Wind energy policies in the Netherlands: Institutional capacity-building for ecological modernisation

Breukers, Sylvia; Wolsink, Maarten

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“…Consequently, socio-political acceptance has not stimulated the development of effective supportive policy choices in the Netherlands (Wolsink and Breukers, 2007). In the case of the IPWA (InterProvincial Windfarm Afsluitdijk') we can see this reflected.…”

Section: Wind Power Policymentioning

confidence: 88%

“…However, such siting and investment decisions are generally contested and it is the process of implementation at this level of siting and investment where most of the learning should take place. IC building refers to the capacity to facilitate open policy and decision-making processes that provide access to relevant stakeholders and room for various types of knowledge resources (Healey 1998;Breukers and Wolsink, 2007). The openness is needed for learning, and hence collaborative ways of planning are often seen as essential parts of impact appraisal, such as Environmental Impact Assessment, EIA (Saarikoski, 2000;Sinclair et al, 2008).…”

Section: The Learning Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Local resistance can hardly explain low deployment outcomes (Aitken et al 2008;Ellis et al 2007;Wolsink 2006a). Issues with regards lack of social acceptance of various kinds indicate limited institutional capacity for wind power deployment (Breukers & Wolsink 2007). …”

Section: Three Environmental Policies: Major Shifts In Objectivesmentioning

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Link to publicationCitation for published version (APA): Wolsink, M. (2010). Contested environmental policy infrastructure: socio-political acceptance of renewable energy, water, and waste facilities. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 30(5), 302-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2010.01.001 General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. AbstractDecisions to build new infrastructure are often contested. The general idea is that such infrastructure is considered to serve the (proclaimed) public interests, whereas the impact or risk is concentrated at a smaller scale, for example in local communities. The nature of such risk is that it concerns threats to environmental quality. A frequently arising type of environmental conflict arises when the proclaimed public good lies within the domain of environmental policy and sustainability. Impact assessments are essential parts of identification and assessment of acceptability and risks associated with projects, plans or programs. The social acceptability of building infrastructure as a part of environmental policy, however, is hardly conceptually defined so far, and the role of policy appraisal methods is unclear. The social acceptance of environmental-policy infrastructure is conceptually defined as institutionally determined, and will be elaborated in three cases. The first case is the policy domain of renewable energy implementation, which is a major component of climate change mitigation strategies. The empirical basis comes mainly from studies on the implementation of wind power. The second case concerns the building of waste infrastructure, which is part of environmental policies that, however, not only focus upon sound waste management and disposal, but primarily upon waste minimization (the 'waste management hierarchy'). The third case is the Dutch policy on space-water management, that tries to implement a new style of management that contrasts with the current style of water management and governance that is based on control and 'hard' infrastructure. This is now becoming the spearhead of climate change adaptation policy. All three cases show a large variety of social acceptance issues, in which the appraisal of the impact of siting the facilities is confronted with the desirability of the policies. Th...

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Section: Wind Power Policymentioning

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“…Many members are rooted in a broader environmentalism that also emerged from the anti-nuclear movement and they are also concerned about energy issues and climate change (Breukers and Wolsink, 2007a). Their support for renewable energy made them challenge the rigid policy the WaddenVereniging of refusing almost any kind of wind power developments.…”

Section: Environmental Issues: Cockles Gas and Turbinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The monopoly approach became apparent in particular in the large scale 'Wind Plan' that was carried out by energy companies with taxes collected on consumer bills. This limited the co-operation to energy companies and provinces, an effort that completely failed (Breukers and Wolsink, 2007a). The new scheme of BLOW (Administrative Agreement National Development of Wind Power) was a covenant set up in 2000 between the national and regional governments.…”

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Ecological modernization has established an important position in the field of environmental politics. The adoption of technocratic solutions to environmental challenges is attractive to policymakers. Ecological modernization enables such an approach, in combination with mechanisms for participation and reflexive policy development. However, there are questions regarding the applicability of the concept to political contexts differing from those in the Northern European states in which it first emerged. This paper examines the challenges associated with adopting ecological modernization in the context of democratization and draws on analysis of the development of environmental politics in Bulgaria to illustrate the difficulties identified. The findings suggest that the adoption of ecological modernization during a period of democratization may lead to the hardening of closed technocratic policy-making, limiting wider participation and preventing the development of stronger and more reflexive forms of ecological modernization.

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Wind energy policies in the Netherlands: Institutional capacity-building for ecological modernisation

Cited by 54 publications

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