Titel: Experience with and strategies for public involvement in offshore wind projects
Författare/Author: Hans Christian Soerensen, Lars Kjeld Hansen, Karin Hammarlund, Jens H. Larsen
Utgivare/Publisher: Offshore Wind Energy EWEA Special Topic Conference
Årtal/Year: 2001
Sökord: public involvement, offshore wind projects, Environmental Impacts Assessment
Rapport
Sammanfattning: The paper describes and analyses different models for public involvement, based on experience from offshore projects in Denmark (especially Middelgrunden) and Sweden (Karlskrona Vindkraft Offshore). The public likely to be concerned by offshore wind energy projects must be informed and consulted as part of the Environmental Impacts Assessment (EIA). However, as member states individually define details regarding information and consulting, different approaches are possible. It is concluded that although active public involvement is a time and resource requiring challenge, it is to be recommended as it may lead to mitigation of general protests, blocking or delaying projects, and increase future confidence, acceptance and support in relation to the coming offshore wind farms in Europe.