Deepwater Wind
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DEEPWATER WIND IS AMERICA’S LEADING OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPER ⎻
Developer of the Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm
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Winner of the federal government’s first competitive lease auction for RI-MA WEA lease areas in 2013
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Approval from Maryland Public Service Commission for Skipjack Wind Farm received May 2017
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Primarily owned by the D.E. Shaw group, a New York-based investment and technology company with more than $40 billion in investment capital as of October 1, 2016 2
America’s First Offshore Wind Farm is Now Operating
5 turbines. 17,000 homes. 300+ construction jobs. 1st in the nation.
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Deepwater Wind and LIPA have finalized a PPA for a wind farm 30 miles east of Long Island’s South Fork
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First phase of development in the BOEM OCS-A 0486 lease area Schedule will allow LIPA to defer construction of fossil-fired generation in East Hampton:
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2017 – Final PPA approval
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2018 – Permit applications submitted
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2020 – Final permits received
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2021 – Construction Starts
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2022 – Commercial Operations
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Project Development Timeline 2010 - Stakeholder outreach begins: BOEM
Science and Stakeholder Involvement
2011 - Science begins, ongoing 2017- Detailed science and engineering studies 2018 - Permit application submission 2018-2020 - Permit review, science & engineering assessment 2022 - Construction completed, SFWF operational 2022 – 2024 - Post- construction scientific monitoring
History of RI-MA WEA
• OCEAN SAMP • Massachusetts Ocean Plan • Area of Mutual Interest: • Governors of RI and MA • BOEM Call Area • Input from Stakeholders • RI MA WEA
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Fisheries Outreach • RI • MA • NY • CT
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Permitting and Site Control will involve many Municipal, State, and Federal Agencies
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Science at SFWF Surveys: • • • • • • • •
Geophysical & Geotechnical Archeological (Marine and Terrestrial) Visual Impact Assessment (including historic properties) Wetland Delineation Sensitive Habitat Surveys Avian and Bat Surveys Benthic Surveys Fish and Fisheries Surveys
Desktop Studies: • • • • • • • •
EMF modeling EFH Analysis Navigational Risk Assessment Air Emissions Analysis Underwater and In-Air Acoustic Modeling Marine Mammal Risk Assessment Sediment Transport Modeling Socio-economic 9
Benthic Survey Work • Baseline survey before geophysical survey to improve siting of turbines and cable
Full benthic assessment after geophysical survey
• Sediment Profile Imaging (SPI) and Plan View (PV) • High resolution imagery of seafloor
Deployment of Inspire Environmental’s SPI/PV system
• Grab samples for laboratory testing • Characterize baseline ecological conditions and seafloor habitats
SPI/PV camera system
Habitat and Fisheries Assessment • Desktop data review: literature and spatial data • NMFS, NEAMAP, VIMS, URI, SMAST, NYSDEC • VMS Maps • Habitat Maps • Outreach to Fishing Industry and Agencies • Target Issues • Cod Spawning, Sturgeon, Squid, Lobster, Jonah Crabs, Monkfish, Scallops, EFH species
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Aileen Kenney
Melanie Gearon
[email protected] 401.648.0607
[email protected] 401.486.7797
dwwind.com
/DeepwaterWind
@DeepwaterWind
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Data Coverage • Malek 2015 • Bohaboy, Malek, Collie 2010 (RI SAMP) • RI DEM, RI GSO, NEAMAP, NMFS • Siemann and Smolowitz 2017 • JJ Howard Lab: NEFSC trawls and SMAST camera • NEAMAP and RSA scallop surveys (VIMS) • NYSDEC sturgeon trawl data (2005-2008) • VMS data • VTR data to be requested along cable corridor • Fishing effort from BOEM (OCEAN SAMP) 14
Habitat Distribution • Develop predictive habitat map based on existing information • usSEABED database • Collie and King BOEM lobster report • Malek 2015 • Siemanns and Smolowitz 2017 • Menza et al. BOEM • Fugro Desktop Study • USGS seismic, sub-bottom and interpretative maps • Revise map with site-specific data from G&G survey: MBES, SSS, sub-bottom, magnetometer, grabs, vibracores and SPI/PV 15
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DEEPWATER WIND IS AMERICA’S LEADING OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPER ⎻
Developer of the Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm
⎻
Winner of the federal government’s first competitive lease auction for RI-MA WEA lease areas in 2013
⎻
Approval from Maryland Public Service Commission for Skipjack Wind Farm received May 2017
⎻
Primarily owned by the D.E. Shaw group, a New York-based investment and technology company with more than $40 billion in investment capital as of October 1, 2016 2
America’s First Offshore Wind Farm is Now Operating
5 turbines. 17,000 homes. 300+ construction jobs. 1st in the nation.
-
Deepwater Wind and LIPA have finalized a PPA for a wind farm 30 miles east of Long Island’s South Fork
-
First phase of development in the BOEM OCS-A 0486 lease area Schedule will allow LIPA to defer construction of fossil-fired generation in East Hampton:
-
-
2017 – Final PPA approval
-
2018 – Permit applications submitted
-
2020 – Final permits received
-
2021 – Construction Starts
-
2022 – Commercial Operations
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Project Development Timeline 2010 - Stakeholder outreach begins: BOEM
Science and Stakeholder Involvement
2011 - Science begins, ongoing 2017- Detailed science and engineering studies 2018 - Permit application submission 2018-2020 - Permit review, science & engineering assessment 2022 - Construction completed, SFWF operational 2022 – 2024 - Post- construction scientific monitoring
History of RI-MA WEA
• OCEAN SAMP • Massachusetts Ocean Plan • Area of Mutual Interest: • Governors of RI and MA • BOEM Call Area • Input from Stakeholders • RI MA WEA
8
4
Fisheries Outreach • RI • MA • NY • CT
7
Permitting and Site Control will involve many Municipal, State, and Federal Agencies
5
Science at SFWF Surveys: • • • • • • • •
Geophysical & Geotechnical Archeological (Marine and Terrestrial) Visual Impact Assessment (including historic properties) Wetland Delineation Sensitive Habitat Surveys Avian and Bat Surveys Benthic Surveys Fish and Fisheries Surveys
Desktop Studies: • • • • • • • •
EMF modeling EFH Analysis Navigational Risk Assessment Air Emissions Analysis Underwater and In-Air Acoustic Modeling Marine Mammal Risk Assessment Sediment Transport Modeling Socio-economic 9
Benthic Survey Work • Baseline survey before geophysical survey to improve siting of turbines and cable
Full benthic assessment after geophysical survey
• Sediment Profile Imaging (SPI) and Plan View (PV) • High resolution imagery of seafloor
Deployment of Inspire Environmental’s SPI/PV system
• Grab samples for laboratory testing • Characterize baseline ecological conditions and seafloor habitats
SPI/PV camera system
Habitat and Fisheries Assessment • Desktop data review: literature and spatial data • NMFS, NEAMAP, VIMS, URI, SMAST, NYSDEC • VMS Maps • Habitat Maps • Outreach to Fishing Industry and Agencies • Target Issues • Cod Spawning, Sturgeon, Squid, Lobster, Jonah Crabs, Monkfish, Scallops, EFH species
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Aileen Kenney
Melanie Gearon
[email protected] 401.648.0607
[email protected] 401.486.7797
dwwind.com
/DeepwaterWind
@DeepwaterWind
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Data Coverage • Malek 2015 • Bohaboy, Malek, Collie 2010 (RI SAMP) • RI DEM, RI GSO, NEAMAP, NMFS • Siemann and Smolowitz 2017 • JJ Howard Lab: NEFSC trawls and SMAST camera • NEAMAP and RSA scallop surveys (VIMS) • NYSDEC sturgeon trawl data (2005-2008) • VMS data • VTR data to be requested along cable corridor • Fishing effort from BOEM (OCEAN SAMP) 14
Habitat Distribution • Develop predictive habitat map based on existing information • usSEABED database • Collie and King BOEM lobster report • Malek 2015 • Siemanns and Smolowitz 2017 • Menza et al. BOEM • Fugro Desktop Study • USGS seismic, sub-bottom and interpretative maps • Revise map with site-specific data from G&G survey: MBES, SSS, sub-bottom, magnetometer, grabs, vibracores and SPI/PV 15
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