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Casey Reeves Project Coordinator

Renewable Energy Program Overview Developing Wind Energy Areas Research and Studies Regional Commonalities and Evaluation Path Forward

Overview

OCS Renewable Energy Program

“(T)he outer Continental Shelf is a vital national resource reserve held by the Federal Government for the public, which should be made available for expeditious and orderly development, subject to environmental safeguards, in a manner which is consistent with the maintenance of competition and other national needs”Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) Sec 3(3)

Energy Policy Act 2005 – Secretarial authority for offshore renewable energy

• Regulate the production, transportation, or transmission of energy

from sources other than oil and gas

• Coordinate with federal, state, and local agencies, tribal governments &

stakeholders

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Comments Received in Developing Wind Energy Areas

 Visual  Night skies  Socioeconomic  North Atlantic Right Whale  Tourism  Vessel traffic  Military use  Avian Impacts  Wetlands Impacts  Historic Properties

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Outreach and Studies Conducted in Developing Wind Energy Areas

Completed:  Fishing, Diving, and Ecotourism Stakeholder Uses and Habitat Information for North Carolina Wind Energy Call Areas  Benthic Habitat Mapping and Assessment in the Wilmington-East Wind Energy Call Area  Appendices  Baseline Bioacoustic Characterization for Offshore Renewable Energy Development in the North Carolina and Georgia Wind Planning Areas  Literature Search and Data Synthesis for Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles in the US Atlantic from Maine to the Florida Keys  Evaluation of Visual Impact on Cultural Resources/Historic Properties: North Atlantic, Mid- Atlantic, and Florida Straits

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Outreach and Studies Conducted in Developing Wind Energy Areas Ongoing

State Task Force meetings Geophysical Mapping and Identification of Paleolandscapes and Historic Shipwrecks Offshore South Carolina Battle of the Atlantic Determining Offshore Use by Diving Marine Birds Using Satellite Telemetry Quantitative Assessment of Spatially- Explicit Social Values

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Outreach and Studies Conducted in Developing Wind Energy Areas

Other Data Sources

 BOEM NC and SC Data Portals  MarineCadastre.gov  GSAA Coast & Ocean Portal

NARW CH Expansion

Visual Concerns

State of North Carolina: 24 nm Town of Sunset Beach: 24 nm Bald Head Island:

• Village of Bald Head Island: 24 nm or >
• Bald Head Association s: 24 nm or >
• Bald Head Island Conservancy

Holden Beach Properties Owners Association: 30 nm Town of Ocean Isle Beach: 25nm Caswell Beach (CB) : 33.7nm from CB, 24nm, 33.7nm Oak Island Light House North Myrtle Beach: 24 nm setback unnecessary Brunswick County – General Concerns 10 nm 15 nm 24 nm

Not An All inclusive List

Wake Effects Between WTGs and Neighboring Wind Facilities

Wake Effects Between WTGs and Neighboring Wind Facilities

Mitigation Options

• Layout Optimization
• Increase Spacing
• Offset Spacing
• Offset Layouts (Staggered)

67 WTG Remain 48 turbine loss due to wake effects results in potentially diminished resource extraction

Wake Effects Between WTGs and Neighboring Wind Facilities

A Single Common Approach

Grand Strand Call Area and Wilmington WEAs

North Atlantic Right Whale Critical Habitat Viewshed Concerns Wake Effects from Contiguous Areas

• Proposed

Sale Notice and Request for Interest Closed for comment October 17, 2016

Kitty Hawk WEA

• Integrated into

the South Carolina Leasing Process

• Integration of

South Carolina and North Carolina Task Forces

Wilmington East & Wilmington West WEAs

Casey Reeves Project Coordinator 703.787.1671 casey.reeves@boem.gov On the Web: http://www.boem.gov