Tampa Bay Case Study for Fuel Resilience: Takeaways and Lessons Learned

While the Tampa Bay region has not been directly hit by a major hurricane since 1921, it is considered one of the most vulnerable areas in the United States to hurricanes and severe tropical weather. A particular vulnerability stems from the fact that all petroleum fuel comes to the area through Port Tampa Bay, which can be (and has been in the past) impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms. This report covers previous fuel challenges, vulnerabilities, and lessons learned by key Tampa Bay fleets during the past 10 years (mainly as a result of most recent 2017 Hurricane Irma) in order to explore ways to improve the area’s resilience to natural disasters. Some of the strategies can include maintaining emergency fuel supply, prioritizing fuel use, strategically placing the assets around the region to help with recovery, investing in backup generators (including generators powered by alternative fuels), planning for redundancies in fuel supply networks, developing more efficient communication procedures between public fleets, improving hurricane planning, and upgrading street drainage systems to reduce the threat of local flooding.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.cutr.usf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/WO-2-Report-Tampa-Bay-Case-Study_Final-compressed.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  University of South Florida, Tampa

  Center for Urban Transportation Research
  Tampa, FL  United States 

  National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  Golden, CO  United States  80401
• Authors:
  • Kolpakov, Alexander
  • Sipiora, Austin Marie
• Publication Date: 2020-8-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 45p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Case studies; Disaster preparedness; Disaster resilience; Hurricanes; Lessons learned; Ports; Risk assessment
• Identifier Terms: Hurricane Irma, 2017
• Geographic Terms: Tampa Bay Region
• Subject Areas: Energy; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01766489
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: JDC-9-92236-01
• Contract Numbers: NREL Work Order 002
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 8 2021 11:42AM