Abstract
Nowadays, the concept of power can illuminate the nature of contestation. Indeed, it is apparent that discourse coalitions exist both within the wind sector and the riparian corridors management. In the present study, a theoretical framework for policy power analysis is presented, while a balanced European and national energy policies representation reveals the positive and negative impacts, towards which both the above two power sources may be attributed. The “power” holistic approach is mainly determined in a wider social-economic, political, and environmental framework. This multidimensional and holistic approach is considered invaluable for humans/consumers, in order them to determine their capacities, priorities and perspectives for viable use of power within the above complex-structured framework. Finally, the study adopts a balanced reassessment of the existing policies, offering tentative proposals for reducing conflicts.
Highlights
The main orientation of the above studies is concentrated on the involvement of alternative fuels-in the form of renewables-to sustain the conventional energy production grid
According to the preceding analysis, the main attributes of European and national policies regarding the power discourse involve the necessity of greater recognition regarding the range of actors involved in sustainability debates; besides the need for closer inspection of the technological alternatives and policy instruments, to bring in a broad spread of options as regards greater energy efficiency and the diversification of energy sourcing
Regarding the energy debate of wind farms incorporation the conventional energy production grid, specific clarifycation of the issues arising is desirable; notably a clear differentiation between actual cuts in greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions, and notional avoidance
Summary
In the present complex socio-economic, political and environmental context of the mainly developed countries, the notion of power as source [1,2,3] and as discourse [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25], plays a fundamental role in these societies development and prosperities. The revealing of the above disputes is preserved due to the common phenomenon that wind farms operation context of large international companies is funded by money overseas, with most of the equipment being of foreign origin. By this way, the benefits’ allocation towards big multinational businesses often causes resentment to the local communities. The positive prosperities of wind farms operation include the wind turbines’ characteristics that are advantageous itself, since wind turbines typically generate around 80 times more power than that it was exploited in their construction and operation These turbines have high energy payback times and efficient operation at lower or widely-fluctuated wind speeds. The above activities are apparently supporting and revealing a more direct sense of local involvement
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