Wind power implementation in changing institutional landscapes: An international comparison

Breukers, Sylvia; Wolsink, Maarten

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2006.12.004

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“…Currently, among researches there is growing consensus that this is one of the strongest factors determining the success of wind power deployment (Cowell, 2007;Wolsink, 2007;Toke et al, 2008;Agterbosch et al, 2009), and this probably also applies to offshore planning (Jay, 2008). International comparison reveals that planning systems that favour collaboration of local and regional actors and economic support systems that stimulate the involvement of communities in local projects have astrong influence on success rates (Breukers and Wolsink, 2007b). Although the stakes are different, our case shows that these conclusions also seem to hold for near-shore wind power.…”

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“…This is the experience onshore, but as long as wind power is nearshore and still visible from the shore, it can be expected that landscape is still essential (Bishop and Miller, 2007;Ladenburg, 2008). The possibility to achieve a positive fit between local landscapes and wind turbines may be very subjective indeed (Lothian, 1999), but nevertheless the issue of the perceived fit of turbines to the landscape at the site is by far the most important factor in the contrasts between views on wind power implementation (Ellis et al, 2007;Breukers and Wolsink, 2007b). The idea that acceptability offshore will be greater and easier also includes the assumption that offshore wind power schemes would avoid the issue of destroying the landscape (Danielson, 1995).…”

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Near-shore wind power—Protected seascapes, environmentalists’ attitudes, and the technocratic planning perspective

Wolsink¹

2010

Land Use Policy

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Near-shore wind power—Protected seascapes, environmentalists’ attitudes, and the technocratic planning perspective

Wolsink¹

2010

Land Use Policy

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“…While current practices in stakeholder engagement around CCS seem to have met legal requirements to date, this is by no means a guarantee for effective public engagement as defined above. Generally, planning institutions in European countries do not favour early engagement and communication -where local stakeholders are involved in the planning and design of projects (Breukers and Wolsink, 2007). Typically, local stakeholders are given the opportunity to respond to ready-made plans without having the chance to discuss and influence project design and location.…”

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Organisational aspects of public engagement in European energy infrastructure planning: the case of early-stage CCS projects

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Upham

2013

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of studies on public perceptions of carbon capture and storage (CCS), accompanied by efforts to translate such knowledge into toolkits for public engagement and communication. At the same time, both literature and toolkits have paid little attention to the organisational dynamics and views of project implementers with regard to public engagement. Here we investigate the views of project development consortia employees in five European CCS projects, focusing on their experience of organisational norms and structures relating to engagement. Finding that planning for this engagement has in several cases been hampered by a lack of shared internal vision on engagement and communication within the project consortia, at least initially, we draw upon the socio-technical approach to technology embedment and new institutional theory, to observe that internal organisational alignment is crucial in multi-organisational projects when seeking effective public engagement and communication. We observe that this aspect of internal organisation is not yet reflected in the toolkits and guidelines designed to aid engagement in CCS projects. Engagement guides need to direct the attention of project implementers not only in specific outward directions, but also towards reflexively considering their own internal structures, perspectives, motivations, expectations and aims in relation to engagement and communication practice. The work was begun while at the Tyndall Centre, University of Manchester.Breukers S, Upham P. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2013 DOI:10.1080/09640568.2013 2 Key words:Public engagement; communication; CCS; organisational dynamics Organisational practice in public engagement and communicationThe literature on public opinion of renewable and low carbon energy infrastructure has variously focussed on the characteristics of the technology involved; the psychological processes of the receiving population; and institutional, planning and governance-related factors ; for reviews see Bell, Gray and Hagget, 2005;Upham et al., 2009 andWhitmarsh et al., 2011;Wolsink, 2006). Reflecting increasingly nuanced understandings of public opinion in this context, energy infrastructure developers in Europe and elsewhere are now typically encouraged towards early public engagement and to obtain an understanding of the social context of planned developments. In pragmatic terms, early public engagement acknowledges that local acceptance may be contingent on situational, highly local circumstances (Renn, 2008) and that a developer would do well to anticipate some of these.In general, then, the focus in the siting literature is on affected populations and their environment in a wide sense. It is much less common to examine public engagement in energy infrastructure developments from the perspective of the organisations promoting the development. Responding to this, here we investigate opinion, dynamics and structures within the boundaries of the firms involved in develo...

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“…1 By contrast, outcomes research has predominantly focused on ÔinstitutionalÕ-level explanations (Toke et al 2008): planning systems (Szarka and BlŸhdorn, 2006;Pepermans and Lootes 2013), types of ownership and opportunities to participate (Breukers and Wolsink 2007;Breukers 2006), the prevalence and types of community (pro and anti) networks (Loring 2007), and broader cultural factors (Toke et al 2008). …”

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The impact of local campaigns against wind energy developments

Ogilvie

Rootes

2015

Environmental Politics

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Many scholars have emphasised community resistance to locally sited wind energy schemes in their explanations of wind power planning outcomes and deployment rates, while others have questioned the impact of local objectors. To illuminate ways in which local protestors attempt to influence decisions over the siting of wind turbines, and the efficacy of their efforts, we compare four cases of anti-windfarm protest in England. Local protestors employ community mobilisation and direct argumentation in attempting to influence local authority decisionmaking. At this level, mobilisation is effective, not only bringing political pressure to bear on elected decisionmakers, but also helping local groups to raise money to hire experts and professional advocates. At public inquiries protestors have some influence through the supporting role they play to more significant objectors, notably local authorities, but may also influence outcomes through informal contacts preceding public inquiries.

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Wind power implementation in changing institutional landscapes: An international comparison

Cited by 325 publications

References 35 publications

Near-shore wind power—Protected seascapes, environmentalists’ attitudes, and the technocratic planning perspective

Near-shore wind power—Protected seascapes, environmentalists’ attitudes, and the technocratic planning perspective

Organisational aspects of public engagement in European energy infrastructure planning: the case of early-stage CCS projects

The impact of local campaigns against wind energy developments

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