Subtask 2.2 Marine Corps Base Hawaii Site: National Marine Renewable Energy Center in HawaiiCX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1Date: 02/24/2011Location(s): Oahu, HawaiiOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
February 24, 2011
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CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1
Date: 02/24/2011
Location(s): Oahu, Hawaii
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Under task 2.2, the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii National Marine Renewable Energy Center (HINMREC) are proposing to use federal funding to provide technical advice to Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) and Ocean Power Technology (OPT) in assistance of their preliminary planning activities related to their proposed project to deploy and test a single 40 kilowatt electrical (kWe) buoy in the Marine base off-shore waters in off the island of Oahu in Kaneohe Bay. HINMREC's technical assistance would involve conducting High-Resolution-Multibeam oceanographic and soil surveys in the proposed testing area, evaluating the feasibility of the project, conducting wave climate analysis and ocean engineering work to define meteorological and oceanographic conditions at the test site.