Effects of spatial proximity to proposed high-voltage transmission lines: Evidence from a natural experiment in Lower Saxony

Mueller, Christoph Emanuel; Keil, Silke I.; Bauer, Christian

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2017.09.023

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“…Consequently, spatial proximity to a badly designed factory can affect the nearby communities, engendering negative psychophysical effects. Although not factory-related, recent studies on the visual impact of man-made objects in the landscape demonstrate that the kind of disturbances perceived by those living nearby are often associated with a disruption to the sense of place [13], [14]. However, it is worth noting that correlation between the proximity and degree of acceptance of an intervention does not always exist: there is evidence of an "inverse NIMBY syndrome" when the man-made object has some positive environmental implications [15].…”

Section: Impact Of Factories On the Landscapementioning

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“…Gradually, some planning, morphological and landscape aspects have also been addressed [17], [24], [25], mainly through guidelines. An increasing number of studies prove that the perceptual-aesthetic harmonisation of facilities into the landscape is important: many articles refer to renewable energy source projects [24], [26]- [28], energy infrastructures [13], and rural buildings [6], [20], [24], whereas industrial assets are still given little consideration.…”

Section: Impact Of Factories On the Landscape: Between Theory And Pramentioning

confidence: 99%

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Landscape Compatibility of Factories: From Practices to Tactics

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Antonini

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2018

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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Industrial facilities are responsible for several detrimental effects on the landscape. Impact occurs in terms of both interference in the main ecosystem's physical matrices and intense perceptual-aesthetic contrasts with the landscape. As a result, the social sphere also is affected and corporate identity is threatened. Agri-food companies are particularly touched by the issue due to the high environmental impact of their processes, their recurring proximity to the rural landscape, and the strong link between corporate image and environmental attitude. Since the Eighties, literature and regulations have proved harmonisation between industry and landscape is a crucial element of companies' social awareness. In this framework, some tools have been developed to analyse the impacts, but their main focus is on environmental issues. Nowadays there is no unitary vision capable of balancing manufacturing requirements with effective measures to mitigate the impact of factories on the landscape at all different levels. Our research therefore aims to define a methodology to analyse how agri-food facilities interfere with the landscape and to develop a set of measures suitable to promote less conflictual relationships. This can be achieved by combining the natural, perceptual-aesthetic and social/cultural dimensions of landscape. The goal is to develop a design support tool to analyse impacts and prioritise weaknesses, thereby helping companies to define case-specific mitigation strategies. In particular, the paper presents real life case studies noteworthy for the adoption of mitigation practices, from which a set of general tactics was devised. Over 50 exemplary facilities have been analysed, 200 good practices identified, and more than 100 general mitigation tactics formulated. Furthermore, the study has identified recurrent patterns in the architecture of factories, which generally confirm trends found in literature.

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Section: Impact Of Factories On the Landscapementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Impact Of Factories On the Landscape: Between Theory And Pramentioning

confidence: 99%

Landscape Compatibility of Factories: From Practices to Tactics

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Antonini

Evans

2018

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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“…Nevertheless, many studies identify the distance between the particular energy infrastructures and a person's home as one of the key factors affecting the local acceptance of different energy technologies (for example, Mueller et al (2017), Warren et al (2005) and Van der Horst (2007)). This so-called 'proximity hypothesis' implies that people are more likely to oppose the energy technology, the closer it is located to their residence.…”

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Drivers of People’s Preferences for Spatial Proximity to Energy Infrastructure Technologies: A Cross-country Analysis

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Many countries plan to decarbonise their energy systems by increasing energy efficiency and expanding the use of renewable energy sources (RES). Such actions require significant investments in new energy infrastructures. While people are generally accepting of these infrastructures, opposition sometimes arises when these developments are sited at close proximity to people's residences. Therefore, it is important to understand what actually drives people's preferences for spatial proximity to different energy infrastructure technologies. This study examines the factors influencing people's proximity preferences to different energy technologies using a crosscountry econometric analysis of the stated preference data from an unprecedented survey conducted on nationally representative samples of the population in Ireland, the US and Germany. The survey involved more than 4,500 participants in total. This paper presents the data and selected results from a generalised ordered logit model for each energy technology surveyed. These are; wind turbines, solar power technology, biomass power plant, coal-red power plant and natural gas power plant. The results show that, in general, German and Irish citizens are willing to accept energy infrastructures at smaller distances to their homes than their US counterparts. Moreover, attitudinal factors are found to shape people's preferences more consistently than any of the socio-demographic characteristics.

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“…Literature describes that existing PTLs are comprised of underground cables (UGCs) [7,[13][14][15], overhead lines (OHLs) [2,11,16,17] and gas insulated lines (GILs) [18][19][20][21]. Researchers have described that implementation of UGCs and OHLs in urban vicinities experience hindrances like spatial proximity [9,22,23], right of way [1,2,24], electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) concerns [3,23,25,26], aesthetics [22,24], trench requirements [14,27], corrosion [1,28] and system failure due to prolonged fault clearance time [9]. In addition, the following problems with the metal enclosures of conventional GILs critically addition, the following problems with the metal enclosures of conventional GILs critically constrain their use in urban areas: Long lay lengths and bending radii [18,19,29], excessive rigidity [18,26,30], their needs for acceleration dampers [20,25,31], jointing complexities [18,20,29], trench development [12,29,…”

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Electro-Mechanical Design and Creep Analysis of Proposed Enclosure for Flexible Gas Insulated Line Regarding Subsurface Metropolitan Applications of High-Voltage Transmission Lines

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Land shortage in metropolitan vicinities entails subsurface implementation of power transmission lines (PTLs) which demand structural flexibility, as well as substantial load bearing capability. Thus, development of a flexible gas insulated transmission line (FGIL) necessitates its strength degradation analysis, regarding the synergistic effect of aging and mechanical loadings. Moreover, correlation of conductor and enclosure dimensions of FGIL apropos field distribution, requires careful consideration regarding their dimensional specifications. In this research, a comprehensive electro-mechanical design is performed for the proposed flexible-thermoplastic-enclosure of a 132 kV FGIL by considering the synergistic impact of time and temperature-based aging, along with the effect of external and internal loadings, such as dead load, live load and internal gas pressure. Additionally, a recursive design algorithm for the proposed scheme regarding electro-mechanical aspects, along with aging perspectives is developed. Comparative analysis of proposed and conventional schemes regarding electro-mechanical and aging aspects revealed that the proposed enclosure exhibits the required structural strength, as well as flexibility for trenchless subsurface application of FGILs in metropolitan areas.

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Effects of spatial proximity to proposed high-voltage transmission lines: Evidence from a natural experiment in Lower Saxony

Cited by 35 publications

References 41 publications

Landscape Compatibility of Factories: From Practices to Tactics

Landscape Compatibility of Factories: From Practices to Tactics

Drivers of People’s Preferences for Spatial Proximity to Energy Infrastructure Technologies: A Cross-country Analysis

Electro-Mechanical Design and Creep Analysis of Proposed Enclosure for Flexible Gas Insulated Line Regarding Subsurface Metropolitan Applications of High-Voltage Transmission Lines

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