“The Answer My Friend is Blowin' in the Wind”…Or is It? Successful Local Opposition to a Proposed Windfarm Development in Regional Victoria
作者:
Louise Hislop,
David Mercer,
Geoff Wescott,
期刊:
Australian Journal of Environmental Management
(Taylor Available online 2000)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 2
页码: 99-111
ISSN:1322-1698
年代: 2000
DOI:10.1080/14486563.2000.10648490
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Around the world, but particularly in Western Europe and North America, wind energy is being promoted strongly by turbine manufacturers, ‘green’ consumers, and some governments, as a significant potential alternative to electricity production from traditional, coal-fired, hydro or nuclear generating sources. As a consequence, many countries and states have embraced this technology with enthusiasm. At the same time, opposition to large-scale wind farms, especially in areas of high scenic amenity, is also growing in some countries. This article places this debate in the Australian context by focusing on renewable energy policy and successful local opposition to a proposed wind farm development near Portland, in Western Victoria. It is argued that this particular conflict has important lessons for future windfarm proposals in coastal settings elsewhere in Australia.
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