Project
Nature Inclusive Offshore Wind Energy
The Netherlands are planning a large scale development of offshore windparks in the North Sea. At the same time, the country has obligations towards achieving Natura 2000 objectives and the Marine Strategy Framework Objective.
Offshore windfarms have an impact on the ecosystem and on other users of the sea; there are positive and negative effects. There is a potential to combine windfarms with other functions such as nature conservation and food production, but such multi-use activities are only taking off slowly. In 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food commissioned a quick-scan into the possibilities for nature inclusive offshore windfarms. The current project supports the implementation of the recommendations from this quick scan, including the development of incentives in policy instruments, the start of adaptive pilots and setting up a community of practice.
Publications
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Bronnen platte oesters voor herstelprojecten in Nederland
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Combining offshore wind farms, nature conservation and seafood : Lessons from a Dutch community of practice
Marine Policy 126 (2021). - ISSN 0308-597X -
Community of Practice multi-use Noordzee2030 : uitkomsten enquête
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Medicinaal gebruik van zeewier
: Wageningen Marine Research - p. -
Medicinal uses of seaweeds
: Wageningen Marine Research - p. -
Nature-Inclusive Design options : infographic
: Witteveen+Bos - p. -
Nature-Inclusive Design: a catalogue for offshore wind infrastructure
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Nature-Inclusive Design: a catalogue for offshore wind infrastructure : Technical report
Den Haag : Witteveen+Bos (Technical report 114266/20-004.274) - p. -
Natuurinclusieve ontwerpopties : infographic
: Witteveen+Bos - p. -
Pilots multifunctioneel ruimtegebruik in zoekgebieden voor geplande en bestaande windmolenparken op de Noordzee (Infographic)
: Wageningen University & Research - p.