Blowing against the winds of change? The relationship between anti-wind initiatives and wind turbines in Germany

Manuel Gardt, Tom Broekel () and Philipp Gareis

No 2119, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: This study analyzes the formation and spatial structure of anti-wind-farm citizens’ initiatives (CIs) as a result of the development of wind turbine generators (WT) in Germany over the last three decades. It offers a novel, spatiotemporal view of the intensely discussed tension between WT and citizens’ perceptions of them. Using a new dataset and employing survival models, the study explores for the first time the co-development of WT and anti-wind initiatives, considering a wide range of regional socio-economic factors and multiple periods. The results confirm a rapidly growing dynamic of the establishment of local opposition, which the magnitude of locally existing WT and proximity to established anti-wind farm initiatives strongly drives.

Keywords: Local opposition; wind energy development; Germany; citizens’ initiatives; acceptance; survival analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C54 O18 O33 R11 R15 R59 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-06, Revised 2021-06
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