Renewable energy from the high seas: Geo-spatial modelling of resource potential and legal implications for developing offshore wind projects beyond the national jurisdiction of coastal States

Paul Elsner and Suzette Suarez

Energy Policy, 2019, vol. 128, issue C, 919-929

Abstract: Offshore wind energy projects are currently restricted to the exclusive economic zones of coastal States. Recent advances in technology are raising the prospect of utilising excellent wind resources on the high seas.

Keywords: Offshore wind energy; Geospatial resource modelling; Law of the sea; High seas; UNCLOS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.01.064

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