TY - JOUR
TI - Offshore wind farms in Southern Europe – Determining tourist preference and social acceptance
AU - Westerberg, V
AU - Jacobsen, J
AU - Lifran, R
T2 - Energy Research & Social Science
AB - There is increasing consensus that resistance to the siting of wind power facilities cannot be explained by the NIMBY phenomenon alone or other localized environmental impacts. This deficiency is addressed by examining the determinants of tourist preferences for positioning of wind farms in the Mediterranean Sea. A principal component analysis is used to identify general attitudinal themes that act as covariates in a choice model. We demonstrate that the welfare economic impacts associated with spending holidays in the vicinity of an offshore wind farm do not merely depend on visibility effects, but equally on the individual's opinion of climate change, efficiency of wind energy and the substitutability of nuclear and fossil fuels with renewable power generating sources.
DA - 2015/11//
PY - 2015
VL - 10
SP - 165
EP - 179
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629615300116
DO - 10.1016/j.erss.2015.07.005
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Visual Impacts
KW - Recreation & Tourism
KW - Human Dimensions
ER -