OCS Study BOEM 2016-011 Determining the Infrastructure Needs to Support Offshore Floating Wind and Marine Hydrokinetic Facilities on the Pacific West Coast and Hawaii US Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Pacific OCS Region This page intentionally left blank. OCS Study BOEM 2016-011 Determining the Infrastructure Needs to Support Offshore Floating Wind and Marine Hydrokinetic Facilities on the Pacific West Coast and Hawaii Authors Aaron Porter and Shane Phillips Coast & Harbor Engineering “A Division of Hatch Mott MacDonald” 110 James Street, Suite 101 Edmonds, WA 98020 Prepared under BOEM Contract M15PD00019 by ICF International 615 S.W. Alder Street, Suite 200 Portland, OR 97205 US Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Pacific OCS Region March 3, 2016 DISCLAIMER Study concept, oversight, and funding were provided by the US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies Program, Washington, DC, under Contract Number M15PD00019. This report has been technically reviewed by BOEM and it has been approved for publication. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the opinions or policies of the US Government, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. REPORT AVAILABILITY To download a PDF file of this Environmental Studies Program report, go to the US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies Program Information System website and search on OCS Study BOEM 2016-011. This report can be viewed at select Federal Depository Libraries. It can also be obtained from the National Technical Information Service; the contact information is below. US Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service 5301 Shawnee Rd. Springfield, VA 22312 Phone: (703) 605-6000, 1(800)553-6847 Fax: (703) 605-6900 Website: http://www.ntis.gov/ CITATION A. Porter and S. Phillips. 2016. Determining the Infrastructure Needs to Support Offshore Floating Wind and Marine Hydrokinetic Facilities on the Pacific West Coast and Hawaii. US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Pacific OCS Region, Camarillo, CA. OCS Study BOEM 2016-011. 238 pp. Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................... V LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................................... VI ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .................................................................................................VII GLOSSARY .............................................................................................................................................. IX 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................... 1 2. BASIS OF ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA .................................................................. 3 2.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 BASIS OF ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................... 3 2.2.1 Device Type and Components ............................................................................................. 3 2.2.2 Geographic Location ............................................................................................................. 9 2.2.3 Metocean Conditions ........................................................................................................... 11 2.2.4 Jones Act .............................................................................................................................. 12 2.3 EVALUATION CRITERIA ............................................................................................................ 12 2.3.1 Port Functions ...................................................................................................................... 12 2.3.2 Supply Chain Logistics ........................................................................................................ 17 2.3.3 Vessels .................................................................................................................................. 18 2.3.4 Assembly and Installation .................................................................................................... 19 3. ASSESSMENT OF VESSEL REQUIREMENTS TO SUPPORT OFFSHORE FLOATING WIND AND MARINE HYDROKINETIC TECHNOLOGY ON THE PACIFIC WEST COAST ................................................................................................................................................ 21 3.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 21 3.2 PROTOTYPE ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................ 21 3.2.1 Existing Industry Prototypes ................................................................................................ 21 3.2.2 Demonstration-Scale OFW and MHK ............................................................................... 25 3.2.3 Oil and Gas Industry – Floating Structures ........................................................................ 30 3.3 METOCEAN ENVIRONMENT CONSIDERATIONS .............................................................. 33 3.3.1 Metocean Conditions ........................................................................................................... 33 3.4 PROTOTYPE INDUSTRY VESSEL APPLICABILITY AND AVAILABILITY ANALYSIS ... 35 3.5 VESSEL INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS .................................................................. 35 3.5.1 Vessel Activity Phases ........................................................................................................ 35 3.5.2 Potential Vessel Fleet Database ........................................................................................ 36 3.6 KEY FINDINGS ............................................................................................................................. 42 i 4. ASSESSMENT OF PORT INFRASTRUCTURE CHARACTERISTICS NEEDED TO SUPPORT FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND AND MARINE HYDROKINETIC TECHNOLOGIES .............................................................................................................................. 46 4.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 46 4.2 PROTOTYPE ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................ 46 4.2.1 Fixed Foundation Offshore Wind ....................................................................................... 46 4.3 DEMONSTRATION-SCALE PROJECTS ................................................................................. 51 4.3.2 Marine Hydrokinetic ............................................................................................................. 53 4.3.3 Ocean Power Technologies ............................................................................................... 53 4.3.4 Oil and Gas Industry ............................................................................................................ 54 4.4 REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES .......................................................................................... 55 4.4.1 PIANC ................................................................................................................................... 55 4.4.2 U.S. Department of Transportation .................................................................................... 56 4.4.3 Occupational Safety and Health Administration ............................................................... 56 4.4.4 American Bureau of Shipping ............................................................................................. 56 4.5 VESSEL NAVIGATION AND BERTHING ................................................................................. 56 4.5.1 Navigation ............................................................................................................................. 56 4.5.2 Berthing ................................................................................................................................. 57 4.6 PORT INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENT CRITERIA RESULTS .................................. 58 4.6.1 Quick Reaction Ports ........................................................................................................... 58 4.6.2 Fabrication and Construction Ports .................................................................................... 60 4.6.3 Assembly Ports .................................................................................................................... 64 4.6.4 Cluster Ports ......................................................................................................................... 67 4.7 SUMMARY AND NEXT STEPS ................................................................................................. 67 4.8 KEY FINDINGS ............................................................................................................................