In the global race to tap renewable energy sources, Kelly Smith, E11, EG21, plays a pivotal role.
As a package manager with Ocean Winds, she helps drive the civil and electrical engineering behind the capture and transmission of energy generated by wind turbines off the coast of Massachusetts. That energy from their flagship U.S. project, SouthCoast Wind, is expected to be delivered to the onshore grid before the end of the decade, powering over a million homes and businesses.
Ocean Winds’ projects are part of the rapid growth in the U.S. offshore wind industry off the Atlantic coast. While recent supply chain challenges have stalled some industry plans, SouthCoast says it’s on track to provide electricity generated from about 150 turbines being built in a one-nautical mile grid 30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and 20 miles south of Nantucket.
The electricity will be transmitted to land through a point of interconnection…
