In recent years, Taiwan has firmly committed itself to pursue the green energy transition and a nuclear-free homeland by 2025, with an increase in renewable energy from 5% in 2016 to 20%in 2025. Offshore wind power (OWP) has become a sustainable and scalable renewable energy source in Taiwan.
In recent years, Taiwan has firmly committed itselfto pursue the green energy transition and a nuclear-free homeland by 2025, withan increase in renewable energy from 5% in 2016 to 20%in 2025. Offshore windpower (OWP) has become a sustainable and scalable renewable energy source inTaiwan. Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) is a fundamental tool to organize theuse of the ocean space by different and often conflicting multi-users withinecologically sustainable boundaries in the marine environment. MSP is capableof definitively driving the use of offshore renewable energy. Lessons fromGermany and the UK revealed that MSP was crucial to the development of OWP.This paper aims to evaluate how MSP is able to accommodate the exploitation ofOWP in Taiwan and contribute to the achievement of marine policy by proposing aset of recommendations. It concludes that MSP is emerging as a solution to beconsidered by government institutions to optimize the multiple use of the oceanspace, reduce conflicts and make use of the environmental and economicsynergies generated by the joint deployment of OWP facilities and fishing oraquaculture activities for the conservation and protection of marineenvironments.
[Journal background]
Energies (ISSN 1996-1073) is a peer-reviewed and open-accessjournal of energy-related scientific research, technology development,engineering, and studies in policy and management. The European BiomassIndustry Association (EUBIA) and Association of European Renewable EnergyResearch Centres (EUREC) are affiliated associations with Energies.
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