Public understanding of and support for wind power in the United States

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1585-1591

  Klick, Holly ^a   Smith, Eric R A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmentalism; Facility siting; NIMBY; Public acceptability; Public opinion; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COST-EFFICIENT; INTERNET SURVEY; KNOW-HOW; LARGE-SCALE WIND POWER; NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS; NIMBY; PUBLIC OPINIONS; PUBLIC SUPPORT; PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER INDUSTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SOLAR ENERGY; SURVEYS;

WIND POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; POWER PLANT; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77349105300     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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