Key Factors for Successful Development of Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets

Offshore wind holds tremendous promise for many emerging markets as a large-scale, clean, reliable form of new electricity generation with the potential to stimulate valuable economic benefits. However, developing a new offshore wind sector in an e...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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spelling okr-10986-363992021-10-15T05:10:43Z Key Factors for Successful Development of Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets World Bank Group OFFSHORE WIND FARM WIND POWER RENEWABLE ENERGY ENERGY COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORK ELECTRICITY Offshore wind holds tremendous promise for many emerging markets as a large-scale, clean, reliable form of new electricity generation with the potential to stimulate valuable economic benefits. However, developing a new offshore wind sector in an emerging market is no easy task. Decision makers must strike a careful balance as they consider a range of technical, political, environmental and social challenges. Offshore wind projectscombine the scale of large hydro and the complexity of offshore hydrocarbon extraction, making them entirely different from onshore wind or solar. Government support and proactivity is, therefore, essential to develop a successful new sector and deliver the high rewards that offshore wind can bring. 2021-10-14T20:48:18Z 2021-10-14T20:48:18Z 2021-09-28 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/343861632842395836/Key-Factors-for-Successful-Development-of-Offshore-Wind-in-Emerging-Markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36399 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic OFFSHORE WIND FARM
WIND POWER
RENEWABLE ENERGY
ENERGY COSTS
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
ELECTRICITY
spellingShingle OFFSHORE WIND FARM
WIND POWER
RENEWABLE ENERGY
ENERGY COSTS
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
ELECTRICITY
World Bank Group
Key Factors for Successful Development of Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets
description Offshore wind holds tremendous promise for many emerging markets as a large-scale, clean, reliable form of new electricity generation with the potential to stimulate valuable economic benefits. However, developing a new offshore wind sector in an emerging market is no easy task. Decision makers must strike a careful balance as they consider a range of technical, political, environmental and social challenges. Offshore wind projectscombine the scale of large hydro and the complexity of offshore hydrocarbon extraction, making them entirely different from onshore wind or solar. Government support and proactivity is, therefore, essential to develop a successful new sector and deliver the high rewards that offshore wind can bring.
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title Key Factors for Successful Development of Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets
title_short Key Factors for Successful Development of Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets
title_full Key Factors for Successful Development of Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets
title_fullStr Key Factors for Successful Development of Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets
title_full_unstemmed Key Factors for Successful Development of Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets
title_sort key factors for successful development of offshore wind in emerging markets
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/343861632842395836/Key-Factors-for-Successful-Development-of-Offshore-Wind-in-Emerging-Markets
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