Navigating the participatory processes of renewable energy infrastructure regulation: A ‘local participant perspective’ on the NSIPs regime in England and Wales

Natarajan, Lucy; Rydin, Yvonne; Lock, Simon J.; Lee, Maria

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2017.12.006

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“…The rest of the ESRC-funded study data that was not used in this article has been reported on in other publications (Lee, 2017;Natarajan et al, 2018Natarajan et al, , 2019Rydin et al, 2018bRydin et al, , 2017Rydin et al, , 2018cLee et al, 2018;Rydin et al, 2018a). The findings indicated strong dissatisfaction amongst the public, including concerns over the representation of different interests (Rydin et al, 2018b(Rydin et al, , 2018c and acknowledgement of spatial distribution impacts (Natarajan et al, 2019), which supports the present line of enquiry.…”

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Major Wind Energy & the Interface of Policy and Regulation: A Study of Welsh NSIPs

Natarajan¹

2018

Planning Practice & Research

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This article examines how sub-national policy is applied in consenting decisions for major wind energy infrastructure. The study focuses on the Welsh tier of governance and the perspective of the public, building on existing work on 'territorial politics' and public participation. It looks explicitly at the regulatory stage of decision-making, which is critical to understanding multi-level governance contexts for energy infrastructure. Two cases of 'Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects' (NSIPs) in the UK are assessed and findings show how conflict is fuelled by the ways in which different tiers of policy and regulation interact.

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Major Wind Energy & the Interface of Policy and Regulation: A Study of Welsh NSIPs

Natarajan¹

2018

Planning Practice & Research

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“…We are not suggesting that legitimacy requires everyone to be happy; and that is far from the case in the decisions we have examined. 174 But the modelling contributes to the hard work of constructing the legitimacy of some aspects of these decisions: 175 an approximation to the facts contributes to epistemic legitimacy; 176 the space for negotiation potentially contributes both to process legitimacy and to approximating the facts; and in a framework of coproduction, the entire exercise allows for formal legal requirements to be satisfied.…”

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Techniques of Knowing in Administration: Co‐production, Models, and Conservation Law

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Journal of Law and Society

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Law frequently demands the production, sometimes effortful, of adequate knowledge for decision making. This article explores the challenging epistemic demands made by nature conservation law during planning law approval processes for major offshore wind farms. It explores this area through the prism of co-production: not only arè science' and`facts' socially and legally constructed, but in addition, scientific and factual findings shape society, and law and governance. Models are used in planning law to assess whether bird deaths associated with a proposed wind farm will have an adverse effect on the integrity of a protected site. As much as providing an accurate factual representation of the impact of a wind farm on biodiversity, the models contribute to the very possibility of governing the impact of these novel infrastructure developments on biodiversity.

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“…These challenges put forward the need for strong supports from innovative technology, assessment indicators, and analysis methods (Alcaraz & Zeadally, 2015;McGeoch et al, 2010). Information and communication technology, renewable energy, and energy efficiency for design and evaluation represents essential technology innovations in this stage (Abrell & Rausch, 2016;Foxon et al, 2005;Kuhlmann & Edler, 2003;Natarajan et al, 2018). There have been studies in this stage to define indicators for "biodiversity," "conservation," "regional planning," and "infrastructure" (Tran, 2016).…”

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Research Development on Sustainable Urban Infrastructure From 1991 to 2017: A Bibliometric Analysis to Inform Future Innovations

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Earth's Future

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Studies of sustainable urban infrastructure are expanding since the United Nations proposed the concept of sustainability in 1982. The need for more sustainable urban infrastructures led to many research efforts on innovative technologies and development strategies. We analyzed research progress on sustainable urban infrastructure from 1991 to 2017 using bibliometric, keyword co-occurrence and document cocitation network analysis. An increasing publication number suggests a rapid development of the sustainable urban infrastructure research area, but the development is still in an emerging stage. With respect to the analysis of research themes, we analyzed keyword co-occurrence networks in the three stages of . We observed substantial expansions and intensive interconnections of research theme clusters on sustainable urban infrastructure. The themes from 2009 to 2017 include "critical infrastructure," "urban planning and design," "development need," "technology innovation," and "cyber-physical system." The United States produced 28.93% of the publications and played a core role in the international collaboration network. We further compared national interests among top productive countries, which highlights different priorities of investing more sustainable urban infrastructures. Finally, we presented an in-depth analysis of four emerging technology innovations, namely, renewable energy, smart grid, green infrastructure, and cloud computing regarding research directions and challenges. Our results not only provide a valuable reference for researchers who are interested in sustainable urban infrastructures but also put forward the emphasis and orientations of future studies.Plain Language Summary More than a half of world population are currently living in urban areas for decent work and high-quality services. How we develop cities and infrastructures affects resource needs, quality of life, and the impact of natural environment. Considering the increasing pressure from resource depletion, ecosystem degradation, and climate change, it is critical and urgent to foresee what future cities and infrastructures should be and the gaps we should overcome. Our study provided an overview for a broad audience to recognize the current research progress of sustainable urban infrastructure. Our study shows that this topic is still in an emerging stage with a steady growth of publications. The research themes have expanded dramatically to cover critical infrastructure, development need, technological innovation, urban planning design, and cyber-physical system. United States is currently leading this research area, but countries have their own interests in sustainable urban infrastructure depending on economic development. In the end, we provided an in-depth analysis about renewable energy, smart grid, green infrastructures, and cloud computing in terms of research themes and challenges. The testing and validation of these technologies will be required that can fulfill the complex needs of urban citizens in a sustainable and rel...

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Navigating the participatory processes of renewable energy infrastructure regulation: A ‘local participant perspective’ on the NSIPs regime in England and Wales

Cited by 20 publications

References 29 publications

Major Wind Energy & the Interface of Policy and Regulation: A Study of Welsh NSIPs

Major Wind Energy & the Interface of Policy and Regulation: A Study of Welsh NSIPs

Techniques of Knowing in Administration: Co‐production, Models, and Conservation Law

Research Development on Sustainable Urban Infrastructure From 1991 to 2017: A Bibliometric Analysis to Inform Future Innovations

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