TY - BOOK
TI - Offshore Energy and Marine Spatial Planning
AU - Yates, K
AU - Bradshaw, C
AB - The generation of offshore energy is a rapidly growing sector, competing for space in an already busy seascape. This book brings together the ecological, economic, and social implications of the spatial conflict this growth entails. Covering all energy-generation types (wind, wave, tidal, oil, and gas), it explores the direct and indirect impacts the growth of offshore energy generation has on both the marine environment and the existing uses of marine space.Chapters explore main issues associated with offshore energy, such as the displacement of existing activities and the negative impacts it can have on marine species and ecosystems. Chapters also discuss how the growth of offshore energy generation presents new opportunities for collaboration and co-location with other sectors, for example, the co-location of wild-capture fisheries and wind farms.The book integrates these issues and opportunities, and demonstrates the importance of holistic marine spatial planning for optimising the location of offshore energy-generation sites. It highlights the importance of stakeholder engagement in these planning processes and the role of integrated governance, with illustrative case studies from the United States, United Kingdom, northern Europe, and the Mediterranean. It also discusses trade-off analysis and decision theory and provides a range of tools and best practices to inform future planning processes.Introduction:The global demand for energy continues to grow, with a projected 30% increase over the next 25 years (International Energy Agency 2016). By 2022, global spending on offshore oil and gas development and operations is estimated to be US$114 billion, which is more than 2.5 times the US$43 billion spent in 2012 (Marine Board 2013). New, highly lucrative resource discoveries are being made regularly (Chapter 14), and multibillion-dollar investments in previously unexplored areas are announced every year (Eurasia Group 2014; Mann 2016). Likewise, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (www.eesi.org) predicts substantial growth in offshore renewable-energy generation, with more than seven times the capacity expected in 2020 compared to 2015, and potentially more than triple the 2020 capacity by 2030 (Small et al. 2016). As many countries endeavour to meet international obligations to reduce carbon emissions (EC 2015; Heard et al. 2017), the expansion of renewable energy becomes incorporated into national strategic priorities (e.g., Department for the Economy 2009), with some countries boldly committing to legally binding targets for renewable-energy production (EC 2007; International Energy Agency 2014). Much of the increase in renewable-energy generation is focussed on offshore areas: offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy (also referred to as ‘ocean energy’). Indeed, offshore renewable-energy generation is expected to expand markedly in Europe and across the world (Ecofys 2014; EC 2015; International Energy Agency 2015), with predictions that as much as 7% of the total global electrical energy will be generated from marine renewables by 2050 (Esteban and Leary 2012).Table of Contents:Marine Spatial PlanningCharles EhlerPages 6-17Methods and utility of ecosystem service trade-off analysis for guiding marine planning of offshore energy Joel Stevens, Sarah Lester and Crow WhitePages 18-33It starts with a conversationJohanna Polsenberg and Anna KilponenPages 34-55Challenges and opportunities for governance in marine spatial planningLucy GreenhillPages 56-73Legal aspects of marine spatial planningErik van Doorn and Sarah Fiona GahlenPages 74-87Displacement of existing activitiesAndronikos Kafas, Penelope Donohue, Ian Davies and Beth ScottPages 88-112Tracing regime shifts in the provision of coastal-marine cultural ecosystem servicesKira Gee and Benjamin BurkhardPages 113-131Environmental implications of offshore energyAndrew Gill, Silvana Birchenough, Alice Jones, Adrian Judd, Simon Jude, Ana Payo-Payo and Ben WilsonPages 132-168Meaningful stakeholder participation in marine spatial planning with offshore energyKatherine YatesPages 169-188Capturing benefitsTara Hooper, Matthew Ashley and Melanie AustenPages 189-213Compatibility of offshore energy installations with marine protected areasRuth Thurstan, Katherine Yates and Bethan O’LearyPages 214-230Marine spatial planning and stakeholder collaborationPriscilla Brooks and Tricia JedelePages 231-245Co-locating offshore wind farms and marine protected areasMatthew Ashley, Melanie Austen, Lynda Rodwell and Stephen MangiPages 246-259Conservation challenges in the face of new hydrocarbon discoveries in the Mediterranean SeaTessa Mazor, Noam Levin, Eran Brokovich and Salit KarkPages 260-273Siting offshore energy arraysKaren Alexander, Ron Janssen and Timothy O’HigginsPages 274-283The future of marine spatial planningCorey Bradshaw, Lucy Greenhill and Katherine YatesPages 284-293
CY - London, UK
DA - 2018/02//
PY - 2018
ET - 1st
SP - 324
PB - Routledge
UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317356424
LA - English
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Marine Spatial Planning
KW - Human Dimensions
ER -