Prospects for Alternative Energy Development in the U.S. West
Tilting at Windmills?
Authors: Pierce, John C., Steel, Brent S.
Free Preview- Broadens our understanding of public support and opposition to alternative energy technologies
- Explores how environmentally oriented citizens weigh the environmental trade-offs concerning the siting of alternative energy technologies
- Provides case studies of alternative energy siting controversies
- Identifies best practices for future siting considerations
- Valuable to students and policy makers interested in the promotion of alternative energy technologies
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- About this book
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This book poses the question of whether identifiable individual-level attributes (e.g., values, interests, knowledge, demographic characteristics) lead to support for or opposition to the development and implementation of alternative energy technologies. In recent years, attempts to site alternative energy technologies (e.g., wind, solar, wave) have been met by intense opposition from a variety of sources, including many environmentalists from whom one might expect support for non-carbon based renewable energy initiatives. This volume argues that there are indeed such discernible attributes, and moreover that the identification and exploration are important for the development of support strategies for the well-informed and achievable siting of such technologies.
- About the authors
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John C. Pierce
John Pierce (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) is Faculty Research Associate and Lecturer in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at the University of Kansas and Graduate Faculty in the School of Public Policy at Oregon State University. Pierce is author or co-author of approximately 20 books and monographs and 150 articles, chapters and essays.
Brent S. Steel
Brent S. Steel is Professor and Director of the Public Policy Graduate Program in the School of Public Policy at Oregon State University. He teaches courses in comparative public policy, politics and administration. Steel is co-author of State and Local Government: Prospects for Sustainability (Oxford University Press) and editor of Science and Politics: An A to Z Guide to Issues and Controversies (Sage).
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Tradeoffs
Pages 3-9
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Background: Energy Use, Capacity, and Policies
Pages 13-36
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The Calico Solar Project
Pages 37-56
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Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project
Pages 57-88
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Newberry Crater Geothermal
Pages 89-115
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Prospects for Alternative Energy Development in the U.S. West
- Book Subtitle
- Tilting at Windmills?
- Authors
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- John C. Pierce
- Brent S. Steel
- Series Title
- Environmental Challenges and Solutions
- Series Volume
- 8
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-53414-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-53414-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-53413-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-85147-1
- Series ISSN
- 2214-2827
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 258
- Number of Illustrations
- 13 b/w illustrations
- Topics
