Geothermal technology in Australia: Investigating social acceptance

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6301-6307

  Dowd, Anne Maree ^a   Boughen, Naomi ^a   Ashworth, Peta ^a   Carr Cornish, Simone ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geothermal technology; Participatory action research; Societal acceptance

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CARBON EMISSIONS; ENERGY GENERATIONS; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; GENERAL SUPPORTS; GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT; GEOTHERMAL DRILLING; GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY; GERMANY; LOW EMISSION; NEGATIVE MEDIA; PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH; PUBLIC REPORTS; PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC DISTURBANCES; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIETAL ACCEPTANCE; SWITZERLAND; WATER USAGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; SEISMOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY PLANNING; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052725486     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.07.029     Document Type: Article

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