Abstract Thirty years of North American research on public acceptance of wind energy has
produced important insights, yet knowledge gaps remain. This review synthesizes the …

Global energy demands and environmental concerns are a driving force for use of
alternative, sustainable and clean energy sources. Solar and wind are among the most …

Large-scale development of solar-generated electricity is hindered in some regions of the
US by land use competition and localized social resistance. One approach to alleviate these …

Of all the renewable energy sources (RESs)―except direct solar heat and light―wind
energy is believed to have the least adverse environmental impacts. It is also one of the RES …

Experts predict continuing deployment of wind turbines in the United States, which will
create more interactions between turbines and surrounding communities. Policymakers can …

This article explores municipal acceptance of wind power in Sweden and draws conclusions
on the basis of semi-structured interviews with municipal decision-makers, together with …

This paper explores wind power attitudes in Sweden, considering the proximity of wind
power installations, using a large-scale survey (N= 5280). The study examines if attitudes …

Mitigating global warming requires the rapid deployment of renewable energy (RE) systems
throughout all parts of the world economy. A crucial step for such deployments is the …

The social acceptability of wind farms has been researched for several decades now, with
the first research tracing back to the 1980s. This paper aims to deliver a literature review …

As more researchers have considered the use of mixed methods, writings have moved away
from debates about epistemological incompatibilities and now focus on the (potential) value …