Spatial analyses of emerging and fading wind energy landscapes in Denmark

Möller, Bernd

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.06.001

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“…Previous research and practical experience provide clear evidence that the impact of RES on the landscape is an important acceptance factor [21]. Additionally to RES, potential negative impact on the landscape of powerlines is also perceived [22].…”

Section: Renewable Energy Community Immersion Domementioning

confidence: 99%

Visualisation and Immersion Dome Experience for Inspired Participation

Gawlikowska¹,

Marini²,

Chokani³

et al. 2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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Public protests, which lead to increased administrative and permission procedures, are amongst the most important obstacles in development of wind energy projects. The community's fears of visual and acoustic impacts of new power plants are commonly recognized as the weakest aspects of public acceptance. To address these issues Visualisation Dome has been designed to better communicate the economic, political, spatial, ecological and social benefits of wind power plants and the associated risks to local communities. The approach combines the experimental and simulation method. The integrated analysis software tool, which allows assessing the impacts of planed wind power plants underpins their 360-degree video and audio simulations. The Visualisation Dome demonstration resulted in 57% of the interviewed participants improving their opinion of wind power following the experience. Visualisation Dome's novel approach for improving procedural justice of wind energy projects development forms innovative, interactive and streamlined processes, and enables constructive participation of audiences.

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Section: Renewable Energy Community Immersion Domementioning

confidence: 99%

Visualisation and Immersion Dome Experience for Inspired Participation

Gawlikowska¹,

Marini²,

Chokani³

et al. 2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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“…Another factor was the abolishment in 2000 of the fixed feed-in tariff which guaranteed price certainty for energy producers. Today, the Danish government policy is oriented towards the development of large scale offshore projects (Möller, 2010).…”

Section:  Anaerobic Digestersmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Roles for Energy Cooperatives in the Diffusion of Distributed Generation Technologies?

Bauwens

2013

SSRN Journal

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“…One of the main reasons for the high acceptance at both national and local scale was ownership. Danish legislation has favored the 590 KARYDIS formation of local wind energy cooperatives characterized by limited ownership of shares in wind farms (Moller, 2010). This way a wide spread of ownership was established, providing income at a local level.…”

Section: Public Attitudes and Public Participation: Controversies Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…But more than any ecological impact the public is opposed to wind farms for aesthetic reasons. In Denmark high pressure for higher visibility on landscapes was a reason why wind power projects failed; the EIA became mandatory since 90s for groups of three turbines and more (Moller, 2010). Two factors have been identified as the main keys for wind farm installations (a) the distance from the site: as a rule people living near the wind farm are opposed more actively than people living further away and (b) People matter: the social, economic and demographic profile of people near the wind farm plays a major role about their attitudes towards the development (Van der Horst and Toke, 2010).…”

Section: Landscape: Aesthetic and Scepticismmentioning

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Public attitudes and environmental impacts of wind farms: a review

Karydis¹

2013

Global NEST Journal

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The promotion of renewable sources for electricity production, independent of carbon fuels and nuclear power, is a priority in the energy policy of many countries all over the world. The European Union has launched an ambitious program to increase the contribution of energy production from wind turbines; the aim set for the year 2020 is that wind power should account for 31% of EU's current target regarding 20% reductions of carbon dioxide. This policy is favored by the fact that wind energy production cost is nowadays competitive in many cases to the cost of electricity produced from conventional non-renewable sources. However, there is a conflict concerning public attitudes: although the public in general is in favor of renewable energy sources including wind, there is usually very strong opposition by local people living in neighboring areas of wind farm developments that is attitudes toward wind power are to a large extent different from attitudes toward wind farms. It is also interesting that negative public opinion is rather high during the planning stage and significantly lower during the implementation stage. In addition, there are impacts on landscape aesthetic, human health as well as ecological impact on the flora and fauna, although compared to environmental impact from conventional energy sources, the environmental impact caused by wind turbines is relatively minor. Recent developments of offshore wind farms seemed to avoid people's negative attitudes and soften public resistance and hostility against wind power energy but these expectations were rather optimistic. Opposition due to seascape aesthetic spoiling is as strong even for the marine environment. The impact on marine life and particularly on sea mammals due to noise and vibrations need to be further investigated. Existing activities such as navigation, fishing and recreational activities should not be hindered during site selection and planning. In the present work public attitudes and impacts on human health as well as impacts on landscape and ecosystem level, both terrestrial and marine, are reviewed and discussed.

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Spatial analyses of emerging and fading wind energy landscapes in Denmark

Cited by 90 publications

References 20 publications

Visualisation and Immersion Dome Experience for Inspired Participation

Visualisation and Immersion Dome Experience for Inspired Participation

What Roles for Energy Cooperatives in the Diffusion of Distributed Generation Technologies?

Public attitudes and environmental impacts of wind farms: a review

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