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The Development of a Comprehensive Legal Framework for the Promotion of Offshore Wind Power - The Lessons from Europe and Pacific Asia

Author
Ming-Zhi Gao A., Chien-Te Fan
Date
2017
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-094156)
Publisher | Place of publication
Wolters Kluwer | The Hague, The Netherlands
ISBN
9789041183972
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Renewable energy
Geographical area
Europe
Abstract

There is clearly an urgent need worldwide to increase the share of renewable energy in the overall energy supply as rapidly as possible. With a well-developed and proven feasible technology, offshore wind power has come to the fore as the most promising means of achieving this goal. However, fragmented authorities and procedures may pose tremendous challenges to the development of an integrated legal framework for offshore wind and the complex installation and grid interconnections it requires. This book surveys and analyses the features essential for the development of such a framework, drawing on the experience of ten countries that have such schemes in place – France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, the United States, Australia, China, Korea, and Taiwan.

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