VIESORE Visual Impact Evaluation System for Offshore Renewable Energy Chad Cooper, Jackson Cothren, Malcolm Williamson, Snow Winters Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Robert Sullivan Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, Illinois
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VIESOREVisual Impact Evaluation System for Offshore Renewable Energy
Chad Cooper, Jackson Cothren, Malcolm Williamson, Snow WintersCenter for Advanced Spatial TechnologiesUniversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Robert SullivanArgonne National LaboratoryArgonne, Illinois
Offshore wind 101
• First offshore wind farm – Denmark 1991• 2010 – 39 offshore farms off coasts of UK,
Europe, and Scandinavia• Largest turbines now over 500 feet tall• Power carried to land via transmission cable• Wind energy contractors submit site proposals
to governing bodies– Contractors provide photomontages
Offshore wind is coming...Cape Windwww.capewind.org
www.capewind.org
Offshore wind is coming...Cape Windwww.capewind.org
www.capewind.org
photom
ontages!
...and so will the proposals
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reviews all project proposals• offshore oil and gas exploration• offshore wind• wave• tidal flow• ocean current• environmental laws and regulations
• 130 turbines arranged in a grid• 12.5 miles of transmission cable• anchored in seabed, out of shipping channels
BOEM system requirements
The system must:• enable spatial design of offshore facility• import geospatial data• allow user control of atmospheric, lighting, wave conditions• generate spatially accurate and realistic visualizations • output reports and images• provide a user-friendly interfaceIt shall enable users to:• evaluate photomontages in environmental impact