Public acceptance of large-scale wind energy generation for export from Ireland to the UK: evidence from Ireland
| Autor: | Tom M. van Rensburg, Cyril Morris, Noreen Brennan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Economic growth Wind power Natural resource economics business.industry 020209 energy Geography Planning and Development Opposition (politics) 02 engineering and technology Public survey 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Focus group Renewable energy 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Trust building Business Public acceptance Externality 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 60:1967-1992 |
| ISSN: | 1360-0559 0964-0568 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09640568.2016.1268109 |
| Popis: | Although international trade in energy may offer a flexible and cost effective means by which European countries could meet their renewable energy targets, developers in the exporting nation can face local opposition for reasons which are not always clear. Using focus groups and a public survey, we contrast perspectives between local stakeholders and wind farm operators and investigate the community impacts associated with large-scale wind energy for domestic use and export from Ireland to the UK. Although the export of renewable energy from Ireland to the UK is currently on hold, our findings suggest that significant investment is required by the state and wind farm operators in better information provision, trust building, effective instruments to internalise wind farm externalities and co-management arrangements before Ireland can fully capture the benefits of wind exports to the UK. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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