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http://dx.doi.org/10.7846/JKOSMEE.2013.16.4.276

A Study on the Environmental Impact of Offshore Wind Farms Through Monitoring Case in Overseas Country  

Maeng, Jun-Ho (Division of Environmental Assessment, Korea Environment Institute)
Cho, Beom-Jun (Division of Environmental Assessment, Korea Environment Institute)
Lim, O-Joung (Division of Environmental Assessment, Korea Environment Institute)
Seo, Jane (Division of Environmental Assessment, Korea Environment Institute)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy / v.16, no.4, 2013 , pp. 276-289 More about this Journal
Abstract
In developing offshore wind farms, many environmental issues arise because of the concentration on supply demand and economic logic. Accordingly, community conflict is induced. Especially, recent studies regarding the capacity and location of offshore wind development have been conducted considering wind states and ocean conditions, etc. of coastal seas in Republic of Korea. Nevertheless, studies on the impact of marine environments and ecosystems are very limited so far. Environmental monitoring that follows development projects has been actively done in the offshore wind farms in many developed European countries. In contrast, there is no domestic monitoring data regarding environmental impacts caused by installing and operating offshore wind power. Therefore, the environmental impacts under construction and operation phases as well as the guidelines in the stage of environmental impact assessment suited for domestic coastal seas are well presented in this study by analyzing monitoring cases and references of overseas offshore wind farm. For this reason, this research is ultimately aimed at minimizing the environmental impact in offshore wind farm development and thus simplify administrative procedures in Korea.
Keywords
Offshore Wind Farm; Marine Environment; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Impact Assessment; Guideline;
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