Societal acceptance of wind farms: Analysis of four common themes across Australian case studies

Energy Policy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 200-208

  Hall, N ^a   Ashworth, P ^a   Devine Wright, P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Societal acceptance; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SOCIETAL ACCEPTANCE; WIND FARM;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; RESEARCH;

WIND POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84877133614     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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