Explaining Factors Leading to Community Acceptance of Wind Energy. Results of an Expert Assessment

Autor: Maria Rosaria Di Nucci, Michael Krug, Elena De Luca, Laura Gaetana Giuffrida, Cecilia Nardi
Přispěvatelé: De Luca, E., Nardi, C., Giuffrida, L. G., Krug, M., Di Nucci, M. R.
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Distributional justice
Control and Optimization
020209 energy
Social acceptance
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
02 engineering and technology
Procedural justice
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
7. Clean energy
lcsh:Technology
12. Responsible consumption
11. Sustainability
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Public engagement
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Wind energy
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Wind power
Public economics
Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
lcsh:T
Corporate governance
Authorization
wind energy
social acceptance
public involvement
participation
Participation
16. Peace & justice
Horizon 2020 project WinWind
Public involvement
13. Climate action
Business
Zoning
Energy (miscellaneous)
Zdroj: Energies
Energies; Volume 13; Issue 8; Pages: 2119
Energies, Vol 13, Iss 2119, p 2119 (2020)
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en13082119
Popis: The present article deals with two key drivers of social acceptance of wind energy: procedural justice and distributional justice. It is based on a comparative expert assessment carried out in the frame of the Horizon 2020 project WinWind covering six European countries. The focus of the paper is on procedural and financial participation of citizens and local stakeholders in wind energy projects. The first part covers institutional arrangements for public engagement in two areas of the decision-making process—wind turbine zoning/siting in spatial plans and authorization procedures. Here, three levels of public involvement—information, consultation and participation—were analyzed. The second part examines active and financial participation of citizens and local stakeholders. Here, we distinguish between two different modes of governance: institutionalized forms of public governance and voluntary forms of corporate governance. The outcomes suggest that concrete paths to the social acceptance of wind energy are fostered via appropriate institutional spaces for public engagement. Furthermore, missing opportunities for active and passive financial participation can have strong negative consequences for community acceptance
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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