Kitty Hawk North Wind Construction and Operations Plan

Kitty Hawk Wind, LLC (the Company), a wholly owned subsidiary of Avangrid Renewables, LLC, proposes to construct, own, and operate the Kitty Hawk North Wind Project (hereafter referred to as the Project). The Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf of Lease Area OCS-A 0508 (the Lease) was awarded to Avangrid Renewables, LLC through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) competitive renewable energy lease auction of the Wind Energy Area offshore of North Carolina. The Lease was effective on 01 Nov 2017. The Project will be located in the designated Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0508 (Lease Area). The Lease Area covers 49,536 hectares (ha) and is located approximately 44 kilometers (km) offshore of Corolla, North Carolina. 

At this time, the Company proposes to develop approximately 40 percent of the Lease Area, an area located in the northwest corner closest to shore (19,441 ha, referred to as the Wind Development Area). Infrastructure in the Wind Development Area will include wind turbine generators (WTGs), inter-array cables, and an electrical service platform (ESP). The Project will connect from the ESP through offshore export cables (within a designated corridor) and onshore export cables to the new onshore substation and switching station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where the renewable electricity generated will be transmitted to the electric grid.  

Volume I – Main Text of the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) (Update September 2022)

• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Project Siting and Design Development
• Chapter 3: Description of Proposed Activity (Project Description)
• Chapter 4: Physical Resources
• Chapter 5: Biological Resources
• Chapter 6: Cultural Resources
• Chapter 7: Socioeconomic Resources

Volume II – Appendices (Update September 2022)

• Appendix A: Coastal Zone Management Act Consistency Certifications 
• Appendix B: Summary of Agency and Stakeholder Engagement  
• Appendix C: Certified Verification Agent Nomination 
• Appendix D: Preliminary Hierarchy of Standards 
• Appendix E: Foundation Structure Concept Screening
• Appendix F: Safety Management System 
• Appendix G: Conceptual Project Design Drawings 
• Appendix H: Sandbridge Export Cable Landfall Conceptual Design Study
• Appendix I: Oil Spill Response Plan 
• Appendix J: Preliminary Cable Burial Risk Assessment
• Appendix K: Marine Site Investigation Report
• Appendix L: Climatic Conditions Report
• Appendix M: Sediment Transport Modeling Report
• Appendix N: Air Emissions Calculations and Methodology
• Appendix O: In-Air Acoustic Assessment 
• Appendix P: Underwater Acoustic Assessment 
• Appendix Q: Radar Line of Sight Analysis
• Appendix R: Federal and State-Listed Species Mapping Tools
• Appendix S: Ornithological and Marine Fauna Aerial Survey Results
• Appendix T: Offshore Bat Acoustic Survey Report
• Appendix U: Assessment of the Potential Effects of the Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Project on Bats and Birds
• Appendix V: Benthic Resource Characterization Reports
• Appendix W: Essential Fish Habitat Assessment 
• Appendix X: Marine Archaeological Resources Assessment 
• Appendix Y: Phase IA and IB Archaeological Survey Reports
• Appendix Z: Visual Effects on Historic Properties 
• Appendix AA: Visual Impact Assessment 
  • Appendix AA : Attachment 1
  • Appendix AA: Attachment 2
  • Appendix AA: Attachment 3
  • Appendix AA: Attachment 4
  • Appendix AA: Attachment 5
• Appendix BB: Navigation Safety Risk Assessment
• Appendix CC: Obstruction Evaluation and Airspace Analysis 
• Appendix DD: Air Traffic Flow Analysis
• Appendix EE: Economic Impact of Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind
• Appendix FF: Summary of Applicant-Proposed Avoidance, Minimization, and Mitigation Measures
• Appendix GG: Section 106 Supporting Materials
• Appendix HH: Desk Study for Potential UXO Contamination