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4.5.2 Policy recommendations• The use of GIS standard for all ocean related data and information in all North Sea countries isrecommended in order to have better exchange and communication possibilities, the use of theGIS standard for all ocean related data and information in all North Sea countries isrecommended.• Data should be regularly updated, publicly available and managed and published in a centralisedway.4.6 CROSSBORDER AND REGIONAL COOPERATIONAll North Sea countries are active in the regional cooperation initiatives in the domain of protection ofthe marine environment, such as OSPAR, Bonn agreement. More recently, a new type of regionalcooperation has emerged around the issue of offshore grid development (North Seas CountriesOffshore Grid Initiative, ENTSO-E).4.7 IMPLEMENTATION OF MSPBelgium implemented a zonal delimitation for offshore wind with a legally binding instrument (RoyalDecree). This created the necessary legal certainty and attracted many ORE developers. Denmarkhas adopted a comparable zoning approach by appointing specific ORE locations, but thegovernment has not yet approved the ORE zones to date. An adequate legal framework for MSP hasbeen equally adopted recently (the “Integrated Marine Strategy”). Germany has adopted a MaritimeSpatial Planning plan for its EEZ, in which designated priority areas for offshore wind are defined. TheNational Water Plan of the Netherlands sets a comprehensive legal framework for MSP. The zoningof ORE areas is included in this Plan.4.8 CONCLUSIONThe North Sea basin has the most advanced practices in MSP and the highest installed offshoreenergy capacity to date, as well as the most ambitious NREAP 2020 targets, as illustrated in table 3.Deliverable D 2.384 | P a g e
Table 3: Overview state of play in MSP processes and NREAP 2020 offshore targets in the North SeaNorth Sea MSP process Installed NREAP 2020 EEZStatesoffshore wind(MW)offshore target(MW)Belgium 1 ORE area 195 2,000 55 wind YesDenmark ORE zoning 56 386 57 1,339 58 wind YesGermanyMSP in EEZ 90 59 10,000 60 wind Yes(2009)Netherlands 2 OWE areas 228 5,178 wind YesUKCriteria based 1,341 12,990 wind YesMSPand1,300wave and tidalMSP policies and legal frameworks in the North Sea basin have progressed well over the last decade,as well as licensing processes, stakeholder consultation, sector conflict management, data andinformation management, cross border and regional cooperation and implementation of MSP. Withinthe North Sea basin different MSP models coexist but they appear to generate more or less the sameoutcome in terms of installed and projected offshore energy capacity 61 .Countries like Germany and the Netherlands have recently finalised a comprehensive MSP legalframework policy in which reserved maritime zones are delimitated. Denmark and Belgium haveconducted an MSP-like exercise resulting in the delimitation of ORE zones. The difference withGermany and the Netherlands is that the ORE zoning legislation is based on energy laws rather thanon MSP legislation. The UK has a completely different policy: it works with a zoning approach that isnot defined by the state but based on criteria, which leaves more freedom to the developers and, intheory, more spatial possibilities for ORE development.It is difficult to state whether one approach is more efficient than the other; all the above modelshave so far attracted ORE developers. This indicates that all the (maritime) spatial planningapproaches have their benefits in term of legal certainty. What is likely to stop or slow down the55 The Belgian NREAP does not provide an on- and off-shore split for the overall wind energy capacity figure.However, information subsequently obtained by EWEA indicates that the 2020 target for offshore windcapacity is 2,000 MW,56 In progress, remains to be agreed,57 Just for the North Sea,58 Including the Baltic Sea,59 Just for the North Sea60 Including the Baltic Sea,61 In proportion to the respective available maritime spaces of every North Sea country.Deliverable D 2.385 | P a g e
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