Global assessment of historical, current and forecast ocean energy infrastructure: Implications for marine space planning, sustainable design and end-of-engineered-life management

Susan Gourvenec, Fraser Sturt, Emily Reid and Federico Trigos

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022, vol. 154, issue C

Abstract: Thousands of structures are currently installed in our oceans to help meet our global energy needs. This number is set to increase with the transition to renewable energy, due to lower energy yield per structure, growing energy demand and greater and more diverse use of ocean space (e.g. for food, industrial or scientific activity). A clear and comprehensive picture of the spatial and temporal distribution of ocean energy assets is crucial to inform marine spatial planning, sustainable design of ocean infrastructure and end-of-engineered-life management, to prevent an exponentially increasing asset base becoming an economic and environmental burden.

Keywords: Ocean energy infrastructure; Offshore renewable energy; Design; Decommissioning; Marine spatial planning; Socio-economic-environmental balance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111794

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