Offshore Wind Energy Co-Design Toolkit
The Offshore Wind Energy Co-Design Toolkit for Frontline Communities project is a collaboration involving the Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia), the University of Virginia (UVA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and community partners: The Shinnecock Nation, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Coastal Virginia (HCCCVA).
This toolkit offers a set of resources to improve the process of site planning by engaging with frontline communities. The use of community co-design can provide long-term societal benefits for stakeholders, while improving the efficiency and effectiveness of outcomes.
Developers gain insights on what a project that addresses the needs of all stakeholders might look like, along with strategies to support their engagement processes. Social, technical, economic, and political aspects of site planning are considered.
Publications:
“A co-design framework for wind energy integrated with storage“ (Aziz et al. 2022) Joule
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“3 Questions: Janelle Knox-Hayes on producing renewable energy that communities want” MITEI (link)