Coordination of Wind Energy & Military Operations in Texas
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Coordination of Wind Energy & Military Operations in Texas
13 January 2020
Tony Parisi, CAPT, CEC, USN (Retired)[email protected]
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Agenda
Background
Accomplishments
Report
Notification Areas
Web Tool
Additional Info
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Approach
DoD Office of Economic Adjustment grant with matching funds from Texas Military Preparedness Commission
Goal: Identify present and future incompatible land use activities that may limit the military’s test and training mission, with an emphasis on wind energy development
Background
Develop/update tools that facilitate early engagement among industry, military and community stakeholders– Report– Web based tool
We did not identify exclusion areasor produce Red‐Yellow‐Green maps
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Accomplishments
Stakeholder engagement–Workshops/conference calls with military, industry (individual developers & AWEA) & communities
– Last workshop at Sheppard AFB on 8 AUG Input on draft report Demonstrate initial version of web tool Base tour Windfarm tour
Report Texas Early Notification Tool (TENT) Joint TMPC/AWEA/NRI Press Release & Media Kit
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Report Military Assets in Texas
– Military Installations & Radars– Military Airspace– Additional Operating Areas
Weather Radars Wind Energy
– Competitive Renewable Energy Zones
– Impacts of Wind Energy on Military Missions
– Mitigations Texas Early Notification Areas Other Encroachment Issues
– Solar Energy– Tall Structures
Legislation And Regulations Texas Early Notification Tool
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Early Notification Areas Installations
– 25 nm: consistent with SB277 Special Use Airspace & Military Training Routes
– ≤1,500 ft AGL Radars
– Line of sight for structures ≥ 750 ft AGL Additional Operating Areas
– Dyess AFB Tennyson C‐130 Drop Zone – Snyder Electronic Scoring Site (ESS): 1 nm– Dyess AFB Remote Threat Emitter sites: ½ – Dyess AFB Low Altitude Tactical Navigation (LATN) area– Sheppard AFB Radar Approach Control (RAPCON) airspace– Fort Bliss Maintenance Test Flight (MTF) areas– Fort Bliss High Altitude Mountainous Environmental Training Site (HAMETS)– Fort Hood Western Training Area (WTA)
These are not exclusion areas
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Installation Notification Areas
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SUA & MTRs ≤ 1,500 ft AGL
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Radar Line of Sight
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Additional Operating Areas
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Combined Notification Area
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Combined Notification Area& Existing Wind Turbines
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Texas Early Notification Tool
https://tent.nri.tamu.edu/
Link to report is available on the tool website
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Follow-on Efforts
OEA proposal pending Additional workshops/engagement Maintain/update TENT Reports/web tool on additional encroachment issues
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Web Tool Screenshots
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