Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Assistant Professor,, Public Law, Department, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Neyshabur, Neyshabur, Iran
Abstract
The need to fight climate change while at same time meeting the world’s increasing demand for energy has led to the exponential growth of the renewable energy industry in the past two decades. Many sources of renewable energy are situated in the sea. Yet, at the present time only offshore wind energy is produced on an industrial scale. Offshore wind farms are primarily constructed in the territorial sea or the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of coastal states. Nonetheless, with the advancement of marine turbine technology, especially floating turbines, offshore wind farms will be increasingly installed in the EEZs of coastal states. Based on a descriptive-analytical method, this study aims to examine the production of wind energy in the EEZ from the standpoint of the law of the sea. The findings of the study indicate that the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention provides the basic international legal framework for marine renewable energy development and together with several other treaty and non-treaty instruments regulates various aspects of offshore wind energy production in the EEZ. Thus, it seems that there is no legal lacunae in regard to this subject area.
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