Offshore Wind Licensing: (Elgar Energy Law and Practice series)

This incisive book provides a timely and magisterial analysis of offshore wind licensing processes and their regulation from a global perspective. It not only explores the concept of licensing and the governance frameworks and backgrounds in which licensing rules are developed, but also looks at the crucial legal challenges facing the licensing of offshore wind farms that regulators, legislatures, operators, and legal practitioners are likely to encounter. Interdisciplinary in scope, the book provides an extensive analysis of the authorisation processes for wind parks at sea in multiple prominent jurisdictions. In addition, expert contributors representing an array of diverse perspectives examine key themes such as technology, meteorology, and environmental and maritime planning issues, and consider the pivotal role of wind farms in today’s rapidly evolving energy transition landscape. Key Features: Identifies legislative challenges and current regulatory gaps Cutting-edge insights into the latest policy and regulatory trends Authoritative commentary on established and emerging offshore wind jurisdictions Highlights the crucial role of licensing frameworks in the expansion of offshore wind projects With its practical focus, Offshore Wind Licensing will be a beneficial read for legal practitioners, academics, and policymakers seeking to understand renewable energy regulation and the authorisation process for generating offshore renewable electricity. Regulators and legislatures in countries with no offshore wind activity will similarly find this to be an indispensable resource.

Table of Contents:
Contents: PART I BACKGROUND TO OFFSHORE WIND LICENSING 1 Geographical, technological, and legal perspectives of offshore wind energy 2 Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui and Tina Soliman Hunter 2 Offshore wind technology in a nutshell 16 Finn Gunnar Nielsen 3 Offshore wind resources 28 Charlotte Bay Hasager and Joachim Reuder 4 Environmental considerations in offshore wind licensing 40 Anne Marie O’Hagan 5 Maritime spatial planning and offshore wind energy 59 Anne Marie O’Hagan PART II NATIONAL OFFSHORE WIND LICENSING APPROACHES 6 Offshore wind licensing in Denmark 83 Birgitte Egelund Olsen and Bent Ole Gram Mortensen 7 Offshore wind licensing in France 105 Natasha Peter, Alice Bouillié, and Emma George Weber 8 Offshore wind licensing in Norway 126 Eirik Finserås and Sigrid Eskeland Schütz 9 Offshore wind licensing in Spain 148 Íñigo del Guayo and Álvaro Cuesta Adán 10 Offshore wind licensing in the United Kingdom 170 John Paterson 11 Offshore wind development in Africa: An analysis of regional and national legal regimes 189 Eddy Wifa and Patrick Achor 12 Offshore wind licensing in the United States of America 209 Alexander Severance 13 The regulatory framework for offshore wind electricity generation in Argentina 234 Ezequiel Cassagne 14 Offshore wind licensing in Colombia: A pioneer in Latin America and the Caribbean 253 Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui and Catalina Vallejo Piedrahíta 15 Building on strong foundations? An examination of Australia’s new offshore wind energy regulation 273 Jack Edward Brown 16 Research on the offshore wind licensing in China 296 Haifeng Deng 17 Offshore wind licensing in Japan and South Korea 314 Suchanun Hunsa-Udom 18 Offshore wind power licensing evolution in Taiwan: Perhaps the most ambitious but the weakest rule of law in the world 334 Anton Ming-Zhi GAO 19 Offshore wind licensing trends and observations 359 Tina Soliman Hunter and Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui

About the Author :
Edited by Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway and Tina Soliman Hunter, Professor of Energy and Resources Law, and Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), Macquarie University, Australia

Review :
‘Regulatory and legal challenges constitute the core of this magnificent book, which brings together many experts and perspectives on the legal and regulatory framework in different offshore wind energy jurisdictions.’ ‘This insightful and comprehensive book is an essential reference for practitioners, academics, researchers, or anyone concerned with the contemporary “hot topic” of offshore wind licensing. My colleagues, Prof. I. Herrera Anchustegui and Prof. T. Soliman Hunter, have put together an indispensable global blueprint that will surely become the absolute comparative source for offshore wind licensing.’ ‘This book provides valuable insight into offshore wind energy licensing, project planning, regulatory and technological experience.’