Assessment of Offshore Wind Leasing Areas in California

Aubryn Cooperman; Patrick Duffy; Matt Hall; Ericka Lozon; Walt Musial

doi:10.2172/1888496

Assessment of Offshore Wind Leasing Areas in California

Aubryn Cooperman, Patrick Duffy, Matt Hall, Ericka Lozon, Walt Musial

National Wind Technology Center

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Abstract

This presentation summarizes an analysis of options for dividing Morro Bay and Humboldt Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) into offshore wind lease areas. The delineation process considered input from wind energy developers, physical characteristics of the sites, and potential effects of turbine layout and mooring technology selection on the energy generation capacity of each location. Two delineation options were assessed for the Humboldt WEA and four options for the Morro Bay WEA. The lease areas within each WEA were designed to have equal value and support approximately 1 gigawatt of generation capacity.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	34
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/1888496
State	Published - 2022

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NREL/PR-5000-83635

Keywords

California
mooring
offshore wind

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