SEA Guidance Annex 20

SEAs Supporting PPPs in the Energy Sector

Annex 20 compiles a wide range of Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) supporting policies, plans, and programs (PPPs) in the energy sector, as well as multi-sector frameworks with significant renewable energy components.

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What’s Inside This Annex

List of SEAs

Download the full PDF annex for a detailed list of SEAs by plan type, country, and year, based on information gathered through archive and web searches in 2023–2024.

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Energy sector PPPs subject to SEA

Includes energy policy, energy plan, energy strategy, renewable energy plan, energy and climate plan, offshore energy plan (mainly wind), hydropower sector plan, and oil and gas sector (on land and offshore).

Multi-sector PPPs subject to SEA

Includes river basin plan, national spatial plan, marine spatial plan, corridor plan, regional development plan, and spatial plan.

Geographic levels & examples

International level, national level, and sub-national level, including examples from the European Union, Mekong river, Nile equatorial lakes region, Canada, Ghana, Nigeria, Vietnam, Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, Bhutan, Zambia, and many others.

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SEA Guidance Annex 20