Governments, big business and communities are coming under increased pressure to develop low carbon energy supply technologies. Within the context of the climate change debate a delicate balance has to be reached between local environmental protection and our need for reliable low carbon energy.
This books brings together ten years of research conducted by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and uses a range of case studies from carbon capture and storage to on-shore wind farms to explore the complex nature of disputes between a wide variety of stakeholder groups. Topics covered include:
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the importance of context
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the relationship between risk and trust
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sense of place
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role of the media
An invaluable resource for researchers and readers in local or national government, industry or community groups who wish to deepen their understanding of controversy around low carbon technology and how to overcome it.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Introduction : Understanding and Triangulating Approaches to Energy Supply Controversy
Chapter 2 : Public Responses to Climate Change and Low-carbon Energy
Chapter 3 : Methodologies for Understanding Low-carbon Energy Controversies
Chapter 4 : Exploring the Relationship Between Public Perceptions of Risk and Trust in Experts
Chapter 5 : What Have Facts Got to Do With it Anyway? : Competing Knowledge Claims in Low-carbon Energy Controversy Carly McLachlan and Sarah Mander
Chapter 6 : Energy Siting Governance : Social and Political Challenges Associated with the Development of Low-carbon Energy in the Marine Environment
Chapter 7 : Microgeneration in the Built Environment : Meanings and Processes of Solar Photovoltaic Technology
Chapter 8 : Policy and Regulatory Controversy : The Case of UK and EC Biofuel Policy
Chapter 9 : Biofuel Development in the UK regulatory and Engineering Visions Beyond a Changing Controversy
Chapter 10 : Public Engagement in Energy Planning and Its Impact on Low-carbon Energy Controversy
Chapter 11 : New Energy Technologies in the Media : a Case Study of Carbon Capture and Storage
Chapter 12 : Conclusions and a Research Agenda for the Social Science of Energy Supply
Index
