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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Dear All,</span>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Please join
us for an NCEAS Roundtable tomorrow (Wednesday, April 23rd) at
12:15 pm.</span><br>
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<div><font><br>
</font><font>Alisan Amrhein<br>
</font><font><font><font>Master's Candidate, </font>Bren School
of Environmental Science and Management</font><br>
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</font><font><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">will
present a seminar on:<br>
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"Offshore wind energy in the context of multiple ocean uses on the
Bermuda platform"<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
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Abstract:</span></span><b
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10pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color:
black;">Bermuda has established a set of policies to reduce
its fossil fuel dependence, increase energy security, and
reduce per capita greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve these
goals, the Government of Bermuda is considering offshore wind
energy development on the Bermuda Platform. Through an
analysis of wind data and energy development costs, we
determined that the estimated levelized cost of offshore wind
energy is significantly lower than the current electricity
price paid by consumers, suggesting that offshore wind energy
is an economically feasible option for Bermuda. Minimizing
the impact of offshore wind turbines on existing ocean uses
and marine habitat necessitates the use of marine spatial
planning in deciding the location for an offshore wind farm.
We used spatially explicit data on existing ocean uses and
marine habitat to create a model that identifies areas of low
risk of impact and simulates wind turbine placement scenarios.
Our demonstration of this model shows it’s utility as a
visualization and negotiation tool in a transparent
multi-stakeholder planning process, enabling decision-makers
to minimize socioeconomic and ecological impacts while
achieving wind energy goals.</span><span style="font-size:
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Roman"">Project Team Members:</span></span> Alisan
Amrhein, Darrell Gregg, Tinya Hoang, Rahul Madhusudanan, and Casey
O’Hara </p>
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Everyone is welcome to attend. <br>
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