Societal acceptance of wind farms: Analysis of four common themes across Australian case studies

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• 作者：N. Hall<sup> ; sup><sup>Nina.Hall@csiro.ausup><sup> ; sup><sup>ninalhall52@gmail.comsup> ; P. Ashworth ; P. Devine-Wright
• 关键词：Wind farms ; Societal acceptance ; Australia
• 刊名：Energy Policy
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：July, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：58
• 期：Complete
• 页码：200-208
• 全文大小：376 K

文摘

Australia's renewable energy target (RET) seeks to provide 20 per cent of Australia's electricity generation from renewable energy sources by 2020. As wind power is relatively advanced, it was anticipated that wind power will contribute a major component of the early target. However, high levels of societal resistance to wind farms, combined with new regulatory policies, indicate the RET may not be dominated by wind power. This research involved an examination of seven case studies around wind farm deployment. Qualitative interviews were the primary data for the case studies and analysed using methods informed by grounded theory. Despite the diversity of stakeholder views, the qualitative analysis identified strong community support for wind farms but four common themes emerged that influence this societal acceptance of wind farms in Australia: trust, distributional justice, procedural justice and place attachment. Without addressing these factors through integration into policy development and engagement approaches, wind energy is unlikely to provide the early and majority of new renewable energy. Similar international experiences are incorporated in the discussion of the Australian wind industry's societal acceptance.