TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulating wave and tidal energy
T2 - An industry perspective on the Scottish marine governance framework
AU - Wright, Glen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - The emerging ocean energy industry, which seeks to utilise waves and tides to generate electricity, is developing in many jurisdictions. The UK, and Scotland in particular, is strongly interested in these technologies, and has made considerable efforts to reform its marine governance processes to better meet the needs of innovative new marine industries. This paper provides an industry perspective on this regulatory framework, reporting on the experiences of ocean energy project and technology developers. Semi-structured interviews with companies with practical experience with Scotland's regulatory framework provide evidence of a number of legal and regulatory challenges, as well as interesting insights into how developers are interacting with new marine governance systems. The paper details the findings of these interviews and offers some suggested directions for future research.
AB - The emerging ocean energy industry, which seeks to utilise waves and tides to generate electricity, is developing in many jurisdictions. The UK, and Scotland in particular, is strongly interested in these technologies, and has made considerable efforts to reform its marine governance processes to better meet the needs of innovative new marine industries. This paper provides an industry perspective on this regulatory framework, reporting on the experiences of ocean energy project and technology developers. Semi-structured interviews with companies with practical experience with Scotland's regulatory framework provide evidence of a number of legal and regulatory challenges, as well as interesting insights into how developers are interacting with new marine governance systems. The paper details the findings of these interviews and offers some suggested directions for future research.
KW - Environmental impact assessment
KW - Marine governance
KW - Marine spatial planning
KW - Ocean energy
KW - Resource management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84954557557&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.12.014
DO - 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.12.014
M3 - Article
SN - 0308-597X
VL - 65
SP - 115
EP - 126
JO - Marine Policy
JF - Marine Policy
ER -