Abstract

This chapter presents a brief overview of the status of the offshore wind energy sector in Europe and highlights a number of factors that are influencing its rapid growth as a dynamic industry. It focuses on a number of EU regulatory and policy measures that have the potential to resolve some of the uncertainty regarding the compatibility of offshore wind farm development with ecosystem-based marine management. One of the objectives of the Options for Delivering Ecosystem-Based Marine Management (ODEMM) project is to identify legal constraints and opportunities at the EU level and within Member States for improving the implementation of the ecosystems approach under various Union, regional and global legislative instruments. The chapter concludes that, within the context of the ODEMM project, the regulatory dimension of offshore wind energy is far more problematic and may lead to difficulty unless appropriate action is taken. Keywords: ecosystem-based marine management; Europe; ODEMM; offshore wind energy development

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