Export Cables are the electrical cables that will carry electricity from the power generators (wind turbines) to a power substation. These polygons represent the potential area (easement) in which proposed locations of the export cable portions of a wind farm may be installed and are meant to show the area that the developer intends to investigate for the final location of one or more export cables that the developers of the wind farms intend to build.
These data represent the proposed area the developer intends to investigate for the location of one or more export cables, the electrical cables that will carry electricity from the wind turbines to a power substation. Cable study locations are shown as the most favorable option (1) to alternate options (2,3,4,5) from the perspective of the wind farm developer. Since proposed project design, review, and permitting is an iterative process, the final design and buildout of the features may vary from what is presented here. Users should also be aware that developers often show more than one alternative, and all of these will not necessarily represent the final permitted design but are part of many options to be reviewed. These data will be updated as new publicly available information is released. Data are provided by the lessee for project planning review and permitting uses.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Office of Renewable Energy Programs (OREP)
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| West | -76.883723 | East | -70.180973 |
| North | 41.723389 | South | 34.301367 |
| Maximum (zoomed in) | 1:5,000 |
| Minimum (zoomed out) | 1:150,000,000 |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Office of Renewable Energy Programs (OREP)
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Tests for attribute value accuracy have not been performed
Features represented have not been tested for completeness
Layers are merged within ArcPro using geospatial layers provided by the Developers (lessee).
Polygon files provided by Lessee's were merged using the ArcPro Merge tool. Attributes that did not match were mapped to the preferred schema attributes. Any obvious attribute errors were corrected by the BOEM Geographer.
Polygon style
ESRI
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
Number Assigned to a Lease by the Agency.
BOEM
Each Lease Number is based, next number on the list and region, but they are not always consecutive.
Current name of the Project as used by the developer.
BOEM
Current name of the Project as used by the developer
If more than one build phase is to occur, this field can be populated.
BOEM
Can be null, contain a number or a special character as the developer chooses
Current Business Name for the Lessee.
BOEM
Created and often changed by the companies that purchase the leases
The name of the route being represented, usually related to the landing location.
BOEM
Any name provided by the developer
If more than one option is being presented in the development plan, this attribute is used to designate the feature as first, second, third and so on.
BOEM
The developer may decide to not fill in this attribute field or may use there own codes to represent option numbers. No data is being interpreted as option #1.
Maximum of proposed cables within the corridor within the wind farm design envelope.
BOEM
Cable Depth Below Land/Seafloor (Meters).
BOEM
Depth of burial of the cable in meters
The current situation "status" of the planned connection.
BOEM
Unit of area measure equal to 43,560 square feet.
BOEM
areas in any possible amounts based on area of polygon
Area measured in hectares (10,000 square meters).
BOEM
areas in any possible amounts based on area of polygon
Area of feature in internal units squared.
ESRI
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Length of feature in internal units.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.