scholarly journals Assessing the social acceptance of key technologies for the German energy transition

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothee Baur ◽  
Philip Emmerich ◽  
Manuel Johann Baumann ◽  
Marcel Weil
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
General Acceptance ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Acceptance ◽  
Public Concerns

Abstract Background The widespread use of sustainable energy technologies is a key element in the transformation of the energy system from fossil-based to zero-carbon. In line with this, technology acceptance is of great importance as resistance from the public can slow down or hinder the construction of energy technology projects. The current study assesses the social acceptance of three energy technologies relevant for the German energy transition: stationary battery storage, biofuel production plants and hydrogen fuel station. Methods An online survey was conducted to examine the public’s general and local acceptance of energy technologies. Explored factors included general and local acceptance, public concerns, trust in relevant stakeholders and attitudes towards financial support. Results The results indicate that general acceptance for all technologies is slightly higher than local acceptance. In addition, we discuss which public concerns exist with regard to the respective technologies and how they are more strongly associated with local than general acceptance. Further, we show that trust in stakeholders and attitudes towards financial support is relatively high across the technologies discussed. Conclusions Taken together, the study provides evidence for the existence of a “general–local” gap, despite measuring general and local acceptance at the same level of specificity using a public sample. In addition, the collected data can provide stakeholders with an overview of worries that might need to be addressed when planning to implement a certain energy project.

scholarly journals Trends in Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Across Europe—A Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9161
Author(s):  
Marco Segreto ◽  
Lucas Principe ◽  
Alexandra Desormeaux ◽  
Marco Torre ◽  
Laura Tomassetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
General Acceptance ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Significant Barrier ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Local Acceptance ◽  
Public Opposition

Social acceptance has proven to be a significant barrier in the implementation of renewable energy systems (hereinafter “RES”). While a general acceptance of RES is high, low local acceptance has hindered the development of renewable energy projects (hereinafter “REP”). This study assesses the determinants of local and general social acceptance of REP across Europe through a qualitative analysis from 25 case studies of the most significant social drivers and barriers that include all European countries. These case studies contain qualitative and quantitative analyses of the main factors for social acceptance of many representative groups including residents, stakeholders, and experts. Understanding the influences of social acceptance enables us to create strategies that will promote the development of REP by mitigating any public opposition.

scholarly journals Assessment of environmental impact of biomass power plants to increase the social acceptance of renewable energy technologies

Heliyon ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. e02070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Paletto ◽  
Silvia Bernardi ◽  
Elisa Pieratti ◽  
Francesca Teston ◽  
Manuela Romagnoli
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Renewable Energy Technologies ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Biomass Power Plants

Ein gescheitertes Experiment? Die Allgemeine Wehrpflicht in der multiethnischen Armee der Habsburgermonarchie

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christa Hämmerle
Keyword(s):  
Social Acceptance ◽  
First World War ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
World War ◽  
Habsburg Monarchy ◽  
General Acceptance ◽  
The Social ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Set Up ◽  
First World

A Failed Experiment? Conscription in the Multi-Ethnic Army of the Habsburg Monarchy The article first looks at public military debates around 1900 which focused on the implementation of universal conscription in Austria-Hungary and concentrated on ethnic tensions within the empire. Ethnic conflicts were increasingly made responsible for the erosion of the Habsburg dual monarchy's foundations and its joint military. Against this background, the introduction and organisation of universal conscription since 1868 are analysed with a particular focus on the regulations set up to respond to the multi-ethnic structure of the Austrian-Hungarian army. The analysis continues with some aspects that reveal the social acceptance of the new recruiting system and led to very different reactions in the various regions of the monarchy. As a result the factors behind the problems and limits in implementing universal conscription transcended the multi-ethnic structures of Austria-Hungary. Thus multi-ethnicity was by no means the only cause of the problems. Only in combination with other categories such as religion, class, gender or social inequality, ethnicity could develop a disintegrative effect. However, this disintegrative impact remained limited in most territories of the Habsburg monarchy and could not challenge the general acceptance of universal conscription during the First World War.

scholarly journals The Energy Transition between profitability, participation and acceptance – considering the interests of project developers, residents, and environmentalists

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Bosch ◽  
Joachim Rathmann ◽  
Lucas Schwarz
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Social Conflicts ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Wind Power Plants ◽  
The Social ◽  
Planning Processes

Abstract. The number of actors in the German Energy Transition as well as the planning complexity increases and new spatial implications emerge in contrast to the conventional energy system. In planning processes for Renewable Energy Technologies mostly economic approaches are chosen, but simultaneously the number of social conflicts related to wind power plants or solar energy plants is on an all-time high. The aim of the study is therefore to identify the essential parameters of a sustainable expansion of renewable energies from the diversity of potential influencing factors and to illustrate them using a regional case study and GIS. The analyses reveal the great regional assertiveness of photovoltaics, whereby wind energy can assert itself due to social parameters also at some locations. Beyond this, it is to be stated that renewable energies find themselves in intense economic and social competition for space, although the most compatible spatial solutions have not always been able to prevail so far. Nevertheless, the presented approach offers a sophisticated method to minimize the social conflicts that arise in the context of the energy system transformation.

scholarly journals The social and environmental complexities of extracting energy transition metals

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Éléonore Lèbre ◽  
Martin Stringer ◽  
Kamila Svobodova ◽  
John R. Owen ◽  
Deanna Kemp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Transition Metals ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Governance Indicators ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mining Projects ◽  
Low Carbon Energy

Abstract Environmental, social and governance pressures should feature in future scenario planning about the transition to a low carbon future. As low-carbon energy technologies advance, markets are driving demand for energy transition metals. Increased extraction rates will augment the stress placed on people and the environment in extractive locations. To quantify this stress, we develop a set of global composite environmental, social and governance indicators, and examine mining projects across 20 metal commodities to identify the co-occurrence of environmental, social and governance risk factors. Our findings show that 84% of platinum resources and 70% of cobalt resources are located in high-risk contexts. Reflecting heightened demand, major metals like iron and copper are set to disturb more land. Jurisdictions extracting energy transition metals in low-risk contexts are positioned to develop and maintain safeguards against mining-related social and environmental risk factors.

scholarly journals Overcoming Language Barriers Through an Interactive Platform for Public Engagement

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Mariana Coanca
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Linked Data ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Crowd Sourcing ◽  
European Languages ◽  
The Social ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Trend Mining ◽  
Different Cultures

The article discusses the framework for a city visioning platform which can offer a public participation in energy-related actions and support the social acceptance of energy transition. The platform has a dual feature: a. the interactivity of the platform is based on crowd-sourcing tools, open linked data approach, trend mining and scenario building tools to address the gaps in urban planning for energy supply, traffic management and governance practices that have been criticized for being exclusive, top-down and short sighted; b. the platform will act as an intercultural & linguistic mediator by offering the opportunity to the community to interact with people from different cultures in all European languages, stimulation of interest and critical thinking, the opportunity to engage in constructive dialogues and projects, capitalizing on the skills and creativity of the participants.

Climbing

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
The Social ◽  
Almost All

This chapter examines the social aspect of the interwar arts. It demonstrates that the genuinely innovative were almost all dependent on personal patronage to support the early stages of their career. The necessity of clientage relationships influenced what was achieved, since the patrons’ interests could not be discounted. Cultural capital was exchanged for social opportunity and financial support. This also gave particular opportunities to gay people of both genders.

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