Wind energy development in Cantabria, Spain. Methodological approach, environmental, technological and social issues

Renewable Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-149

  Otero, César ^a   Manchado, Cristina ^a   Arias, Rubén ^a   Bruschi, Viola M ^a   Gómez Jáuregui, Valentín ^a   Cendrero, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Visual impact assessment; Visual simulation tools; Wind power parks; Wind power planning; Wind power siting

Indexed keywords

CANTABRIA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MITIGATION MEASURES; PLANNING PROCESS; PRE-ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION TOOL; SOCIAL ISSUES; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; VISUAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL EFFECTS; VISUAL IMPACTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL SIMULATION TOOLS; WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; WIND FARM; WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT; WIND-POWER SITING;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; PARKS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOOLS; WIND POWER;

RATING;

ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPERT SYSTEM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

CANTABRIA; SPAIN;

EID: 80755122852     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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