The Role of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Preventive Protection of the Environment for Wind Farm Development Projects
Abstract
In addition to undeniably positive effects of wind farms on lessening the environmental impact and carbon footprint of the
energy sector, wind farms can also implicate certain negative effects in space. Major negative effects refer to biodiversity, noise
pollution, the shadow flicker effect, visual impact or accidental impact. All the said effects come as a consequence of improper
spatial determination of wind turbines microlocations. This is why it is of utmost importance to apply the principle of preventive
environmental protection in the earliest phase of a wind farm project development and by properly disposing wind turbines in
space to eliminate or reduce to acceptable levels all the negative implications. The paper points out the significance of the
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process in wind farms planning as a globally adopted instrument in applying the
principle of precautionary environmental protection. The focus is on the role of the SEA process in the se...lection of optimum
solutions for preventing potential conflicts in space, at the same time reducing risks for investors during project development,
thus creating conditions for reaching sustainable solutions in the wind energy sector.
Keywords:
Strategic Environmental Assessment / wind farms / preventive protection.Source:
2023 8th International Conference on "Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering" (ICSREE 2023) 11–13 May, Nice, France, 2023, CE23-3509-AFunding / projects:
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RAUmPlanTY - CONF AU - Josimović, Boško AU - Manić, Božidar AU - Bezbradica, Ljubiša PY - 2023 UR - http://raumplan.iaus.ac.rs/handle/123456789/854 AB - In addition to undeniably positive effects of wind farms on lessening the environmental impact and carbon footprint of the energy sector, wind farms can also implicate certain negative effects in space. Major negative effects refer to biodiversity, noise pollution, the shadow flicker effect, visual impact or accidental impact. All the said effects come as a consequence of improper spatial determination of wind turbines microlocations. This is why it is of utmost importance to apply the principle of preventive environmental protection in the earliest phase of a wind farm project development and by properly disposing wind turbines in space to eliminate or reduce to acceptable levels all the negative implications. The paper points out the significance of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process in wind farms planning as a globally adopted instrument in applying the principle of precautionary environmental protection. The focus is on the role of the SEA process in the selection of optimum solutions for preventing potential conflicts in space, at the same time reducing risks for investors during project development, thus creating conditions for reaching sustainable solutions in the wind energy sector. C3 - 2023 8th International Conference on "Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering" (ICSREE 2023) 11–13 May, Nice, France T1 - The Role of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Preventive Protection of the Environment for Wind Farm Development Projects VL - CE23-3509-A UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_854 ER -
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Josimović, B., Manić, B.,& Bezbradica, L.. (2023). The Role of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Preventive Protection of the Environment for Wind Farm Development Projects. in 2023 8th International Conference on "Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering" (ICSREE 2023) 11–13 May, Nice, France, CE23-3509-A. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_854
Josimović B, Manić B, Bezbradica L. The Role of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Preventive Protection of the Environment for Wind Farm Development Projects. in 2023 8th International Conference on "Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering" (ICSREE 2023) 11–13 May, Nice, France. 2023;CE23-3509-A. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_854 .
Josimović, Boško, Manić, Božidar, Bezbradica, Ljubiša, "The Role of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Preventive Protection of the Environment for Wind Farm Development Projects" in 2023 8th International Conference on "Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering" (ICSREE 2023) 11–13 May, Nice, France, CE23-3509-A (2023), https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raumplan_854 .