TY - JOUR
T1 - Community perceptions of renewable energies in Portugal
T2 - Impacts on environment, landscape and local development
AU - Delicado, Ana
AU - Figueiredo, Elisabete
AU - Silva, Luís
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147310/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/118877/PT#
UID/ANT/04038/2013
PTDC/CS-ECS/118877/2010
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - This article aims to contribute to the debate on energy transitions in Europe, by focusing on community perceptions in a southern European country marked by a significant development of renewable energy in recent years, Portugal. Three main dimensions of community perceptions of the impact, both positive and negative, of renewables are addressed: environmental, landscape and socioeconomic. The article is based on case studies of communities living in the vicinities of three wind farms and a solar power plant. The results show that not only community perceptions are heterogeneous but also that, in order to better understand the factors for social acceptance, it is crucial to examine perceptions not just at the planning stage but also once the energy infrastructures are constructed and functioning.
AB - This article aims to contribute to the debate on energy transitions in Europe, by focusing on community perceptions in a southern European country marked by a significant development of renewable energy in recent years, Portugal. Three main dimensions of community perceptions of the impact, both positive and negative, of renewables are addressed: environmental, landscape and socioeconomic. The article is based on case studies of communities living in the vicinities of three wind farms and a solar power plant. The results show that not only community perceptions are heterogeneous but also that, in order to better understand the factors for social acceptance, it is crucial to examine perceptions not just at the planning stage but also once the energy infrastructures are constructed and functioning.
KW - Environmental impact
KW - Socioeconomic impact
KW - Solar energy
KW - Wind energy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84957452948&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.erss.2015.12.007
DO - 10.1016/j.erss.2015.12.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84957452948
SN - 2214-6296
VL - 13
SP - 84
EP - 93
JO - Energy Research & Social Science
JF - Energy Research & Social Science
ER -