TY - RPRT
TI - Sea Space Analysis for Wave and Tidal Energy
AU - Lee, S
AU - Strong, V
AU - Anning, D
AU - Buecker, N
AU - Flanary, C
AU - Chang, G
AU - Escajeda, E
AU - Kramer, S
AU - Mullany, D
AB - Senate Bill 605 (SB 605, Padilla, Chapter 405, Statutes of 2023) directs the California Energy Commission to evaluate the feasibility, costs, and benefits of using wave energy and tidal energy as forms of clean, renewable energy for California. This work is to be done in coordination and consultation with the California Coastal Commission, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Ocean Protection Council, and the State Lands Commission. Additional outreach on this work includes other state and local agencies, California Native American tribes, the offshore wave energy and tidal energy industry, the commercial and recreationalfishing communities, nongovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders. The evaluation of feasibility, costs, and benefits were discussed in a report published in November 2024 and summarized in the draft 2024 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update (IEPR Update), published in December 2024. This second draft report analyzes suitable sea space for deploying wave and tidal energy projects in state and federal waters. In identifying suitable sea space, this report considers existing data and information of wave and tidal energy resource potential and commercial viability of current technologies, the protection of cultural and biological resources, monitoring and adaptive management techniques, and required transmission facilities and infrastructure. 
CY - San Francisco, California, United States
DA - 2025/03//
PY - 2025
SP - 154
PB - Aspen Environmental Group
SN - CEC-700-2025-004-D
UR - https://www.energy.ca.gov/publications/2025/sea-space-analysis-wave-and-tidal-energy
LA - English
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Tidal
KW - Wave
KW - Avoidance
KW - Changes in Flow
KW - Chemicals
KW - Collision
KW - Displacement
KW - EMF
KW - Entanglement
KW - Habitat Change
KW - Noise
KW - Birds
KW - Seabirds
KW - Fish
KW - Demersal Fish
KW - Pelagic Fish
KW - Invertebrates
KW - Marine Mammals
KW - Cetaceans
KW - Pinnipeds
KW - Physical Environment
KW - Water Quality
KW - Reptiles
KW - Sea Turtles
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Fisheries
KW - Legal & Policy
KW - Marine Spatial Planning
KW - Navigation
KW - Recreation & Tourism
KW - Social & Economic Data
KW - Stakeholder Engagement
KW - Visual Impacts
ER -