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51 floating turbines proposed for Hawaii

By: Lewis Holdsworth 23/03/2015 BOEM (Edited by 4C Offshore)

General Turbines Windfarms

On January 22, 2015 BOEM received two unsolicited lease requests from AW Hawaii Wind, LLC (AWH), the Oahu Northwest Project and the Oahu South Project. Each project proposes an offshore wind facility with a capacity of 408 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy generated by 51 floating 8 MW wind turbines. The energy generated by the projects would be transmitted to Oahu by undersea cables.

The Oahu South Project is proposed to be located approximately 17 miles south of Diamond Head in
water depths of approximately 300‐700 meters (984-2,296 feet). The proposed lease area is 12,099
acres (4,896 hectares).

The Oahu Northwest Project is proposed to be located 12 miles northwest of Kaena Point in water
depths of approximately 700-1,000 meters (2,296-3,280 feet). The proposed lease area is 11,387
acres (4,608 hectares).

What's next?
BOEM and the State of Hawaii will convene the Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force to
coordinate and consult with state, local, and other federal entities. After the task force meeting, the
next step in BOEM’s process is to determine whether there is competitive interest in the areas
requested for lease by AWH. To do this, BOEM will publish a Request for Interest (RFI) in the Federal
Register to provide public notice of the proposed lease areas and to invite submissions of interest
from other parties for wind projects in the same areas. The RFI will also request that the public and
interested stakeholders comment and provide information about site conditions and other uses of
the requested areas that would be relevant to the proposed projects or their potential impacts.

You can see BOEM's funded research HERE.

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