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Scenarios For Offshore Wind Power Production For Central California Call Areas, Yi-Hui Wang, Ryan K. Walter, Crow White, Matthew D. Kehrli, Benjamin Ruttenberg
Scenarios For Offshore Wind Power Production For Central California Call Areas, Yi-Hui Wang, Ryan K. Walter, Crow White, Matthew D. Kehrli, Benjamin Ruttenberg
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In response to the growing interest in offshore wind energy development in California, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management delineated three Call Areas for potential leasing. This study provides a comprehensive characterization and comparison of offshore wind power potential within the two Central California Call Areas (Diablo Canyon and Morro Bay) using 12-and 15-MW turbines under different inter-turbine spacing and wind farm size scenarios. Our analysis shows similar daily and seasonal patterns of wind power produced within the Call Areas, which peak in spring and during evening hours. Per-turbine power production is higher in the Morro Bay Call Area …