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Articles | Volume 9, issue 5
Articles | Volume 9, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1105-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1105-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 5
Research article
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08 May 2024
Research article |  | 08 May 2024

Optimizing offshore wind export cable routing using GIS-based environmental heat maps

Joni Thomas Backstrom, Nicholas Mark Warden, and Colleen Marie Walsh

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We used desktop studies, geographic information system mapping, modeling and environmental impact assessment techniques to identify optimal offshore wind cable routes for a proposed offshore wind energy area off the coast of North Carolina by navigating around sensitive or hazardous seabed areas.  Similar methods can be adopted by other offshore industries during early planning phases to improve consenting; reduce costs; and, importantly, minimize impacts on marine environments. 
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