Title tba | Laura Gusatu

Field | Discipline

• Marine spatial planning
• Offshore renewable energy
• Environmental Sciences

Expertise

• Geo-spatial modelling
• Stakeholder engagement
• GIS
• Environmental assessment

Summary

Over the last decade, the accelerated transition towards cleaner means of producing energy has been clearly prioritized by the European Union through large-scale planned deployment of wind farms in the North Sea. From a spatial planning perspective, this has not been a straight-forward process, due to substantial spatial conflicts with the traditional users of the sea, especially with fisheries and protected areas. This research will examine the suitable allocation of offshore space for wind farms in the North Sea area, while taking into account different options for the management of conflictual spatial claims, environmental impacts and the transnational cooperation for a common energy transition roadmap.

This Ph.D. project is part of the Marie Curie Training Network "ENSYSTRA" (Energy Systems in Transition: ensystra.eu).

Supervision by

• Promotor: Prof. dr. C.H. (Claudia) Yamu | Department of Planning | Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen
• Promotor: Prof. dr. A.P.C. (André) Faaij | Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society - IREES | ESRIG, University of Groningen.
• Co-promotor: Prof. dr. C. (Christian) Zuidema | Department of Planning | Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen.

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