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.
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