scholarly journals Research on the social acceptance of renewable energy technologies: Past, present and future

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 101544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Batel
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Renewable Energy Technologies ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Assessment of environmental impact of biomass power plants to increase the social acceptance of renewable energy technologies

Heliyon ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. e02070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Paletto ◽  
Silvia Bernardi ◽  
Elisa Pieratti ◽  
Francesca Teston ◽  
Manuela Romagnoli
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Renewable Energy Technologies ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Biomass Power Plants

scholarly journals Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Technologies in the Post-fukushima Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunil Park
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Renewable Energy Technologies ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Structural Connections ◽  
Developing And Developed Countries

In 2011, the Fukushima nuclear accident occurred, and this had a strong effect on public perceptions of energy facilities and services that relate not only to nuclear energy, but also renewable energy resources. Moreover, the accident has also considerably affected national energy plans in both developing and developed countries. In South Korea, several studies have been conducted since the accident to investigate public perspectives toward particular energy technologies; however, few studies have investigated public perceptions of renewable-energy technologies and tracked the transitions. Therefore, this study examines the trend of South Korean public’s perceptions of renewable-energy technologies. Based on data collected in 2016, we validated the structural connections and determined that trust, benefits, risks, and attitude were key determinants of the public’s desire to adopt these technologies; specifically, public attitude was found to be the greatest determinant of this desire. Based on the results, both implications and limitations are examined.

Social Acceptance of Small-Scale Hydropower in Austria from 2015 to 2019

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Sposato ◽  
Nina Hampl
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Energy Technology ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Renewable Energy Technology ◽  
Renewable Energy Technologies ◽  
Energy Technologies

<p>The research presented here is based on an extensive data set of five distinct nationally representative surveys in Austria sampling an average of 1.008 respondents per year. The surveys ran from 2015 to 2019 and were designed to measure respondents’ perceptions and attitudes towards various renewable energy-related issues, including perceptions of and attitudes towards electric vehicles and photovoltaic panels for private consumers but also renewable energy technologies in general and renewable energy production sites, specifically wind turbines, large-scale photovoltaic power plants and small-scale hydropower. Particular attention was paid to the question of local acceptance, or better, support for infrastructure in respondents’ local community. The data presented will thus offer a variety of perspectives. Firstly, longitudinal trends in the acceptance of small-scale hydropower will indicate the relative development of small-scale hydropower in terms of both regional differences but equally with respect to the two other surveyed renewable energy technologies. Comparisons on an aggregate level also offer an in depth and robust multiple regression analysis of the various predictors of social acceptance. Again, comparing these results to the results for both wind and photovoltaic energy technology. From an applied perspective, results are then discussed with respect to their implications for future renewable energy technology scenarios with respect to social acceptance and the role small-scale hydro power can play in these. Equally the rather novel scholarly effort to investigate social acceptance of small-scale hydropower and the potential for comparisons with more extensively studied renewable energy technology forms will offer an interesting ground for debate among academics and practitioners.</p>

scholarly journals Can Renewable Energy Artifacts have a Global Politics? Towards a Translocal Imaginary of Energy Democracy

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-124
Author(s):  
Sujatha Raman
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Renewable Energy Technologies ◽  
Social Studies Of Science ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Virtual Conference

In the 2020 Prague Virtual Conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Langdon Winner was awarded the society’s John D. Bernal Prize jointly with Sharon Traweek. The Bernal Prize is awarded annually to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the field of STS. Prize recipients include founders of the field of STS, along with outstanding scholars who have devoted their careers to the understanding of the social dimensions of science and technology. This response to Winner’s Bernal lecture considers how visions of energy democracy speak back to decarbonisation imperatives grounded in industrial-scale renewable energy technologies, and asks if these arguments might be further trans-nationalised.

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