Incorporating Public Participation in Offshore Wind Farm Siting in Greece
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Methodological Process for OWF Site Selection
2.2.1. Exclusion Phase (1st Phase)
2.2.2. Public Participation through an Online Questionnaire Survey (2nd Phase)
2.2.3. Evaluation Phase (3rd Phase)
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Determination of EMAs
3.2. OQS Results
3.3. Evaluation and Ranking of EMAs
3.4. Sensitivity Analysus Results
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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ID | Description | Unsuitable Areas | Source | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Utilization restrictions | EC1 | Military Exercise Areas (MEA) | All marine areas that are utilized for the implementation of periodical and/or special military operations | [11,26,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40] |
EC2 | Areas to be licensed for Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons (AEEH) | All marine areas licensed for exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons | [11,28,29,30,41] | |
EC3 | Offshore Marine Renewables Energies Locations (OMREL) | Project proposals that are either under evaluation, installation, operational, production license or rejected | [11,31] | |
EC4 | Marine Protected Areas (MPA) | All marine Natura 2000 sites | [10,11,26,33,37,38,39,42,43,44,45,46] | |
EC5 | Navigation Routes (NR) | All navigation routes (cruise ships, cargo ships and passenger ships) | [26,33,35,36,38,41,46] | |
Economic and technical restrictions | EC6 | Wind Velocity (WV) | All marine areas with mean wind < 6 m/s | [11,27,28,29,30,31,41] |
EC7 | Water Depth (WD) | All marine areas with water depth > 500 m | [11,27,28,29,30,31,41] | |
EC8 | Distance from Shore (DS) | All marine areas with distance < 20 km and > 200 km from the shore | [11,27,28,29,30,31,41] | |
EC9 | Distance from Ports (DP) | All marine areas with distance > 100 km from ports and water depth > 10 m in terms of draft requirements; all marine areas near ports and water depth < 10 m in terms of draft requirements | [39,47,48] | |
EC10 | Farm minimum required area (FMRA) | All marine areas with surface area < 5 km2 | - |
ID | Name | Description | Objective | Preference Categories/ Groups (in Order of Preference) |
---|---|---|---|---|
C1 | Wind Velocity (WV) | WV considers the wind speed at the hub heights of 10 m and is related to the economic viability of an OWF | maximize | 6.5–7.5 m/s |
6.0–6.5 m/s | ||||
C2 | Water Depth (WD) | WD is essential to identify the suitability of OWF technical solutions and, thus, it is related to an OWF investment costs | minimize | 0–20 m |
20–60 m | ||||
60–300 m | ||||
300–500 m | ||||
C3 | Distance from Shore (DS) | DS is related to the cost of the submarine cabling for achieving the connection to the onshore electrical grid, as well as to operational and maintenance costs | minimize | 20–50 km |
50–100 km | ||||
100–150 km | ||||
150–200 km | ||||
C4 | Population Served (PS) | PS reveals the number of people (within a 50 km distance around the OWF location) that could be potentially benefited by an OWF in terms of contribution to the coverage of the energy demands | maximize | 110,000–145,000 |
80,000–110,000 | ||||
50,000–80,000 | ||||
30,000–50,000 | ||||
3000–30,000 | ||||
C5 | Connection to Local Electrical Grid (CLEG) | CLEG evaluates the proximity of the OWF to the existing onshore local electrical grid of high capacity | maximize | 150,000–220,000 kW |
90,000–150,000 kW | ||||
45,000–90,000 kW | ||||
15,000–45,000 kW | ||||
4500–15,000 kW | ||||
C6 | Social Acceptance (SA) | SA estimates the citizens’ preferences for EMAs | maximize | 9: extremely important |
7: very important | ||||
5: important | ||||
3: slight important | ||||
1: non important |
No. | Location | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|
1 | East of Skiros | 1343 |
2 | South-East of Skiros | 15.03 |
3 | South-West of Lesvos | 554.20 |
4 | South-West of Lesvos | 21.96 |
5 | East of Chios | 62.73 |
6 | South-East of Chios | 192.66 |
7 | South–South-East of Chios | 64.76 |
8 | North-East of Amorgos | 16.80 |
9 | North-West of Kos | 39.01 |
10 | South-West of Rhodes | 14.66 |
11 | South–South-West of Rhodes | 58.89 |
12 | East–North-East of Crete | 17.94 |
13 | East of Crete | 66.75 |
Ranking | Decision Alternative (EMA) | Preference Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|
1 | EMA11 | 12.2 |
2 | EMA3 | 11.3 |
3 | EMA10 | 11.1 |
4 | EMA4 | 8.8 |
5 | EMA1 | 8.7 |
6 | EMA13 | 7.6 |
7 | EMA5 | 7.5 |
8 | EMA12 | 7.1 |
9 | EMA9 | 6.3 |
10 | EMA7 | 5.8 |
11 | EMA6 | 5.7 |
12 | EMA8 | 4.7 |
13 | EMA2 | 3.8 |
Ranking | EMA (Preference Percentage) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | Scenario 3 | Scenario 4 | Scenario 5 | |
1 | EMA11 (12.2%) | EMA11 (12.2%) | EMA11 (12.2%) | EMA11 (12.2%) | EMA10 (12.1%) * |
2 | EMA3 (11.3%) | EMA10 (11.6%) * | EMA3 (11.3%) | EMA3 (11.2%) | EMA11 (11.3%) * |
3 | EMA10 (11.1%) | EMA3 (11.5%) * | EMA10 (11.1%) | EMA10 (11.1%) | EMA3 (11.0%) * |
4 | EMA4 (8.8%) | EMA4 (8.9%) | EMA4 (8.8%) | EMA4 (8.8%) | EMA13 (8.8%) * |
5 | EMA1 (8.7%) | EMA1 (8.5%) | EMA1 (8.7%) | EMA1 (8.7%) | EMA1 (8.5%) |
6 | EMA13 (7.6%) | EMA13 (7.3%) | EMA13 (7.5%) | EMA13 (7.5%) | EMA12 (8.3%) * |
7 | EMA5 (7.5%) | EMA5 (7.2%) | EMA5 (7.4%) | EMA5 (7.4%) | EMA4 (8.3%) * |
8 | EMA12 (7.1%) | EMA12 (6.8%) | EMA12 (7.0%) | EMA12 (7.1%) | EMA5 (7.3%) * |
9 | EMA9 (6.3%) | EMA9 (6.4%) | EMA9 (6.3%) | EMA9 (6.3%) | EMA9 (5.8%) |
10 | EMA7 (5.8%) | EMA7 (5.8%) | EMA7 (5.7%) | EMA7 (5.7%) | EMA6 (5.6%) * |
11 | EMA6 (5.7%) | EMA6 (5.7%) | EMA6 (5.6%) | EMA6 (5.6%) | EMA7 (5.3%) * |
12 | EMA8 (4.7%) | EMA8 (4.7%) | EMA8 (4.7%) | EMA8 (4.7%) | EMA8 (4.3%) |
13 | EMA2 (3.8%) | EMA2 (3.7%) | EMA2 (3.8%) | EMA2 (3.8%) | EMA2 (3.7%) |
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Loukogeorgaki, E.; Vagiona, D.G.; Lioliou, A. Incorporating Public Participation in Offshore Wind Farm Siting in Greece. Wind 2022, 2, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/wind2010001
Loukogeorgaki E, Vagiona DG, Lioliou A. Incorporating Public Participation in Offshore Wind Farm Siting in Greece. Wind. 2022; 2(1):1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/wind2010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleLoukogeorgaki, Eva, Dimitra G. Vagiona, and Areti Lioliou. 2022. "Incorporating Public Participation in Offshore Wind Farm Siting in Greece" Wind 2, no. 1: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/wind2010001