An Integrated Assessment Framework of Offshore Wind Power Projects Applying Equator Principles and Social Life Cycle Assessment

Yu-Che Tseng, Yuh-Ming Lee and Shih-Jung Liao
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Yu-Che Tseng: Institute of Natural Resource Management, National Taipei University, New Taipei City 23741, Taiwan
Yuh-Ming Lee: Institute of Natural Resource Management, National Taipei University, New Taipei City 23741, Taiwan
Shih-Jung Liao: Institute of Natural Resource Management, National Taipei University, New Taipei City 23741, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: This paper reviews offshore wind power project finance and provides an integrated assessment that employs Equator Principles, life cycle assessment, risk assessment, materiality analysis, credit assessment, and ISAE 3000 assurance. We have not seen any comprehensive review papers or book chapters that covers the entire offshore wind power project finance process. We also conducted an SWancor Formosa Phase 1 case study to illustrate the application of integrated assessment to better assist policymakers, wind farm developers, practitioners, potential investors and observers, and stakeholders in their decisions. We believe that this paper can form part of the effort to reduce information asymmetry and the transaction costs of wind power project finance, as well as mobilize green finance investments from the financial sector to renewable energy projects to achieve a national renewable energy policy.

Keywords: project finance; strategic environmental assessment; case study; stakeholder engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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