,奥尔森说. "His work with Dean Ben Stuart (of the 巴顿工程学院 & 技术) has led to powerful collaborations across the University, and the broader community."
Due to the limitations of the COVID-19 virus, 只有一小部分人当选, industry and non-profit officials were able to visit the actual turbines. 奥尔森 was selected to represent ODU because of the University's offshore wind efforts, 还有它的海洋研究.
"Hopefully we can get the entire team out there once this virus lifts," he said.
奥尔森, Hagerman and program specialist Rema McManus lead the region's 200-member offshore wind task force, which has representatives from industry, 学术界, 非营利组织和政府, with a 分享d goal of leveraging Virginia's natural geographic and supply chain advantages to become a national leader in offshore wind research and development.
