Marine Issues in Renewable Energy
Mondaq Business Briefing › United Kingdom Law Articles in English (2010)
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Marine Issues in Renewable Energy
Offshore Renewable Technologies
The renewable technologies which can be deployed in the marine environment are wind turbines anchored to the sea bed and the more nascent technologies that harness tidal and wave power. The technology involved, generating capacity and location all determine the specific legal regime that will apply to a given project. As the legal regime relating to the marine environment is evolving rapidly, it is not possible categorically to state the precise list of legal requirements that will attach to any given project and project-specific legal advice will be required. In summary, a marine renewable energy project will follow a consenting procedure not dissimilar to that for terrestrial projects: i.e. some form of pre-construction impact assessment, feasibility and approval process culminating in a consent to proc...See the full content of this document
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