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Is geopolitics a threat for offshore wind energy? A case of Indian Ocean Region

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
卷 28, 期 25, 页码 32683-32694

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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12779-z

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Offshore wind energy; Wind energy; Geopolitics; Indian Ocean Region; Risks offshore wind; Renewable energy; Maritime terrorism; Blue economy; Environmental risks

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This paper discusses the four main challenges facing offshore wind energy development in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR): strategic location, environmental impacts, blue economy, and maritime terrorism. The study found that geopolitical rivalry is a key hindrance to offshore wind energy investments in the IOR, emphasizing the need for a regional cooperative mechanism.
The aim of this paper is to drive the discourse towards the increasing shift to renewables, especially offshore wind energy generation, in the emerging international energy order. The Indian Ocean Region (IOR), despite its increasing contribution to onshore wind energy generation and impending policies on offshore wind energy, is reluctant to invest in the latter. Hence, this paper highlights four important aspects that challenge IOR's offshore wind energy development: Indian Ocean's strategic location, environment impacts, blue economy and maritime terrorism. In the background of the geopolitical rivalry existing in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), with the increasing presence of China and the USA in the Indian Ocean, this paper aims to study if these geopolitical challenges are hindering offshore wind energy generation in IOR. The key findings of the paper include the necessity of addressing the geopolitical rivalry in IOR as an important hindrance in huge investments needed in OWE farms, so that a regional cooperative mechanism is arrived at especially from the point of view of policies towards OWE generation.

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