With the United States (US) poised to scale-up Offshore Wind (OSW) to meet the urgent need for renewable energy that enables deep electrification and mitigates the effects of climate change in 2024 the nation finds itself at an all hands-on-deck moment. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Wind Energy Technology Office (WETO) are leading with a broad set of programs and initiatives to meet the numerous inter-connected challenges that come with reliably scaling up a new technology in our oceans and justly delivering clean power to our nation. Recognizing the need to deeply engage the nation’s universities in addressing these challenges, legislation enabled DOE-WETO to seek the creation of a Center of Excellence in Offshore Wind: the Academic center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW) is the result. The effort is complemented profoundly by commitments from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) and the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA).
Objectives
ARROW’s overarching objectives are:
establish a broadly comprehensive and multi-pronged OSW education and research program designed to prepare the next generation of US OSW professionals and establish global leadership for the US in OSW education,
empower the first cohorts of this next-generation US OSW workforce to seed a reliable and resilient, domestically educated, OSW professional workforce.
deliver innovations to accelerate achievement of US goals for OSW levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and deployment and ensure that the OSW system delivers energy in a reliable and resilient manner.
engage with stakeholder communities to ensure that the energy transition is just, equitable and fair, and that all stakeholders have a voice in the process.
Core Partners
ARROW’s lead institution is:
UMass Amherst
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and is joined by core academic partners:
Clemson University, South Carolina
Clemson University is a leading public research institution located in Upstate South Carolina. Here, researchers create solutions that change the world.
Morgan State University: Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University
Morgan State University – Maryland’s Preeminent Urban Public Research University
Home | Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America’s first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university
Home – Northeastern University
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global, experiential, research university built on a tradition of engagement with the world.
UMass Dartmouth
A national research university, UMass Dartmouth offers distinctive bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees on an innovation-rich campus.
UMass Lowell
UMass Lowell, a midsized public research university located north of Boston, offers full- and part-time students bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs online and on campus.
UPRM Research – Research, Innovation & Creative Endeavors
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus
and core lab partners:
Argonne National Laboratory Homepage | Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory’s two powerhouse research tools — Aurora and the upgraded Advanced Photon Source — will work together to accelerate discovery for clean energy and decarbonization, fighting climate change, biology and the life sciences, medicine and human health, and new materials for transportation, energy, and electronic devices.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Home Page
The only federal laboratory dedicated to research, development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL advances the frontiers of knowledge, taking on some of the world’s greatest science and technology challenges.
Funding Partners
Funding for ARROW is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Wind Energy Technology Office (WETO), as well as the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) and the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA).
Contributing programs/centers/institutes at core partners
ARROW’s strength drawn from centers and programs at core partners
ARROW was developed in partnership with a rich array of centers, institutes, and programs at the core partnering universities and labs. A partial list of these partners is provided here to provide an overview of the wide variety of efforts that collaborate with ARROW in implementing its mission. We encourage you to visit and learn more about our partners and their excellent work in supporting the energy transition to offshore wind. University of Massachusetts – Amherst Johns Hopkins University University of Massachusetts – Lowell University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth Northeastern University
