Analysis Maritime Spatial Planning Efficiency in Development of Wind Energy on the Western Coast of Latvia
Ūdens Transports un infrastruktūra: 14. starptautiskā konference 2012
Aleksandrs Urbahs, Kristīne Carjova, Madara Nagaine, Juris Korhs

Wind energy due to the wide spread availability of its resource is one of the most perspective of the renewable energy types, the wind which can be used to produce power in an environment friendly way. The most suitable placement of wind turbines is in sea or on the coast. “BaltSeaPlan” is the maritime spatial planning pilot project of Baltic coast of Courland that intends a construction of offshore wind farms on the West coast of Latvia, but due to insufficient political support this territory is not utilized and the development of wind energy in Latvia is hindered.


Keywords
Wind energy, maritime spatial planning
Hyperlink
http://www.latja.lv/faili/files/ParLJA/LJA_konferences/2012.pdf#page=51

Urbahs, A., Carjova, K., Nagaine, M., Korhs, J. Analysis Maritime Spatial Planning Efficiency in Development of Wind Energy on the Western Coast of Latvia. In: Ūdens Transports un infrastruktūra: 14. starptautiskā konference, Latvia, Riga, 26-27 April, 2012. Rīga: Latvijas Jūras Akadēmija, 2012, pp.51-56. ISSN 1691-3817.

Publication language
English (en)
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