The Governance of Multi-Use Platforms at Sea for Energy Production and Aquaculture: Challenges for Policy Makers in European Seas

Stuiver, Marian and Soma, Katrine and Koundouri, Phoebe and van den Burg, Sander and Gerritsen, Alwin and Harkamp, Thorbjørn and Dalsgaard, Niels and Zagonari, Fabio and Guanche, Raul and Schouten, Jan-Joost and Hommes, Saskia and Giannouli, Amerissa and Söderqvist, Tore and Rosen, Lars and Garção, Rita and Norrman, Jenny and Röckmann, Christine and de Bel, Mark and Zanuttigh, Barbara and Petersen, Ole and Møhlenberg, Flemming (2016): The Governance of Multi-Use Platforms at Sea for Energy Production and Aquaculture: Challenges for Policy Makers in European Seas. Published in:

Abstract

European seas are encountering an upsurge in competing marine activities and infrastructures. Traditional exploitation such as fisheries, tourism, transportation, and oil production are accompanied by new sustainable economic activities such as offshore windfarms, aquaculture, and tidal and wave energy. One proposed solution to overcome possible competing claims at sea lies in combining these economic activities as part of Multi-Use Platforms at Sea (MUPS). MUPS can be understood as areas at sea, designated for a combination of activities, either completely integrated in a platform or in shared marine space. MUPS can potentially benefit from each other in terms of infrastructure, maintenance, etc. Developing MUPS in the marine environment demands adequate governance. In this article, we investigate four European sites to find out how governance arrangements may facilitate or complicate MUPs. In particular, we apply a framework specifying policy, economic, social, technical, environmental, and legal (PESTEL) factors to explore governance arrangements in four case study sites in different sea basins around Europe (the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea). The article concludes with policy recommendations on a governance regime for facilitating the development of MUPS in the future.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: multi-use platforms, offshore, governance, PESTEL, energy production, aquaculture
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O20 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights

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