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Making space for community energy: landed property as barrier and enabler of community wind projects
Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, the Netherlands
School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
David Rudolph
Department of Wind and Energy Systems, Technical University of Denmark, 399 Frederiksborgvej, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Short summary
Renewable energy technologies require land. Landowners therefore often play a crucial role in wind energy development, shaping participation opportunities of various groups. Through case studies of the Netherlands and Scotland, we unpack how landownership influences the possible strategies for community energy. We find that securing community ownership of the land or wind resource itself is a potentially powerful, long-term strategy for community energy movements to achieve their goals.
Renewable energy technologies require land. Landowners therefore often play a crucial role in...
