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Visual Impact Assessment for Offshore Wind Farms Along the Cantabrian Coast

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This paper shows an introduction to a new proposal in the use of quantitative indicators for visual impact assessment over large areas. Implemented in a new software called MarRojo©. It is part of a project named AMBEMAR, which objective is to create a Multi Criteria Decision Support System (DSS) tool to find the optimal siting for offshore wind farms on the Cantabrian coast. The work consists in generating graphical information that allows introducing visual impact criteria in the design stage, and inside AMBEMAR and is essentially oriented to wind energy projects.

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The research work reported here was made possible thanks to the support/funding of the Regional Government of Cantabria. Project AMBEMAR with reference RM16-XX-045—SODERCAN/FEDER.

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  1. EGICAD, School of Civil Engineering, Universitiy of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain

    J. López-Uriarte, P. E. Lizcano, C. Manchado, V. Gómez-Jáuregui & C. Otero

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  1. Departamento de Expresión Gráfica, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

    Francisco Cavas-Martínez

  2. Département Génie des Systèmes Mécaniques, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Compiègne, Oise, France

    Benoit Eynard

  3. Departamento de Expresión Gráfica, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

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  4. Departamento de Expresión Gráfica, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

    Daniel G. Fernández-Pacheco

  5. Departamento de Mecánica, Tecnun—Universidad de Navarra, San Sebastián—Donostia, Guipúzcoa, Spain

    Paz Morer

  6. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Gestionale, Informatica, Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Vincenzo Nigrelli

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López-Uriarte, J., Lizcano, P.E., Manchado, C., Gómez-Jáuregui, V., Otero, C. (2019). Visual Impact Assessment for Offshore Wind Farms Along the Cantabrian Coast. In: Cavas-Martínez, F., Eynard, B., Fernández Cañavate, F., Fernández-Pacheco, D., Morer , P., Nigrelli, V. (eds) Advances on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Manufacturing II. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12346-8_23

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