Table 3 Exclusion criteria
From: Assessment of the locational potential of floating offshore wind energy in South Africa
Component | Criteria | Source | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed @ 100 m | < 6 m/s | Global Wind Atlas | Raster |
Water depth | < 50 m and > 1000 m | GEBCO | Raster |
Exclusive Economic Zone | Study area | Marine Regions | Shapefile |
Marine protected zones | 3Â km buffer | UNEP-WCMC and IUCN | Shapefile |
Underwater cables | 3Â km buffer | Koordinates | Shapefile |
Oil and gas fields | 5Â km buffer | Petrodata | Shapefile |
Bird migratory routes | 1Â km buffer | Birdlife International | Shapefile |
Blue flag beaches | 2Â km buffer | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment | Data points |