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2023
- Publication of flagship paper on Block Island Structural Monitoring.
- Workshops on Offshore Wind Transmission, Digital Twinning, Nature-Inclusive Design, and Blue Tech.
- Collaboration with NREL and BNOW on the U.S. Offshore Wind Supply Chain.
2022
- Tufts works with members of the Massachusetts and Connecticut Legislatures to advance research on offshore wind pricing; nature-inclusive offshore wind plant design; and diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce development.
2021
- Research emphasis on grid integration.
- Tufts launches Offshore Power Research and Education (OSPRE) Report Series with Tufts Digital Library.
- Tufts launches Offshore Wind Safety Initiative.
- Tuft launches DEIJ Scholarship for Masters Candidates.
2020
- In partnership with the University of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Ørsted, and GE, Tufts launches a digital twinning campaign for the nation’s first offshore wind farm.
2019
- Tufts launches first U.S. graduate program in Offshore Wind Energy Engineering dedicated to infrastructure, supply chain, and transmission.
2018
- POWER-US publishes the Reaching Convergence and Ocean Test Bed and White Papers.
2017
- Tufts hosts POWER-US Workshop.
- Tufts partners with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to introduce concept of Ocean Test Bed to Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology.
2016
- Tufts invests in Offshore Wind Initiative
- Tufts works with Clemson, Fraunhofer IWES, Northeastern, NREL, ORE Catapult, the UMass System, UMaine, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to initiate Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy Research (POWER-US)
- Tufts hosts Interagency Workshop on Offshore Wind Energy in Washington, DC.
2015
- Tufts proposes an Offshore Wind Infrastructure National Center of Excellence to the National Science Foundation.
2014
- Substantial Completion of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal.
2013
- Tufts joins the State of Massachusetts and the City of New Bedford on an offshore wind trade mission to Germany and Denmark.
2012
- Final Design for New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal.
- Tufts collaborates with Deepwater Wind, NREL, University of Rhode Island, MassCEC, Northeastern, UMass Amherst, and UMass Lowell to develop a structural monitoring campaign for the Block Island Wind Farm.
- The American Institute of Steel Construction recognizes Dr. Eric Hines for his structural design of the Wind Technology Testing Center with a Special Achievement Award.
2011
- Completion of the Wind Technology Testing Center.
- Initiation of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal Design.
2010
- Construction of the Wind Technology Testing Center.
2009
- Completion of Wind Technology Testing Center design with funding procured through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
2008
- Initiation of Wind Technology Testing Center Design.