DATE: Wednesday 14th August, 2024
TIME: 3pm – 4.45pm (AEST)
Blue Economy CRC research has highlighted the potential of offshore wind in Australia’s future energy planning. Ongoing work has addressed key preconditions for the development of offshore wind in Australia, addressing social acceptability, law and policy settings, and supply chain operations.
The key to this current work is a commitment to a pre-competitive collaborative approach between the BE CRC and industry and government to support efficacy, integrity and good governance in the development of Australia’s offshore wind industry.
Research insights from BE CRC ‘Preconditions for development offshore wind energy in Australia project:
Research Insights
- Policy and regulation (Danielle Smith, UQ)
- Social acceptability (Hugh Breakey, Griffith University)
- Supply chains (Stephen Cahoon, UTAS)
Industry partner perspectives
- Nexsphere (Anna Lewis, Nexsphere)
- Southerly Ten (Erin Coldham, Southerly Ten)
- BMT (Hossein Agheshlui, BMT)
- SINTEF (Dorothy Dankel, SINTEF)
- Saitec (Alberto Galdos, Saitec Australia)
Bringing it together – the significance of the “value chain” (Martin Farley, UTAS)
Discussion – through Q&A function on Zoom (Marcus Haward, Blue Economy CRC)
Presented by Dr Danielle Smith
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Futures, University of Queensland
Dr Danielle Smith is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Futures, University of Queensland. Danielle works on the Blue Economy CRC project, identifying international best practices in the legal and policy frameworks that will inform and govern Australia's expanding offshore wind energy industry.
Danielle’s areas of expertise are in international ocean governance, international environmental legal institutions and regimes, marine protected areas (MPAs) in particularly biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), marine spatial planning, environmental impact assessments, and impacts of anthropogenic activities and other climatic impacts on offshore marine and coastal environments. Danielle has seven years of working experience in ocean governance and over 15 years’ experience working as a marine environmental consultant conducting environmental impact assessments for large development projects such as, coastal defence plans, port developments, offshore wind farms, nuclear power stations, offshore oil and gas activities, etc., both within Australia and internationally.
Danielle worked in the offshore oil and gas industry for several years before moving into the burgeoning offshore wind energy industry. Through her experience, she has come to understand the successes and challenges of the regulatory framework from both a scientific and legal background.