Landscape disruption or just a lack of economic benefits? Exploring factors behind the negative perceptions of wind turbines

Frantál, Bohumil; Kunc, Josef; Horst, Dan van der; Jaňurová, Martina

doi:10.56617/tl.3628

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“…The survey results showed that wind turbines affected the visual quality; low-quality landscapes were perceived as improved and high-quality landscapes as degraded. According to Frantal et al [21], the influence of wind turbines on visual aspects of the landscape is highly dependent on the local environmental and socioeconomic context. In addition, annoyance from the visual presence of wind turbines may add to and even reinforce the noise-related annoyance (and vice versa).…”

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A Proposal to Use Determinants of Annoyance in Wind Farm Planning and Management

Berg¹

2022

Wind

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Wind energy in Europe is expected to grow at a steady, high pace, but opposition from residents to local wind farm plans is one of the obstacles to further growth. A large body of evidence shows that local populations want to be involved and respected for their concerns, but in practice, this is a complex process that cannot be solved with simple measures, such as financial compensation. The visual presence and the acoustic impact of a wind farm is an important concern for residents. Generally, environmental noise management aims to reduce the exposure of the population, usually based on acoustics and restricted to a limited number of sources (such as transportation or industry) and sound descriptors (such as Lden). Individual perceptions are taken into account only at an aggregate, statistical level (such as percentage of exposed, annoyed or sleep-disturbed persons in the population). Individual perceptions and reactions to sound vary in intensity and over different dimensions (such as pleasure/fear or distraction). Sound level is a predictor of the perceived health effects of sound, but explains only part of the reaction. The positive or negative perception of and attitude to the source of the sound is a better predictor of its effects. This article aims to show how the two perspectives (based on acoustics and on perception) can lead to a combined approach in the management of a wind farm aimed to reduce annoyance, not only on a sound level. An important aspect in this approach is what the sound means to people, leading to the following questions: is it associated with the experience of having no say in plans, does it lead to anxiety or worry and is it appropriate? The available knowledge will be applied to wind farm management, including planning as well as operation.

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A Proposal to Use Determinants of Annoyance in Wind Farm Planning and Management

Berg¹

2022

Wind

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Not in my hiking trail? Acceptance of wind farms in the Austrian Alps

Brudermann

Zaman

Posch

2019

Clean Techn Environ Policy

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Large-scale wind power projects are one of the bearers of hope for a transition toward low-carbon electricity systems. The question of social acceptance of such projects near residential areas, or acceptance of the technology in general, has received significant attention in the scientific literature. Less attention has been placed on acceptability of wind farms in sparsely inhabited mountain areas; the focus of this paper therefore is on acceptance of wind farms in the Austrian Alps from the perspective of tourists and day trippers. We conducted a quantitative survey with visitors of alpine regions (n = 137) in proximity to recently constructed wind farms and identified drivers of (non-)acceptance by means of bivariate correlations and multiple linear regressions. Results indicate a high acceptance of wind technology in general and fairly high acceptance for the existing projects. Acceptance levels, however, are slightly, but significantly lower when respondents were asked to rate acceptability of wind farms in the Alps in general. Perceived benefits and reliability of wind power is the strongest predictor variable for higher acceptance levels, while annoyance through visual impact and noise is the strongest predictor variable for lower acceptance levels. Interestingly, factors like degree of information, concern regarding environmental impacts, trust in decision makers and climate change concern do not significantly affect acceptance levels. At the moment, no major opposition to wind power can be identified among tourists. Policy makers therefore should emphasize benefits of wind farms, as respective perceptions are a main predictor for acceptance. Operators should take annoyance concerns seriously, as this factor is predominant in predicting non-acceptance. Graphic abstractElectronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https ://doi.org/10.

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Conceptualizing the patterns of land use conflicts in wind energy development: Towards a typology and implications for practice

Frantál¹,

Фролова²,

Liñán-Chacón³

2023

Energy Research & Social Science

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Landscape disruption or just a lack of economic benefits? Exploring factors behind the negative perceptions of wind turbines

Cited by 7 publications

References 25 publications

A Proposal to Use Determinants of Annoyance in Wind Farm Planning and Management

A Proposal to Use Determinants of Annoyance in Wind Farm Planning and Management

Not in my hiking trail? Acceptance of wind farms in the Austrian Alps

Conceptualizing the patterns of land use conflicts in wind energy development: Towards a typology and implications for practice

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