Solar energy, innovation and community resilience: the case of Amareleja (Portugal)

Monica Truninger; Ana Delicado; Luís Junqueira; Elisabete FIGUEIREDO; Ana Horta; Luís Miguel de Sousa Silva

Solar energy, innovation and community resilience: the case of Amareleja (Portugal)

Monica Truninger, Ana Delicado, Luís Junqueira, Elisabete FIGUEIREDO, Ana Horta, Luís Miguel de Sousa Silva

Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA - NOVA FCSH)

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Abstract

The solar photovoltaic power plant of Amareleja in southern Portugal was built in 2008. At the time, it was the largest in Europe. This large-scale technological infrastructure triggered an unusual buzz on an otherwise quiet rural municipality of Moura. It inspired triumphant political speeches, national and international news coverage, and many visits by foreign dignitaries. And yet, it was the target of some criticism regarding its costs and the limited impact on the local economy and on jobs creation. Moreover, apart from a dramatic transformation of the rural landscape, this solar power plant also brought multiple scientific and technological innovations (supported by a social fund). This paper offers a preliminar analysis of the public acceptability of this form of energy production and discusses the extent to which these scientific and technological innovations have impacted on the local identity, development and community resilience in times of crisis. The empirical material draws on a combination of methods: documentar analysis, quantitative analysis of secondary databases, interviews with local stakeholders and ethnographic observation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	XXVth Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology (e-Proceedings)
Editors	Gianluca Brunori , Ginevra Lombardi, Andrea Marescotti, Donato Romano, Benedetto Rocchi, Gianluca Stefani, Silvia Scaramuzzi , Maria Andreoli, Fabio Bartolini, Francesco di Iacovo, Ada Rossi, Massimo Rovai , Flaminia Ventura, Pierluigi Milone, Maria Fonte Fonte, Patrizia Proietti, Lucia Tudin, Antonio Raschi , Alessandro Pacciani, Daniela Toccaceli
Place of Publication	Pisa
Publisher	European Society for Rural Sociology
Pages	261-262
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-8-8908-9600-2
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	XXVth Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology - Duration: 1 Jan 2000 → …

Conference

Conference	XXVth Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology
Period	1/01/00 → …

Keywords

Solar farms
Local impacts
Technology
Amareleja (Baixo Alentejo)
Portugal

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Truninger, M., Delicado, A., Junqueira, L., FIGUEIREDO, E., Horta, A., & Silva, L. M. D. S. (2013). Solar energy, innovation and community resilience: the case of Amareleja (Portugal). In G. Brunori , G. Lombardi, A. Marescotti, D. Romano, B. Rocchi, G. Stefani, S. Scaramuzzi , M. Andreoli, F. Bartolini, F. di Iacovo, A. Rossi, M. Rovai , F. Ventura, P. Milone, M. F. Fonte, P. Proietti, L. Tudin, A. Raschi , A. Pacciani, & D. Toccaceli (Eds.), XXVth Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology (e-Proceedings) (pp. 261-262). European Society for Rural Sociology. http://www.ruralsociology.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ESRS2013_eProceedings_final.pdf

Truninger, Monica ; Delicado, Ana ; Junqueira, Luís ; FIGUEIREDO, Elisabete ; Horta, Ana ; Silva, Luís Miguel de Sousa. / Solar energy, innovation and community resilience : the case of Amareleja (Portugal). XXVth Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology (e-Proceedings). editor / Gianluca Brunori ; Ginevra Lombardi ; Andrea Marescotti ; Donato Romano ; Benedetto Rocchi ; Gianluca Stefani ; Silvia Scaramuzzi ; Maria Andreoli ; Fabio Bartolini ; Francesco di Iacovo ; Ada Rossi ; Massimo Rovai ; Flaminia Ventura ; Pierluigi Milone ; Maria Fonte Fonte ; Patrizia Proietti ; Lucia Tudin ; Antonio Raschi ; Alessandro Pacciani ; Daniela Toccaceli . Pisa : European Society for Rural Sociology, 2013. pp. 261-262

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Truninger, M, Delicado, A, Junqueira, L, FIGUEIREDO, E, Horta, A & Silva, LMDS 2013, Solar energy, innovation and community resilience: the case of Amareleja (Portugal). in G Brunori , G Lombardi, A Marescotti, D Romano, B Rocchi, G Stefani, S Scaramuzzi , M Andreoli, F Bartolini, F di Iacovo, A Rossi, M Rovai , F Ventura, P Milone, MF Fonte, P Proietti, L Tudin, A Raschi , A Pacciani & D Toccaceli (eds), XXVth Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology (e-Proceedings). European Society for Rural Sociology, Pisa, pp. 261-262, XXVth Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, 1/01/00. <http://www.ruralsociology.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ESRS2013_eProceedings_final.pdf>

Solar energy, innovation and community resilience : the case of Amareleja (Portugal). / Truninger, Monica; Delicado, Ana; Junqueira, Luís; FIGUEIREDO, Elisabete; Horta, Ana; Silva, Luís Miguel de Sousa.

XXVth Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology (e-Proceedings). ed. / Gianluca Brunori ; Ginevra Lombardi; Andrea Marescotti; Donato Romano; Benedetto Rocchi; Gianluca Stefani; Silvia Scaramuzzi ; Maria Andreoli; Fabio Bartolini; Francesco di Iacovo; Ada Rossi; Massimo Rovai ; Flaminia Ventura; Pierluigi Milone; Maria Fonte Fonte; Patrizia Proietti; Lucia Tudin; Antonio Raschi ; Alessandro Pacciani; Daniela Toccaceli . Pisa : European Society for Rural Sociology, 2013. p. 261-262.

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Truninger M, Delicado A, Junqueira L, FIGUEIREDO E, Horta A, Silva LMDS. Solar energy, innovation and community resilience: the case of Amareleja (Portugal). In Brunori G, Lombardi G, Marescotti A, Romano D, Rocchi B, Stefani G, Scaramuzzi S, Andreoli M, Bartolini F, di Iacovo F, Rossi A, Rovai M, Ventura F, Milone P, Fonte MF, Proietti P, Tudin L, Raschi A, Pacciani A, Toccaceli D, editors, XXVth Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology (e-Proceedings). Pisa: European Society for Rural Sociology. 2013. p. 261-262