Selected Projects

Energy, Wind Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Wind Aspen Environmental Group

Strauss Wind Energy Project

Strauss Wind, LLC, an affiliate of BayWa r.e. Wind, LLC, proposes to construct and operate a 102 megawatt (MW) wind energy project, the Strauss Wind Energy Project (SWEP), south of the City of Lompoc. The Project site is the location of the previously proposed Lompoc Wind Energy Project (LWEP, 06CUP-00000-00009), which was approved by the County in 2009, but never constructed.

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Energy, Nuclear Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Nuclear Aspen Environmental Group

Diablo Canyon Power Plant Decommissioning Project

Under contract with the County of San Luis Obispo, Planning and Building Department (County), Aspen is assisting the County with application review, environmental review, and support with multi-agency coordination for the decommissioning of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), a nuclear energy power plant off the coast of San Luis Obispo County.

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Energy, Wind Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Wind Aspen Environmental Group

Mesa Wind Repower Project

Aspen conducted the permitting for the 30-MW wind repower project on BLM land in the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area of Riverside County, including USFWS Biological Opinion, CDFW Incidental Take Permit (ITP) and Streambed Alteration Agreement, RWQCB Waste Discharge Requirements, and Army Corps determination of no jurisdiction.

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Energy, Other/Renewable Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Other/Renewable Aspen Environmental Group

Integrated Resource Plan

Aspen is part of a two-firm team developing the first ever Integrated Resource Plan for the public utility district in Truckee, California. Aspen is providing overall leadership, support to resource contract negotiations, and developing the forecast of district electricity consumption.

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Energy, Oil and Gas Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Oil and Gas Aspen Environmental Group

Hollister Oil & Gas RMP Amendment

On behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Hollister Field Office (HFO), Aspen prepared a resource management plan (RMP) Amendment and associated EIS to guide management of oil and gas resources on BLM-administered mineral estate within the HFO.

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Energy, Oil and Gas Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Oil and Gas Aspen Environmental Group

Oil and Gas Well Stimulation Treatments in California

Under contract to the California Department of Conservation (DOC), Aspen prepared a Program EIR assessing oil and gas well stimulation treatments throughout California, as required by SB 4 as amended, which required the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to evaluate the impacts of well stimulation treatments that may occur from either existing or future oil and gas wells, including hydraulic fracturing and acid well stimulation.

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Energy, Solar Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Solar Aspen Environmental Group

California Valley Solar Ranch

Aspen prepared an EIR on behalf of San Luis Obispo County for the CVSR proposed by SunPower Corporation. SunPower proposed to con­struct and operate a controversial 250 MW solar photovoltaic power plant on approxi­mately 4,000 acres of rangeland in the Carrizo Plain, an unincorpo­rated portion of eastern San Luis Obispo County.

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Energy, Wind Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Wind Aspen Environmental Group

CADEMO Offshore Wind Energy Project

The California State Lands Commission (CSLC) has selected Aspen to prepare the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for California’s first offshore wind turbines. The CADEMO Project will include four floating wind turbines using two different forms of foundations.

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