Chesapeake Light Tower - Declaration of Excess Property NREL 15-005 Award Number: DE- AC36-08GO28308 CX(s) Applied: A9, B1.36 National Renewable Energy Laboratory Date: 01/20/2015 Location(s): VA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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January 20, 2015
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Chesapeake Light Tower - Declaration of Excess Property NREL 15-005
Award Number: DE- AC36-08GO28308
CX(s) Applied: A9, B1.36
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Date: 01/20/2015
Location(s): VA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The proposed project by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) would declare the Chesapeake Light Tower (CLT) as excess property and report it as such to the General Services Administration. The CLT is located in the federally-administered Outer Centennial Shelf of the Atlantic Ocean approximately 14 miles (22.531 kilometers) east of Cape Henry, Virginia at coordinates 36°54’17”N, 75°42’46”W (See Figures uploaded to the PMC database), at a water depth of approximately 47 feet (14.326 meters). In December 2012, the DOE acquired custody of the Chesapeake Light Tower from the U.S. Coast Guard to examine the feasibility of repurposing the platform into a research center for offshore renewable energy called the Reference Facility for Offshore Renewable Energy (RFORE). Based upon the results of the various assessments, DOE has decided to not pursue renovation of the Chesapeake Light Tower into the RFORE concept, and therefore no longer has a mission need for the platform.