Title: Offshore wind energy and the rules of international law: phasing out nuclear power

Authors: Ekaterina Anyanova

Addresses: The Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Science, Znamenka Street, 10, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation; LLC 'LUKOIL-KMN', Kievskaya Street, 23, Kaliningrad 236039, Russian Federation

Abstract: Climate change and global warming are serious problems that necessitate such solutions as for example alternative methods of energy production including wind energy. Offshore wind parks construction, which is considered to be more beneficial than construction of those on land, is a relatively young sphere in the alternative methods of energy production. Although the main basics for its regulation on the international level are contained in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982, more detailed regulation on the international level still fail.

Keywords: offshore energy; wind energy; wind farms; UNCLOS; United Nations; UN; international conventions; international law; oceans; sea; marine law; global warming; nuclear power; climate change; alternative energy; energy production; public law; public policy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPLAP.2011.043857

International Journal of Public Law and Policy, 2011 Vol.1 No.3, pp.299 - 308

Published online: 31 Mar 2015 *

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