Marine Renewable Energies : Prospective Foresight Study For 2030.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- PART 1. Summary of studies -- Scope of the study -- Methodology -- Review of marine energies: resources and technologies -- Four possible contrasting scenarios -- Conditions for emergence considered in these possible scenarios -- Environmental integration: what are the impacts and risks? -- Incorporating marine renewable energies in the French energy supply -- Proposal for a normative scenario in the context of the French environmental summit meeting -- Conclusion -- PART 2. Constructing the scenarios -- Context -- Study structure and methodology -- Constructing micro-scenarios for each component -- Constructing the macro-scenarios -- Description of the macro-scenarios -- Scenario 1: Crisis and energy emergency -- Scenario 2: Altruistic co-operation through necessity -- Scenario 3: Few changes, every man for himself -- Scenario 4: Independent local development -- PART 3. TECHNICAL FILE: Components and variables fact sheets -- V1: Global geo-economics -- V2: World climate governance -- V3: Energy demand, including Europe by region -- V4: Freshwater demand by region -- V5: Security and price of fossil fuels -- V6: Political strategy &amp -- energy independence: targets -- V7: Specificities of islands -- V8: Enforcement &amp -- control, relevant tools in France -- V9: Regulatory instruments for biofuels -- V10: Energy research budget and allocationby energy source -- V11: Structuring and managing the electricity grid -- V12: Energy storage and transport technologies -- V13: Changes in centralized electricity generation -- V14: Global population distribution including European coasts -- V15: Regional marine spatial planning -- V16: Public acceptance -- V17: Changes in sea uses and conflicts -- V18: Adapting the regulations -- V19: Environmental impacts -- V20: Stream energy.

V21: Tidal power -- V22: Wave power -- V23: Biomass -- V24: Offshore wind power -- V25: Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) -- V26: Osmotic power -- V27: Hybrid technological solutions -- V28: Potential of new sources -- V29: Knowledge about the marine environment and impacts -- V30: Roles of public-and private-sector stakeholders -- APPENDIXES -- 1. List of Steering Committee members -- 2. List of Working Group members -- 3. Glossary of acronyms -- 4. Glossary for the scenario method -- 5. List of 30 variables grouped by component and corresponding author(s) -- 6. Cost assessment of possible and normative scenarios.

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