IEA Wind TCP

In the face of the intensifying and dynamic challenge of social acceptance of wind energy in most parts of the world, IEA Wind TCP Task 28 on Social Acceptance of Wind Energy Projects serves as an international forum and working group.

2024

• Putting Energy Infrastructure into Place: A Systematic Review (June 2024)
  By Patrick Devine-Wright and Adam Peacock
• Survey of Utility-Scale Wind and Solar Developers Report (January 2024)
  By R. Nilson, B. Hoen, and Joseph Rand

2023

• Broadening the Social Acceptance of Wind Energy – An Integrated Acceptance Model (February 2023)
  By G. Hübner, V. Leschinger, F.J.Y. Müller, and J. Pohl
• Community Engagement in Wind Energy – Innovative Approaches to Achieving a Social License  (November 2023)
  By B. Power, G. Ryan, J. Eakins, E. O’Connor, G. Sirr, J. Le Maitre
• Irish National Survey of Households Near New Commercial Wind and Solar Farms: Survey Method and Selected Results (May 2023)
  By The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
• Co-use in Offshore Windfarms (2023)
  By Mariëlle de Sain and Joann Smit
• Empowering Onshore Wind Energy: A National Choice Experiment on Financial Benefits and Citizen Participation (2023)
  By J. Le Maitre, G. Ryan, B. Power, and E. O’Connor

2022

• “After the leases are signed, it’s a done deal”: Exploring Procedural Injustices for Utility-Scale Wind Energy Planning in the United States (July 2022)
  By S. Elmalla and J. Rand
• The Governance of Renewable Energy Projects and Expanded Distributive Justice (2022)
  Miyauch and Fukunaga eds
• In the Shadow of Wind Energy: Predicting Community Exposure and Annoyance to Wind Turbine Shadow Flicker in the United States (May 2022)
  By R. Haac, R. Darlow, K. Kaliski, J. Rand, and B. Hoen
• School District Revenue Shocks, Resource Allocations, and Student Achievement: Evidence from the Universe of US Wind Energy Installations (February 2022)
  E. Brunner, B. Hoen, and J. Hyman
• Understanding Costs Associated With Wind Energy Opposition and Stakeholder Engagement Briefing Document (March 2022)
  By E. Gill and J. Rand

2021

• Annoyance of Residents Induced by Wind Turbine Obstruction Lights: A Cross-Country Comparison of Impact Factors (September 2021)
  By J. Pohl, D. Rudolph, I. Lyhne, N. Clausen, S. B. Aaen, G. Hübner, L. Kørnøv, and J. K. Kirkegaard
• Coevolution of Technology and Society: Case Study of Offshore Windfarm in Japan (May 2021)
  By Y. Maruyama

2020

• Citizen Participation for Wind Energy: Experiences from Germany and Beyond (2020)
  By G. Hübner
• Expanding the Scope and Implications of Energy Research: A Guide to Key Themes and Concepts from the Social Sciences and Humanities (May 2020)
  By L. Ingeborgrud, S. Heidenreich, M. Ryghauga, T. M. Skjølsvold, C. Fould, R. Robinson, K. Buchmann, and R. Mourik
• Mixed Feelings on Wind Energy: Affective Imagery and Local Concern Driving Social Acceptance in Switzerland (2020)
  By J. Cousse, R. Wüstenhagen, and N. Schneider
• Scale, History and Justice in Community Wind Energy: An Empirical Review (2020)
  By J. Baxter, C. Walker, G. Ellis, P. Devine-Wright, M. Adams, and R. S. Fullerton
• Understanding community acceptance of a potential offshore wind energy project in different locations: an island-based analysis of place-technology fit (February 2020)
  By P. Devine-Wright, and B. Wiersma
• Using NIMBY Rhetoric as a Political Resource to Negotiate Responses to Local Energy Infrastructure: A Power Line Case Study (2020)
  By S. Batel and P. Devine-Wright

2019

• Comparing offshore and onshore wind development considering acceptance costs (2019)
  By P. Koch and H. Jacobson
• Individual or Collective? Community Involvement, Local Taxes, and the Social Acceptance of Wind Energy in Switzerland (December 2019)
  By P. Vuichard, A. Stauch, and N. Dällenbach
• Wind Turbine Audibility and Noise Annoyance in a National U.S. Survey: Individual Perception and Influencing Factors (August 2019)
  By G. Hübner, J. Pohl, J. Rand, B. Hoen, J. Firestone, T. R. Haac, M. Landis, and D. Elliott

2018

• U.S. National Survey Wind Power Project Neighbors, Overall Analysis of Attitudes: Summary Results (2018)