干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Potential Visual Impacts of Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development within Solar Energy Zones on Selected Viewpoints in Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks, and El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail

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DOI	10.2172/1169297
报告编号	ANL/EVS/R--12/6
来源ID	OSTI_ID: 1169297
	Potential Visual Impacts of Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development within Solar Energy Zones on Selected Viewpoints in Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks, and El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
	Sullivan, Robert G. [Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)]; Abplanalp, Jennifer M. [Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)]; Cantwell, Brian L. [Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)]; Beckman, Kevin J. [Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)]
英文摘要	In connection with the Bureau of Land Management鈥檚 (BLM鈥檚) Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Solar PEIS), Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) has conducted an extended visual impact analysis for selected key observation points (KOPs) within three National Park Service (NPS) units located within the 25-mi (40-km) viewshed of four solar energy zones (SEZs) identified in the Solar PEIS. The analysis includes only those NPS units that the Solar PEIS identified as potentially subject to moderate or strong visual contrasts associated with solar development within the SEZs. The NPS units included in the analysis are Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail. The analysis showed that certain KOPs in each of these NPS units could potentially be subject to major visual contrast and impacts from solar development within the SEZs, but many of the KOPs would likely be subject to moderate, minor, or negligible contrasts and impacts, generally because they were relatively distant from the relevant SEZ, had views of the SEZ partially blocked by intervening terrain, and/or had very low vertical angles of view toward the SEZ. For all three NPS units, power tower facilities were found to be major contributors to potential visual contrasts, primarily because of the long-distance visibility of intensely bright reflection of light from the receivers on the central towers, but also because of the height and strong vertical line of the tower structures and the potential for night-sky impacts from FAA-mandated hazard navigation lighting.
出版年	2013
报告类型	Technical Report
语种	英语
国家	美国
来源学科分类	14 SOLAR ENERGY
URL	http://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/1169297
资源类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/270737
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sullivan, Robert G. [Argonne National Lab. ,Abplanalp, Jennifer M. [Argonne National Lab. ,Cantwell, Brian L. [Argonne National Lab. ,et al. Potential Visual Impacts of Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development within Solar Energy Zones on Selected Viewpoints in Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks, and El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail,2013.