by Ekrem Duman | Aug 27, 2026 | Permitting & Licensing, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRKorean permitting is mid-rebuild: the old developer-led offshore model — an electricity business licence first, then roughly 29 permits across ten agencies and project-by-project fisheries negotiations stretching past a decade — is being replaced...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 27, 2026 | Permitting & Licensing, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRJapanese permitting is consensus engineering: offshore wind in territorial waters runs through promotion zones negotiated with prefectures and fisheries councils before a single occupancy-plus-support auction — a 6–8 year development arc the...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 27, 2026 | Permitting & Licensing, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRIndia’s permitting burden is inverted relative to the West: environmental approval is light — solar and wind are largely exempt from federal EIA requirements — while land assembly and grid connectivity carry the project. Utility-scale...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 27, 2026 | Permitting & Licensing, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRChina permits renewables faster than any major market — onshore wind and solar are record-filed (bei’an) with provincial authorities rather than centrally approved, clearing paper processes in months. The real permissions are economic and physical:...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Permitting & Licensing, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRAustralian renewable projects clear three gates: state planning approval (each state different — NSW’s Renewable Energy Zones and Energy Policy Framework, Victoria’s fast-track, Queensland’s evolving code), federal EPBC environmental...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Permitting & Licensing, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRCanadian renewable permitting is provincial by default: siting approvals, environmental permits, and grid connection all run through provincial regimes that differ sharply — structured and procurement-linked in Ontario, market-driven but rule-tightened in...
