Ocean Energy: Governance Challenges for Wave and Tidal Stream Technologies

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Glen Wright (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, France) Sandy Kerr (Heriot-Watt University, UK)

Ocean Energy

Governance Challenges for Wave and Tidal Stream Technologies

Glen Wright (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, France), Sandy Kerr (Heriot-Watt University, UK), Kate Johnson

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Routledge
29 July 2019

Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology

Series: Earthscan Oceans

Energy from wave and tidal power is a key component of current policies for renewable sources of energy. This book provides the first comprehensive exploration of legal, economic, and social issues related to the emerging ocean energy industry, in particular wave and tidal energy technologies.

This industry is rapidly developing, and considerable technical literature has developed around the technology. However, it is shown that challenges relating to regulation and policy are major impediments to industry development, and these aspects have not previously been sufficiently highlighted and studied. The book informs policymakers, industry participants, and researchers of the key issues in this developing field. Ocean energy is considered in the context of the blue economy and an industrialising ocean, and the topics covered include: development of policy (policy instruments, risk and delay in technology development); legal aspects (consenting processes, resource management, impact assessment); human interactions (conflicts, consultation, community benefits); and spatial planning of the marine environment.

While offshore wind energy, sited in the oceans but not strictly derived from the ocean, is not the primary focus of the book, there is also discussion of the similarities and differences between offshore wind and wave and tidal power policy dimensions.

Edited by: Glen Wright (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations France), Sandy Kerr (Heriot-Watt University, UK), Kate Johnson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367403812
ISBN 10: 0367403811
Series: Earthscan Oceans
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 29 July 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: technology and governance Part I Risk and economics 2. Risk and Ocean Energy 3. Government Policy, Risk and Investment Timing Part II Marine governance 4. Building Governance at Sea 5. Marine Planning: an ocean energy perspective 6. Mare Reservarum: enclosure of the commons and the evolution of marine rights in an age of ocean industrialisation Part III Project consenting and regulation 7. Consenting Ocean Energy Projects: issues, challenges and opportunities 8. Consenting Ocean Energy Projects: an overview of procedures in selected jurisdictions 9. Ensuring Sustainable Development of Ocean Energy Technologies: the role of environmental assessment laws and policies Part IV Community and conflicts 11. A Sea of Troubles? Evaluating user conflicts in the development of ocean energy 12. Community Benefits Schemes: fair shares or token gestures? 13. Consultation in Ocean Energy Development 13. Ocean Energy at the Edge

Glen Wright is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI, SciencesPo), Paris, France. Sandy Kerr is Director and Associate Professor, International Centre for Island Technology, Heriot-Watt University, based in the Orkney Islands, UK. Kate Johnson is an Assistant Professor, International Centre for Island Technology, Heriot-Watt University, based in the Orkney Islands, UK.

Reviews for Ocean Energy: Governance Challenges for Wave and Tidal Stream Technologies

"""Ocean Energy is a valuable contribution to the literature and will likely assist the OE industry, policy-makers, and regulators in overcoming the governance challenges facing OE. The expert insights and solutions offered in Ocean Energy may contribute to the establishment of governance systems that facilitate sustainable OE development."" - Daniel Watt, in Ocean Yearbook 33, Brill Nijhoff, 2019"