California Energy Commission AB 525 Offshore Wind Strategic Plan- Sea Space

Mar 8, 2024 (Last modified Jul 5, 2024)
Created by Danielle Mullany
California Energy Commission AB 525 Offshore Wind Strategic Plan- Sea Space

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This Gallery provides access to the datasets and maps listed in the AB 525 Strategic Plan- Chapter 5: Sea Space for Offshore Wind Development. The sea space maps in the AB 525 Strategic Plan are presented here for data exploration purposes. Each dataset used in the AB 525 Sea Space analysis is listed in the Datasets folder of this gallery.

Note: Chapter 5 figures 5-5, 5-6, 5-7 are not included in this Gallery because those maps are sourced from the California Offshore Wind Energy Modeling Platform, visit the following webpage to view those maps: https://osw.eemsonline.org/

Background

AB 525 statute requires the CEC to provide a strategic plan. The strategic plan shall include, at a minimum, the following five chapters:

  1. Identification of potential suitable sea space for future lease process
  2. Economic and workforce development and identification of port space and infrastructure
  3. Transmission planning
  4. Permitting processes and the Permitting Roadmap
  5. Potential impacts on coastal resources, fisheries, Native American and Indigenous peoples, and national defense, and strategies for addressing those potential impacts

The report was published June 2024:

For more information about the Draft AB 525 Strategic Plan, interim reports, and consultant reports visit this webpage: https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/reports/ab-525-reports-offshore-renewable-energy

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ocean use, offshore energy planning, renewable energy, offshore wind energy, offshore floating wind, offshore energy, floating offshore wind, floating offshore wind energy, california offshore wind energy, california offshore wind, cec, offshore wind
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Danielle Mullany
Electric Generation System Specialist with California Energy Commission

Plan and implement the environmentally responsible deployment of renewable energy technologies and transmission infrastructure in California.