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Acceptance should not be assumed. How the dynamics of social acceptance changes over time, impacting onshore wind repowering (2022)
Journal Article

Local community acceptance is a key influence on wind farm siting decisions. However, there is a temporal limitation to much social acceptance literature in that it does not consider how perceptions of the local community may change over the operatio... Read More about Acceptance should not be assumed. How the dynamics of social acceptance changes over time, impacting onshore wind repowering.

Are the impacts of wind energy reversible? Critically reviewing the research literature, the governance challenges and presenting an agenda for social science (2021)
Journal Article

The extent to which the impacts of renewable energy development might be reversible is an important dimension of debates about environmental acceptability, magnified in significance by the sector's rapid expansion and the inexorable ageing of facilit... Read More about Are the impacts of wind energy reversible? Critically reviewing the research literature, the governance challenges and presenting an agenda for social science.

Considering time in land use planning: An assessment of end-of-life decision making for commercially managed onshore wind schemes (2019)
Journal Article

Despite its ostensible future orientation, research on land use planning has given relatively little consideration to temporality, either empirically or conceptually. The need for analytical advances becomes clear when considering the treatment of ‘e... Read More about Considering time in land use planning: An assessment of end-of-life decision making for commercially managed onshore wind schemes.

End-of-life decision making for onshore wind and solar farms in Great Britain. Research findings and recommendations
Report

In the context of a global transition to decarbonise the energy system and meet NetZero targets, expanding energy output from renewables is increasingly important. However, space for renewable energy infrastructure is limited and existing wind farms... Read More about End-of-life decision making for onshore wind and solar farms in Great Britain. Research findings and recommendations.