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

Elena De Luca, Cecilia Nardi, Laura Gaetana Giuffrida, Michael Krug and Maria Rosaria Di Nucci
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Elena De Luca: Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and Sustainable Development (ENEA), 00123 Rome, Italy
Cecilia Nardi: Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and Sustainable Development (ENEA), 00123 Rome, Italy
Laura Gaetana Giuffrida: Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and Sustainable Development (ENEA), 00123 Rome, Italy
Michael Krug: Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Universität Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
Maria Rosaria Di Nucci: Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Universität Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-23

Abstract: 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

Keywords: wind energy; social acceptance; public involvement; participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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