The regulation of renewable ocean energy

Kekana, Lerato Caroline

Title: The regulation of renewable ocean energy
Creator: Kekana, Lerato Caroline
Subject: Gqeberha (South Africa)
Subject: Eastern Cape (South Africa)
Subject: Renewable energy sources -- South Africa
Date Issued: 2021-04
Date: 2021-04
Type: Master's theses
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/51211
Identifier: vital:43217
Description: Energy is one of the vital natural resources that contribute towards an improvement in social and economic development. Environmental issues such as climate change have resulted in the exploitation of renewable energy gaining momentum. Renewable ocean energy is one of the renewable sources that have the potential to assist South Africa to achieve its energy policy goals, which include economic development and the management of energy-related environmental and health impacts. The exploitation and exploration of renewable ocean energy in South Africa raise legal concerns. These concerns are the lack of appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks and the possible conflicts among users in the marine environment that may occur as a result of the exploitation and exploration of renewable ocean energy. This dissertation, therefore, addresses these concerns by providing a critical assessment of the regulation of renewable ocean energy in South Africa. Firstly, it provides an introduction and legal background of renewable ocean energy. It proceeds by critically assessing the international requirements with which South Africa needs to comply regarding renewable ocean energy. Following that, the dissertation provides an analysis of the environment and energy legislation and the extent to which they regulate renewable ocean energy. Lastly, taking into account other existing and future activities in the marine environment, there is a discussion of the marine spatial planning (MSP) and other regulatory measures in so far as they relate to the resolution of the conflict in the context of renewable ocean energy. The conclusion is that the existing legislation does not appropriately regulate renewable ocean energy. As a result, the dissertation proposes how the existing legislation may adequately include renewable ocean energy. Furthermore, it makes recommendations.
Description: Thesis (LLM) -- Faculty of Law, Public Law, 2021
Format: computer
Format: online resource
Format: application/pdf
Format: 1 online resource (viii, 148 leaves)
Format: pdf
Publisher: Nelson Mandela University
Publisher: Faculty of Law
Language: English
Rights: Nelson Mandela University
Rights: All Rights Reserved
Rights: Open Access

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