Social license and consultation criteria for community wind projects

Renewable Energy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 392-397

  Corscadden, Kenny ^a   Wile, Adam ^a   Yiridoe, Emmanuel ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community scale wind turbines; Consultation guidelines; Public perception; Social acceptance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONSULTATION GUIDELINES; ENERGY STRATEGY; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; GENERATING CAPACITY; NOVA SCOTIA; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT; WIND PROJECTS;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY;

WIND POWER;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY PLANNING; GUIDELINE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 84858280981     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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