Application of Marine Spatial Planning tools for tidal stream farm micro-siting
| dc.contributor.author | Álvarez, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ramos, V. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carballo, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | López, I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fouz, D. M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Iglesias, Gregorio | |
| dc.contributor.funder | Xunta de Galicia | en |
| dc.contributor.funder | Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte | en |
| dc.contributor.funder | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-11T11:35:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-05-11T11:35:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-02-11 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-05-11T11:23:36Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The operation of tidal stream energy farms may interfere with other uses of the marine space, especially in depth-limited areas (estuaries, rivers, etc.) which are typically subject to multiple demands of use. The Marine Spatial Planning Directive (MSP) was passed by the European Commission in 2014 to ensure a harmonic coexistence between different maritime activities and to protect the marine environment. In this context, the objective of this work is to present a methodology based on MSP tools for tidal-farm siting in depth-limited areas. The methodology is illustrated through a case study: Ria de Ribadeo, a shallow-water estuary in NW Spain. Having considered a number of uses (archaeological, biodiversity, fishing, aquaculture, recreational and navigation), two exploitable tidal farm sites (Areas A and C) with annual energy densities of 1 were found. The estuary is periodically dredged to maintain navigation. Dredging-related risks were analysed using a novel indicator, the Dredging Associated Risk (DAR), based on which Area C was discarded and Area A had its exploitable surface area reduced by 25%. In sum, the methodology proposed was proven to be effective for tidal stream farm planning. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Xunta de Galicia, Spain (Research Project REDES - 2016 CIGEO (Ref ED431D 2016/023); Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (FPU grant 2015 of the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, (FCT programme of Stimulus of Scientific Employment Individual Support (CEECIND/03665/2018)) | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.articleid | 106063 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Álvarez, M., Ramos, V., Carballo,R., López, I., Fouz, D. M. and Iglesias, G. (2022) 'Application of Marine Spatial Planning tools for tidal stream farm micro-siting'. Ocean & Coastal Management, 220, 106063 (14 pp). doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106063 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106063 | en |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 14 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0964-5691 | |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | Ocean & Coastal Management | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/13165 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 220 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en |
| dc.relation.uri | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569122000382 | |
| dc.rights | © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Depth-limited tidal sites | en |
| dc.subject | Dredging Associated Risk (DAR) | en |
| dc.subject | Good Environmental Status (GES) | en |
| dc.subject | Maritime planning system | en |
| dc.subject | Ria de ribadeo | en |
| dc.title | Application of Marine Spatial Planning tools for tidal stream farm micro-siting | en |
| dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
