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Environmental Permitting and Compliance Cost Reduction Strategies for the MHK Industry: Lessons Learned from Other Industries

Journal Article · · Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8080554· OSTI ID:1667393
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  1. H. T. Harvey & Associates, Arcata, CA (United States)
  2. Integral Consulting, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
  3. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  4. Kearns & West, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
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The marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) industry plays a vital role in the U.S. clean energy strategy by providing a renewable, domestic energy source that may offset the need for traditional energy sources. The first MHK deployments in the U.S. have incurred very high permitting costs and long timelines for deploying projects, which increases project risk and discourages investment. A key challenge to advancing an economically competitive U.S. MHK industry is reducing the time and cost required for environmental permitting and compliance with government regulations. Other industries such as offshore oil and gas, offshore wind energy, subsea power and data cables, onshore wind energy, and solar energy facilities have all developed more robust permitting and compliance pathways that provide lessons for the MHK industry in the U.S. and may help inform the global consenting process. Based on in-depth review and research into each of the other industries, we describe the environmental permitting pathways, the main environmental concerns and types of monitoring typically associated with them, and factors that appear to have eased environmental permitting and compliance issues.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Hydropower Technology Program (EE-2B); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
OSTI ID:
1667393
Report Number(s):
SAND--2020-8575J; 690032
Journal Information:
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Journal Name: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 8; ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher:
MDPICopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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