Offshore wind energy development in the exclusive economic zone: Legal and policy supports and impediments in Germany and the US

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3596-3607

  Portman, Michelle E ^a   Duff, John A ^b   Köppel, Johann ^c   Reisert, Jessica ^c   Higgins, Megan E ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feed in tariffs; Marine spatial planning; Offshore renewable energy; USA and Germany

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; COASTAL OCEAN; ECONOMIC MECHANISMS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES; FEED-IN TARIFFS; GERMANY; MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING; OFF-SHORE WIND ENERGY; OFFSHORE ENERGY; OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY; POLICY DOCUMENTS; POLICY FRAMEWORK; POLICY SUPPORT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY; USA AND GERMANY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

WIND POWER;

ENERGY POLICY; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPATIAL PLANNING; WIND POWER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650564811     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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