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New Offshore Wind Center of Excellence – ARROW announced
This story was originally published by the UMass News Office. The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) to establish and lead the Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW), a new multimillion-dollar national center of excellence to accelerate reliable and equitable offshore wind energy deployment…
New England News Collaborative Calls on ARROW for Background on OSW
Prof. Sanjay Arwade was the guest of the New England News Collaborative on a boat tour of the Vineyard 1 OSW project on Monday September 16th. Reporters from WBUR, WCAI, WGBH, Maine Public Radio, Rhode Island Public Radio and Rhode Island PBS went to sea to see the wind farm up-close and in-person and to…
ARROW Director Arwade addresses MA House TUE Committee
Representative Jeffrey Roy, the House Chair of the MA Joint Committee on Transportation Utilities and Energy, invited Prof. Arwade to update the committee on the ARROW Center. Prof. Arwade gave updates to the members on the research, education and engagement activities of ARROW and offered that ARROW could be a source for research and advice…
ARROW Director Arwade addresses Governors and Premiers
Prof. Arwade was invited by Gov. Maura Healey to address the annual meeting of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers on the topic of Offshore Wind and the new ARROW Center. The meeting took place at the Mass Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay. (Photo: Josh Quals, Office of Governor Maura Healey)
ARROW faculty on benefits of an offshore power grid
ARROW researchers Erin Baker (UMass Amherst) and Abraham Silverman (JHU) collaborated with Dartmouth College scholars Tyler Hansen and Elizabeth Wilson to describe the potential benefits of an offshore grid to offshore wind development. The article appears in The Conversation.
Empower
ARROW-Empower is the educational arm of ARROW designed to empower the next generation of US-based OSW professionals, enhance the ability of US institutions to deliver comprehensive OSW education and establish global leadership for the US in OSW education.
Engage
ARROW-Engage encompasses the outreach aspects and Community Benefits aspects of the center, especially diversity, energy equity and workforce development initiatives. ARROW’s holistic approach integrates these engagement initiatives into the fabric of its operations, educational programs, research initiatives, stakeholder engagements, and community relationships. ARROW-Engage tasks are integrated with and support research within ARROW-Innovate and Education within ARROW-Empower.
Innovate
ARROW-Innovate is the research arm of ARROW and focuses a rich OSW research environment at ARROW institutions on the characterization and reduction of uncertainty across the OSW system. Key objectives of ARROW-Innovate are increased reliability and the interjection of targeted solutions for OSW resilience. The expertise of the ARROW team covers the areas of infrastructure,…