The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in the US has developed an offshore wind mapping tool that provides localised data to clearly show which marine species are consistently abundant in an area of interest.
Similar to Zillow, but for offshore wind, the tool is available to all stakeholders and interests, from wind energy developers to reporters.
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Recently the Biden Administration announced a national goal of installing 30GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, which translates to building upwards of 2000 new turbines.
The TNC’s new software aggregates ecological data from Maine to North Carolina, to allow decision-makers to better understand the natural resource interactions in an area of interest to help develop measures to avoid and minimise them.