“Beyond NIMBYism: towards an Integrated Framework for Understanding Public Perceptions of Wind Energy” (Devine-Wright 2005)

  • Provides a literature review of past reseach papers
  • Paper has specific section entitled “Does Community Involvement Increase Local Support for Wind Farms?”.  

Section brings out several findings of past papers, and includes many references:

  • “People who own shares in a turbine are significantly more positive towards wind energy than people with no economic interest in wind turbines.”
  • “local involvement, in either economic or political terms, tends to have positive affects upon public perceptions of wind farms and reflects growing interest in a ‘soft energy path emphasizing ‘community’ aspects of renewable energy development”