Attitude and acceptance of offshore wind farms - The influence of travel time and wind farm attributes

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4223-4235

  Ladenburg, Jacob ^a   Möller, Bernd ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attitude; Offshore wind farms; Prior experience; Review; Travel time; Wind farm attributes

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; PRIOR EXPERIENCE; TRAVEL TIME; WIND FARM ATTRIBUTES;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; REVIEWS; TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 81855175376     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.130     Document Type: Review

References (42)

1. M. Bilgili, A. Yasar, and E. Simsek Offshore wind power development in Europe and its comparison with onshore counterpart Renew Sust Energ Rev 15 2011 905 915
2. S. Navrud, and K.G. Brten Consumers preferences for green and brown electricity: a choice modelling approach Rev Econ Politique 117 2007 795 811
3. A.S. Borchers, D.M. Joshua, and G.R. Parsons Does willingness to pay for green energy differ by source? Energy Policy 35 2007 3327 3334 (Pubitemid 46506135)
4. A. Longo, A. Markandya, and M. Petrucci The internalization of externalities in the production of electricity: willingness to pay for attributes of a policy for renewable energy Ecol Econ 67 2008 140 152
5. P. del Rio, and G. Unruh Overcoming the lock-out of renewable energy technologies in Spain: the cases of wind and solar electricity Renew Sust Energ Rev 11 2007 1498 1513 (Pubitemid 46357633)
6. R. Baños, F. Manzano-Agugliaro, F.G. Montoya, C. Gil, A. Alcayde, and J. Gómez Optimization methods applied to renewable and sustainable energy: a review Renew Sust Energ Rev 15 2011 1753 1766
7. J. Ladenburg Stated public preferences for on-land and offshore wind power generation - a review Wind Energy 12 2009 171 181
8. C.R. Jones, and J.R. Eiser Understanding local opposition to wind development in the UK: how big is a back yard? Energy Policy 38 2010 3106 3117
9. J. Ladenburg Attitudes towards offshore wind farms - the role of beach visits on the demographic and attitude correlation Energy Policy 38 2010 1297 1304
10. Ladenburg J, Dahlgaard J-O. Attitude threshold levels and cumulative effects of wind turbines in the local area. Working Paper, USAEE-IAEE WP 11-069; 2011.
11. Ladenburg J, Dahlgaard J-O. Termansen M, Hasler B. Having a vind turbine in the view shed or not: cumulative effects of wind turbines. Working Paper; 2011.
12. Megavind, Denmark - supplier of competitive offshore wind solutions, report on Megavinds Strategy for Offshore Wind Research, Development and Demonstration; 2010. Available at http://www.windpower.org/download/953/UK- megavind-report-ok.pdf [accessed 7.04.11].
13. M.I. Blanco The economics of wind energy Renew Sust Energ Rev 13 2009 1372 1382
14. J. Ladenburg Visual impact assessment of offshore wind farms and prior experience Appl Energ 86 3 2009 380 387
15. C. Haggett Understanding public responses to offshore wind power Energy Policy 39 2011 503 510
16. J. Ladenburg Attitudes towards on-land and off-shore wind power development in Denmark: choice of development strategy Renew Energ 33 2008 111 118 (Pubitemid 350008054)
17. Kuehn S. Sociological investigation of the reception of Horns Rev and Nysted offshore wind farms in the local communities. Report Econ Analyse; 2005. Available at http://www.hornsrev.dk/Miljoeforhold/miljoerapporter/Sociological- investigations-2003.pdf [accessed 7.04.11].
18. K.H. Andersen, M. Thomsen, and J. Kruse Rapport om hvordan en dansk kommune blev selvforsynende med ren vindenergi og skabte ny indkomst til kommunens borgere, Nordvestjysk Folkecenter for Vedvarende Energi 1997 (In Danish)
19. Braunholz S. Public attitudes to windfarms. Report from the Scottish Executive Social Research; 2003.
20. C.R. Warren, C. Lumsden, S. ODowd, and R.V. Birnie Green on green: public perceptions of wind power in Scotland and Ireland J Environ Planning Manage 48 6 2005 853 875 (Pubitemid 41823556)
21. M. Johansson, and T. Laike Intention to respond to local wind turbines: the role of attitudes and visual perception Wind Energy 10 5 2007 435 451 (Pubitemid 47524417)
22. AMR-Interactive, Community attitudes to wind farms in NSW. New South Wales, Australia: Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water; 2010. Available at. http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/climatechange/ 10947WindFarms-Final.pdf [accessed 7.04.11].
23. D. Bishop, and D.R. Miller Visual assessment of offshore wind turbines: the influence of distance, contrast, movement and social variables Renew Energ 32 2007 814 831 (Pubitemid 44791937)
24. M.B. Lilley, J. Firestone, and W. Kempton The effect of wind power installations on coastal tourism Energies 3 2010 1 22
25. R.L. Thayer, and C.M. Freeman Public perception of a wind energy landscape Landscape Urban Plan 14 1987 379 398
26. T.R. Lee, B.A. Wren, and M.E. Hickman Public responses to the siting and operation of wind turbines Wind Eng 13 4 1989 188 195 (Pubitemid 20673765)
27. S. Krohn, and S. Damborg On public attitudes towards wind power Renew Energ 16 1999 954 960
28. K. Ek Public and private attitudes towards green electricity: the case of Swedish wind power Energy Policy 33 2005 1677 1689 (Pubitemid 40106400)
29. J. Meyerhoff, C. Ohl, and W. Hartje Landscape externalities from onshore wind power Energy Policy 38 2010 82 91
30. J. Ladenburg, and G. Krause Local attitudes towards wind power: the effect of prior experience G. Krause, From turbine to wind farms - technical requirements and spin-off products 2011 Intech Croatia 3 14
31. K. Train Discrete choice method with simulation first ed. 2003 Cambridge University Press Cambridge
32. Landry CE, Allen T, Cherry T, Whitehead JC. Wind turbines and coastal recreation demand. Working Paper 10-14, Appalachian State University; 2010.
33. Westerberg VH, Jacobsen JB, Lifran R. Offshore wind farms in the Mediterranean sea - a tourist appeal or repel? Working Paper; 2011.
34. COWI Postal districts of Denmark as polygons 2005 Geodata Library at Aalborg University. Copyright Cowi A/S
35. KMS Road network database VejnetDK 2000 Geodata Library at Aalborg University. Copyright KMS (National Survey and Cadastre)
36. Statbank Denmark DNVALD: daily exchange rates by currency and type 2006 Statistics Denmark
37. B. Möller Changing wind-power landscapes: regional assessment of visual impact on land use and population in Northern Jutland, Denmark Appl Energ 83 2007 477 494
38. A. McCartney The social value of seascapes in the Jurien Bay Marine Park: an assessment of positive and negative preferences for change J Agric Econ 57 2006 577 594
39. J. Ladenburg, and J.A. Dubgaard Preferences of coastal zone user groups regarding the siting of offshore wind farms Ocean Coast Manage 52 2009 233 242
40. A. Dimitropoulos, and A. Kontoleon Assessing the determinans of local acceptability of wind-farm investment: a choice experiment in the Greek Aegean Islands Energy Policy 37 2009 1842 1854
41. J. Ladenburg, and A. Dubgaard Willingness to pay for reduced visual disamenities from offshore wind farms in Denmark Energy Policy 35 2007 4059 4071 (Pubitemid 46760486)
42. A.D. Krueger, G.R. Parsons, and J. Firestone Valuing the visual disamenity of offshore wind power projects at varying distances from the shore: an application on the Delaware shoreline Land Econ 87 2011 268 283