Exploring landowners’ post-construction changes in perceptions of wind energy in Michigan

Mills, Sarah Banas; Bessette, Douglas L.; Smith, H. Jeff

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.01.010

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“…Some scholarship dismisses explanations of this localized opposition as "NIMBY" syndrome, as this theory is empirically inconsistent and oversimplified (Wolsink, 2000;Devine-Wright, 2005. More recent literature characterizes localized opposition to RE development as a nuanced and complex social response, demonstrating that variation in support and opposition towards a specific project is influenced by a broad range of demographic (e.g., Firestone & Kempton, 2007;Greenberg, 2009), contextual (e.g., Wolsink, 2000;Warren & McFadyen, 2010), and socio-psychological factors (e.g., Firestone et al, 2015;Boyd & Paveglio, 2015;Mills et al, 2019), rather than mere proximity as the NIMBY theory suggests.…”

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“…Larson & Krannich (2007) detail alternative predictors of attitudes towards RE development, identifying individual beliefs about opportunities and threats related to context-specific proposals as having implications on support for a local project (Gramling & Freudenburg, 1992). Other researchers demonstrate social acceptance of RE is a function of community perceptions related to procedural justice, public participation, and fairness in the planning process (Gross, 2007;Jacquet, 2015;Mills et al, 2019;Adesanya, 2021). Socio-economic opportunities and threats are also important factors that shape public perceptions about RE development (Ansolabehere & Konisky, 2009).…”

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Do agrivoltaics improve public support for solar? A survey on perceptions, preferences, and priorities

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Schelly²,

Rouleau³

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Agrivoltaic systems allow for the simultaneous production of solar-generated electricity and agriculture. As the climate change related impacts of conventional energy and food production intensify, finding strategies to increase the deployment of solar photovoltaic systems, preserve agricultural land, and minimize competing land uses is urgent. Given the proven technical, economic, and environmental advantages provided by agrivoltaic systems, increased proliferation is anticipated, which necessitates accounting for the nuances of community resistance to solar development on farmland. Minimizing siting conflict and addressing agricultural communities’ concerns will be key in promoting public support for agrivoltaics, as localized acceptance of solar is a critical determinant of project success. This survey study assessed if public support for solar development increases when energy and agricultural production are combined in an agrivoltaic system. Results show that 81.8% of respondents would be more likely to support solar development in their community if it combined the production of both energy and agriculture. This increase in support for solar given the agrivoltaic approach highlights a development strategy that can improve local social acceptance and the deployment rate of solar photovoltaics. Survey respondents prefer agrivoltaic projects that a) are designed to provide economic opportunities for farmers and the local community b) are located on private property or existing agricultural land c) do not threaten local interests and d) ensure fair distribution of economic benefits. Proactively identifying what the public perceives as opportunities and concerns related to agrivoltaic development can help improve the design, business model, and siting of systems in the U.S.

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Section: Previous Researchmentioning

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Do agrivoltaics improve public support for solar? A survey on perceptions, preferences, and priorities

Pascaris¹,

Schelly²,

Rouleau³

et al. 2021

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“…Although the general public is broadly supportive of wind power, wind turbines are often met with strong local resistance. Overall, researchers have come to agree that local acceptance of wind turbines, beyond the project phase, hinges on a number of community-specific factors pertaining to procedural justice (Simcock 2016), distributional justice (Larson and Krannich 2016), and trust in energy development processes (Fast and Mabee 2015;Mills et al 2019).…”

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“…Beyond impacts on property owners, several studies examine local factors that may affect the community-level acceptance of wind power developments. The compensation of landowners, while constituting a positive economic benefit, can create perceptions of unfairness or distributional injustice (Fast et al 2016;Baxter et al 2013) that may contribute to intracommunity conflicts with landowners as the economic benefits and negative externalities of wind power are spatially segregated (Mills et al 2019;Meyerhoff et al 2010). Risk stemming from community and/or rural-urban conflicts have motivated investigations into different forms of community level compensation ranging from direct payments to developer-led investments in community infrastructure or offsetting electricity costs (Baxter et al 2013;Groth and Vogt 2014).…”

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Landowner Acceptance of Wind Turbines on Their Land: Insights from a Factorial Survey Experiment

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This study uses data from a vignette experiment (n=401) of large-scale agricultural landowners in western Canada to quantify attributes that enhance acceptance of wind farms on their own land or in their municipality. Analysis addresses the role of community relationships and procedural fairness in the development of wind power. Random effects models indicate that landowners are more accepting of wind power if such projects include local and/or cooperative ownership, compensation payments to neighbouring landowners, and community involvement in the development process. Results suggest that perceived injustices could be lessened if fairness considerations extend beyond monetary gain.

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“…A second, more recent stream of work, emphasizes project-specific factors such as the details of the project itself (e.g., location, integration into the landscape, and compensation to landowners) [33, 9], beliefs about the fairness of the siting process [34], and perceptions of risk [13] and benefits [9, 35] related to the project. Project details could be important because they reveal possible environmental, economic, aesthetic, or social impacts [7, 36, 12, 19].…”

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Are all electrons the same? Evaluating support for local transmission lines through an experiment

2019

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A crucial factor in U.S. energy infrastructure development is the degree to which citizens that reside near a development support or oppose the project. While the literature offers several explanations about what shapes individuals’ perceptions of energy projects, few have considered the importance of cognitive heuristics and the law of contagion. Here, we employ a survey experiment on a nationally-representative sample of 2,000 respondents to test whether knowing which energy resources connect to a high-voltage transmission line dictate support for the line. Results reveal that information about the source of electricity is fundamentally important. If a transmission line is said to carry electricity from a solar and wind development, a respondent is significantly more likely to support development of the line. If the line instead is said to carry electricity from a natural gas or coal plant, respectively, respondents are significantly less likely to support it. This study has implications for energy infrastructure development, messaging, and public acceptance of energy projects.

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Exploring landowners’ post-construction changes in perceptions of wind energy in Michigan

Cited by 53 publications

References 30 publications

Do agrivoltaics improve public support for solar? A survey on perceptions, preferences, and priorities

Do agrivoltaics improve public support for solar? A survey on perceptions, preferences, and priorities

Landowner Acceptance of Wind Turbines on Their Land: Insights from a Factorial Survey Experiment

Are all electrons the same? Evaluating support for local transmission lines through an experiment

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