(P35) Fuzzy Logic Spatial Analysis Applied to Preliminary Marine Energy Site Selection in La Reunion Island

For island territories, renewable ocean energy systems can be a way to diversify their electricity mix and to reduce their dependance to imported fossil fuels. For an island like La Reunion, marine energy and its blue economy can also be a lever to face the high unemployment rates and the economical dependance from France. Yet, in small and populated territories, coastal areas concentrate a large part of the urbanization. Thus, land use planning is an utmost tool to balance anthropic pressure and environmental threats. Marine Spatial Planning is then crucial to derisk the marine energy sector's developement. The abstract pursue this goal. It presents a method to assess the potential areas of developement of ocean energies.