Marine Renewable Energy: Community, Consultation and Planning (Summary of the International network for Social Studies of Marine Energy (ISSMER) online seminar series, November 2014 - January 2015)
The MRE industry is at a crucial moment. Devices are now moving from engineering drawings to full-scale prototypes, and the first commercial scale wave and tide energy farms have been announced and ar...
Abstract
The MRE industry is at a crucial moment. Devices are now moving from engineering drawings to full-scale prototypes, and the first commercial scale wave and tide energy farms have been announced and are being planned. Around the world countries are assessing the potential energy resource in their national waters, new developments in national electricity network infrastructures are in the planning stages, and large areas of the sea are being allocated to this new industry. This process of commercialisation is creating new interactions between environment, technology, and society. These take place in coastal communities, socio-economic markets, between other users of the sea, with policy-makers, amongst MRE companies, and between governments. ISSMER aims to support collaboration with these diverse communities, and to coordinate international research activities in the social studies of MRE.
Abstract
The MRE industry is at a crucial moment. Devices are now moving from engineering drawings to full-scale prototypes, and the first commercial scale wave and tide energy farms have been announced and are being planned. Around the world countries are assessing the potential energy resource in their national waters, new developments in national electricity network infrastructures are in the planning stages, and large areas of the sea are being allocated to this new industry. This process of commercialisation is creating new interactions between environment, technology, and society. These take place in coastal communities, socio-economic markets, between other users of the sea, with policy-makers, amongst MRE companies, and between governments. ISSMER aims to support collaboration with these diverse communities, and to coordinate international research activities in the social studies of MRE.
Publication Details
Authors: Glen Wright
Venue: ISSMER Year: 2015 Institution: ISSMER
