With a specific focus on the offshore wind energy industry, this book makes an original and significant contribution to the discussion on how high and major-risk industries should be regulated and planned for in order to mitigate loss of life and eological risks.
Tina Soliman Hunter and Eddy Wifa critically consider the theoretical principles applicable to the regulation of health and safety for offshore activities. They draw upon regulatory theory and its application to previous health and safety incidents, both within and out with the upstream energy industry. They analyse the existing regulatory framework for offshore wind energy operations to determine whether it is a fit for purpose and where the regime is found lacking, the authors propose regulatory reform to ensure that a robust offshore regulatory regime is established prior to a major incident which costs the lives of workers. The United Kingdom is strategically chosen as the focus of the book because it has the highest offshore wind installed capacity in the world, but the authors also draw on valuable regulatory experiences from Norway, Denmark and Australia and demonstrate how lessons from the UK may be useful for other jurisdictions.
This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and industry professionals who are studying and working in the areas of energy law and regulation, ecological governance, health and safety regulation and risk governance.
