PRESENTED BY: BRADY ROMANSON & PETER MULVIHILL YORK UNIVERSITY TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA SEA, Marine Spatial Planning and Offshore Wind Prague 2011

Presentation Agenda Background Context  Canadian marine management and planning strategies  Ontario strategy for renewable energy development Case Study  Bringing offshore wind to Ontario and the Great Lakes Marine Spatial Planning (MSP)  An overview including international examples in practice Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)  Tying together MSP and SEA as planning tool to advance offshore wind development in Ontario Concluding Remarks SEA, Marine Spatial Planning and Offshore WInd

Background: The Canadian/ Ontarian context for Oceans Management and Renewable Energy Development Oceans Act, 1996  5 major legislative and policy initiatives in 15 years to guide Oceans Management (including the Great Lakes) across Canada Green Energy and Green Economy Act,  New planning and regulatory authorities for Renewable Energy Developments (i.e. WIND POWER)  One window planning approach Feed-in-Tariff Program  Onshore Wind 13.5 ¢/kWh  Offshore Wind 19.0 ¢/kWh SEA, Marine Spatial Planning and Offshore WInd

Case Study: Toronto Hydro’s Offshore Wind Proposal Project Profile  Lake Ontario – spanning 125 kilometres along the shoreline  60 offshore wind turbine  200 Mega Watt production capacity  Distance from shore – between 2-4 kilometres The Planning Problem(s)  Untested regulatory process  Public opposition  Lack of information and planning/ implementation strategy SEA, Marine Spatial Planning and Offshore WInd

Planning Tools for Offshore Wind Marine Spatial Planning Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA, Marine Spatial Planning and Offshore WInd

Marine Spatial Planning Oceans Management planning tool  Emerged over the past 10 years throughout various jurisdictions Rooted from Land-Use Planning- MSP seeks to dissolve spatial conflicts amongst uses and users of offshore space.  Ec0-system based approach  Collaborative planning approach Creating a zoning guide for Offshore Wind development and incorporation into sea-use management SEA, Marine Spatial Planning and Offshore WInd

Strategic Environmental Assessment Hierarchy MSP  SEA (wind policy; offshore wind policy, programs, and plans)  Project/ Class Environmental Assessment for offshore wind projects SEA, Marine Spatial Planning and Offshore WInd

Concluding Remarks In Ontario, the prospect of offshore wind will remain at an impasse for the foreseeable future A more effective Planning and Assessment process such as MSP and SEA needs to be developed an applied for offshore wind in Ontario SEA, Marine Spatial Planning and Offshore WInd

THANK YOU SEA, Marine Spatial Planning and Offshore Wind Prague 2011