Siting Study for a Hydrokinetic Energy Project Located Offshore Southeast FloridaCX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1Date: 01/19/2010Location(s): FloridaOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
January 19, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1
Date: 01/19/2010
Location(s): Florida
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Dehlsen Associates will be using Department of Energy funding to identify and approach for siting and designing marine renewable energy facilities (including transmission cables) along the Florida Coast, that will satisfy regulatory and resource management agency requirements that impacts to protected resources be avoided or minimized by a thorough analysis of alternative sites and installation methods. A parallel study will also be conducted that will help develop a complete mapping of benthic habitat types in the areas of most interest to future developers.