Biodiversity offsets for offshore wind farm projects: The current situation in Europe

Vaissière, Anne‐Charlotte; Levrel, Harold; Pioch, Sylvain; Carlier, Antoine

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2014.03.023

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“…Moreover, as has been stated in [214] (based on the Habitats Directive), an appropriate EIA study should be made if a MRE site is part of the Natura 2000 network, while compensatory measures are necessary in order to protect the overall integrity of Natura 2000 sites, if there are negative impacts with no alternatives.…”

Section: Environmental Impact Assessment Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Marine Renewable Energy in the Mediterranean Sea: Status and Perspectives

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Abstract:In this work, an extended overview of the marine renewable energy in the Mediterranean Sea is provided as regards current status, potential problems, challenges, and perspectives of development. An integrated and holistic approach is necessary for the economic viability and sustainability of marine renewable energy projects; this approach comprises three different frameworks, not always aligned, i.e., geotechnical/engineering, socio-economic, and environmental/ ecological frameworks. In this context, the geomorphological, climatological, socio-economic, and environmental/ecological particularities of the Mediterranean basin are discussed, as they constitute key issues of the spatial context in which marine renewable energy projects are to be implemented. General guidelines for the sustainable development of marine renewable energy in the Mediterranean are also provided.Keywords: marine renewable energy; ocean energy; offshore wind energy; marine spatial planning; Mediterranean Sea; roadmap for marine energy development Key TopicsThe main topics that this paper deals with, can be summarized as follows: •Global status of the different types of marine renewable energy (MRE), i.e., offshore wind, wave, tidal, thermal, and salinity gradients energy conversion:

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Section: Environmental Impact Assessment Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Marine Renewable Energy in the Mediterranean Sea: Status and Perspectives

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“…The investigation of significant resources and the extensive growth mode as well as the human activities have produced large quantities of CO2 that directly lead to low economic benefits, environmental pollution and other problems. Therefore, how to arrange energy consumption properly [2] and minimize the impact of human activities on the ecological environment [3] have drawn increasing attention of the international community.…”

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Empirical Research on China’s Carbon Productivity Decomposition Model Based on Multi-Dimensional Factors

Fan

Meng

2015

Energies

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Based on the international community's analysis of the present CO2 emissions situation, a Log Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) decomposition model is proposed in this paper, aiming to reflect the decomposition of carbon productivity. The model is designed by analyzing the factors that affect carbon productivity. China's contribution to carbon productivity is analyzed from the dimensions of influencing factors, regional structure and industrial structure. It comes to the conclusions that: (a) economic output, the provincial carbon productivity and energy structure are the most influential factors, which are consistent with China's current actual policy; (b) the distribution patterns of economic output, carbon productivity and energy structure in different regions have nothing to do with the Chinese traditional sense of the regional economic development patterns; (c) considering the regional protectionism, regional actual situation need to be considered at the same time; (d) in the study of the industrial structure, the contribution value of industry is the most prominent factor for China's carbon productivity, while the industrial restructuring has not been done well enough.

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“…It is possible that the possession of more information and the monopolistic supply of the area from the manager and the inelasticity in the demand for space from the developer can lead to an unfair situation for the developer to agree or not agree at all. On the other hand, when the actual value of the MPA has been underestimated the developer can assume a lower damage and characterize the effects of his project as moderate or negligible, without convincing evidence [82]. Hence participation constraints should be set, where both players should reveal their status quo or disagreement points so that unique solutions such as the NBS and KSS can be applied and fairly distribute the surplus from MRE-MPA coexistence among players.…”

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confidence: 99%