Casey Reeves Project Coordinator Overview Renewable Energy Program - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Casey Reeves Project Coordinator

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

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 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

Outreach and Studies Conducted in Developing Wind Energy Areas Other Data Sources  BOEM NC and SC Data Portals  MarineCadastre.gov  GSAA Coast & Ocean Portal 7

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

Wake Effects Between WTGs and Neighboring Wind Facilities 67 WTG Remain 48 turbine loss due to wake effects results in potentially diminished resource extraction

A Single Common Approach North Atlantic Right Whale Critical Habitat Grand Strand Call Area and Wilmington WEAs Wake Effects from Viewshed Contiguous Concerns Areas

• Proposed Sale Notice and Request Kitty Hawk for Interest Closed for WEA comment October 17, 2016 • Integrated into Wilmington the South Carolina Leasing East Process & • Integration of South Carolina Wilmington and North West Carolina Task Forces WEAs

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