[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 229 (Friday, November 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76068-76069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26149]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Offshore Wind 
Transmission System Integration Research Needs

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Request for information.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on 
its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002389 regarding 
offshore wind transmission system integration research needs. The DOE's 
Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) is seeking information from the 
public on research needs regarding the integration of large-scale 
offshore wind energy generation into the transmission grid. In addition 
to input on overall research priorities, focus areas include 
considerations of technical means to

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enhance transmission utilization and mitigate congestion; updates to 
system integration studies and analyses in view of anticipated offshore 
wind additions; and priorities for improvements to data, models, and 
analytical tools. This RFI is intended to inform WETO's strategic 
planning on research aimed at lowering the cost of integrating offshore 
wind power into the grid, while enhancing system reliability and 
resiliency.

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received no later than 5:00pm (ET) 
on January 24, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to 
[email protected]. Include WETO OSW Integration RFI in the 
subject line of the email. Responses must be provided as attachments to 
an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 
25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses 
must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, 
and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. 
Only electronic responses will be accepted. The complete RFI document 
is located at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Question may be addressed to Jian Fu 
at [email protected] or (202) 586-9136. Further instruction can 
be found in the RFI document posted on EERE Exchange.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this RFI is to solicit 
information from electric utilities, academia, research laboratories, 
government agencies, and other stakeholders on research needs regarding 
the integration of large-scale offshore wind generation into the 
transmission grid. The responses will inform WETO's strategic and 
research planning in the general area of offshore wind and systems 
integration. WETO is specifically interested in information on: (a) 
Overall offshore wind systems integration research and development 
priorities; (b) means to enhance transmission utilization and mitigate 
congestion; (c) transmission system integration studies and analysis 
related to offshore wind; and (d) data, models and analytic tools to 
support offshore wind grid integration. The questions are meant to 
stimulate thoughts and comments in the identified areas, but may not be 
exhaustive. As such, responders may offer additional relevant comments 
in the topic areas even though a question is not specifically asked. 
The RFI is available at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

Confidential Business Information

    Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person submitting information that 
he or she believes to be confidential and exempt by law from public 
disclosure should submit via email: One copy of the document marked 
``confidential'' including all the information believed to be 
confidential, and one copy of the document marked ``non-confidential'' 
with the information believed to be confidential deleted. DOE will make 
its own determination about the confidential status of the information 
and treat it according to its determination.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on November 
19, 2020, by Robert C. Marlay, Director, Wind Energy Technologies 
Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, pursuant to 
delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with 
the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For 
administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of 
the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 
Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the 
document in electronic format for publication, as an official document 
of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way 
alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on November 20, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-26149 Filed 11-25-20; 8:45 am]
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