Altamont: Public perceptions of a wind energy landscape

Thayer, Robert L.; Freeman, Carla M.

doi:10.1016/0169-2046(87)90051-x

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“…Early studies found that perceptions that turbines were "unreliable" or often not operating were correlated to negative attitudes and concerns about tax fraud (Gipe, 1993;Pasqualetti & Butler, 1987;Thayer & Freeman, 1987). More recently, Fergen and Jacquet (2016) found that respondents believed nearby turbines were more beautiful when the turbines were in motion, which they attribute to notions of economic productivity of turbines in motion compared to lost economic opportunity of motionless turbines.…”

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“…Surveys by Pasqualetti and Butler (1987) and Thayer and Freeman (1987) found a range of opinions among nearby residents, with negative attitudes most closely correlated with feelings of aesthetic degradation and frustration about non-functioning (i.e., non-spinning) turbines. Drivers of negative attitudes cited by Bosley & Bosley (1988) include a lack of knowledge about wind energy's "maturity" among opponents along with a failure on the part of the wind industry to communicate properly with affected parties.…”

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“…Baxter et al, 2013;Bidwell, 2013;Firestone & Kempton, 2007;Firestone et al, 2012b;Groothuis et al, 2008;Groth & Vogt, 2014;Olson-Hazboun et al, 2016;Pasqualetti & Butler, 1987;Petrova, 2014;Slattery et al, 2012;Thayer & Freeman, 1987). Some of these studies have used convenience samples rather than robust random samples, further limiting their external validity (e.g.…”

Section: Limitations Of Previous North American Wind Acceptance Researchmentioning

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“…Although asking individuals about their opinions toward hypothetical or proposed wind facilities can help answer certain research questions (e.g., about facilities, like offshore U.S. wind farms, that do not yet exist), these studies cannot reflect the unique feelings and experiences of residents living near existing turbines. Moreover, many studies around existing wind projects have not adequately examined the population living nearest to the turbines by oversampling and/or isolating the nearest residents for unique analyses (such as: Baxter et al, 2013;Bidwell, 2013;Fergen & Jacquet, 2016;Groth & Vogt, 2014;Olson-Hazboun et al, 2016;Pasqualetti & Butler, 1987;Petrova, 2014;Slattery et al, 2012;Thayer & Freeman, 1987). As such, numerous researchers have called for research focusing on residents closest to wind turbines (Hoen et al, 2011;Walker et al, 2014a).…”

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“…In the early days of U.S. wind power, opposition and negative attitudes dismayed the industry, who expected local acceptance to be consistent with the favorable opinions toward wind power generally (Pasqualetti, 2001). Ever since opposition and negative attitudes emerged around some of the earliest experimental wind farms in California, researchers have tried to understand and characterize wind energy acceptance (see Bosley & Bosley, 1988;Pasqualetti & Butler, 1987;Thayer & Freeman, 1987). Community acceptance is now widely perceived by wind energy practitioners as a significant barrier to deployment of renewable energy (Lantz & Flowers, 2011).…”

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For the last decade, the United States has increasing relied on wind energy to combat both depleting oil and coal reserves and to mitigate the effects of climate change through a reduction in CO2 production. Consequently, wind power development has expanded dramatically in recent years (GWEC, 2010) and that expansion is expected to continue (GWEC, 2008;Wiser and Hand, 2010).The U.S. Department of Energy, for example, published a report that analysed the feasibility of meeting 20% of U.S. electricity demand with wind energy by 2030, which equates to approximately 300,000 MW (US DOE, 2008). Currently the U.S. generating capacity from installed wind farms is approximately 40 GW up from approximately 4 GW in 2000 (Wiser andBolinger, 2011). To achieve a 20% wind electricity target in the United States of 300 GW, about 3,000 new wind facilities would need to be sited, permitted, and constructed.Not only is the number of wind farms sited in the U.S. increasing and will continue to increase, but the size and number of turbines in each development is increasing too. In 1998-1999 turbines averaged 180 feet (55 meters) in height at the hub, with blades of almost 165 feet (50 meters), in 2010 land based turbines averaged approximately 295 feet (90 meters) with 278 foot (85 meter) blades.Similarly, in 1998-1999 the average project consisted of 28 turbines; in 2010 this average had risen to 40 turbines after peaking at 60 turbines in 2007 (Wiser and Bolinger, 2011). Industry expectations for siting in areas with lower overall wind speeds (where larger rotor diameters will allow for increased power output, all else being equal) is expected to further increase the scaling.Though surveys show that public acceptance in the U.S. is high in general for wind energy (e.g., Firestone and Kempton, 2006), a variety of local concerns exist that can impact the length and outcome of the siting and permitting process. One such concern is related to the views of and proximity to wind facilities, which, in turn, might impact surrounding property values. To that end, surveys of local communities considering wind facilities have frequently found that adverse impacts on aesthetics and property values are in the top tier of concerns relative to other matters such as impacts on wildlife habitat and mortality, radar and communications systems, ground transportation,

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Altamont: Public perceptions of a wind energy landscape

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