Faculty of Development and Society, Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, United Kingdom.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2010 Apr;60(4):493-9. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.11.010. Epub 2009 Dec 10.
The development of offshore wind energy has started to take place surprisingly quickly, especially in North European waters. This has taken the wind energy industry out of the territory of planning systems that usually govern the siting of wind farms on land, and into the world of departmental, sectoral regulation of marine activities. Although this has favoured the expansion of offshore wind energy in some respects, evidence suggests that the practice and principles of spatial planning can make an important contribution to the proper consideration of proposals for offshore wind arrays. This is especially so when a strategic planning process is put in place for marine areas, in which offshore wind is treated as part of the overall configuration of marine interests, so that adjustments can be made in the interests of wind energy. The current process of marine planning in the Netherlands is described as an illustration of this.
海上风能的发展速度惊人，尤其是在北欧水域。这使得风能产业脱离了通常管理陆上风电场选址的规划系统领域，进入了海洋活动部门和部门监管的世界。尽管这在某些方面有利于海上风能的扩张，但有证据表明，空间规划的实践和原则可以为妥善考虑海上风电场阵列的提案做出重要贡献。当为海洋区域建立战略规划流程时，情况尤其如此，在该流程中，海上风能被视为海洋利益整体配置的一部分，以便可以根据风能利益进行调整。目前荷兰的海洋规划过程就是一个例证。
