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Offshore Wind Turbine (120 m) Development Pressure [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]

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Offshore Wind Turbine (120 m) Development Pressure [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
Description
The Geospatial Energy Mapper (GEM) provides mapping data and analysis tools for planning energy infrastructure in a geographic context. GEM is an interactive web-based decision support system that allows users to locate areas with high suitability for clean power generation and potential energy transmission corridors in the United States. Users can browse and download data layers, or create a custom suitability model to identify areas for energy development. GEM is built on the core data and capabilities of the Energy Zones Mapping Tool (EZMT). GEM features an improved user interface, updated data, and additional capabilities. Argonne National Laboratory hosts the tool with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity. This model is specific to offshore wind turbines (120 m). We modified the default model parameters to remove the habitat and protected areas elements. As a result, this layer represents the threat of energy development from a utility perspective and does not consider whether development is suitable from a conservation perspective. We considered a threat-only layer to be more complementary to the Southeast Blueprint, which already depicts conservation priorities. In addition, the source data for the habitat and protected areas elements were outdated and provided inconsistent coverage across the SECAS geography. We kept the default weights for all remaining model input layers as shown in the bulleted list below. The default and customizable models are downloadable from the GEM viewer . These data are provided for use in combination with the Blueprint and other data available on the SECAS Atlas . We chose the 120 m model (rather than the 80 m or 100 m models) based on the overall trend of increasing turbine size, and the reduction in wind shear and increase in available wind speed at higher altitudes ( Department of Energy 2023 ). Bathymetry (weight = 2) Distance (m) to Substation (>= 115kV) (weight = 1) Distance in Meters to a Shoreline (weight = 1) Mean Annual Wind Speed (Offshore at 120m) (weight = 5) Navigable Waterways (weight = 2) Unexploded Ordnance (Offshore) (weight = 1) For more information on these model parameters or to view and download this layer from its native mapper: Visit https://gem.anl.gov/tool Select "Find suitable areas" from the sidebar on the left Choose wind technology Choose the Land-based wind turbine (120 m) model View/download the default model or customize as described above Please direct any questions to gem@anl.gov .
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Temporal Coverage
Last Modified: 2025-03-04
Date Issued
2023-10-27
Rights
This material was prepared as an account of work sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy under agreement US DOE DE- OE000316. Neither the U.S. Department of Energy, the United States Government, nor any other agency thereof, nor the UChicago Argonne, LLC or University of Chicago, nor any of their employees or officers, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Department of Energy, United States Government or any other agency thereof.
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Public
Format
ArcGIS ImageMapLayer
Language
English
Date Added
August 10, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open Data on 2025-08-24.

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    U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (2023). Offshore Wind Turbine (120 m) Development Pressure [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]. . https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/content/fws::offshore-wind-turbine-120-m-development-pressure (web service)
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