Expanding the Baseline: Community Perspectives on Equity in Land-Based Wind Energy Development and Operations

Research output: NRELTechnical Report

Abstract

This report covers the fourth and final phase of the Wind Energy Equity Engagement Series (WEEES), a series of community listening sessions on the topic of wind energy equity. In the summer and fall of 2023, a research team at NREL partnered with community-based organizations in three different cities across the U.S. to co-design and co-host the listening sessions. These gatherings were an opportunity for community members to share their past experiences with wind energy development and envision what an equitable wind energy future could look like where they live. The NREL team qualitatively analyzed notes taken during the listening sessions to build an understanding of participants' thoughts and experiences regarding wind energy equity. The team organized the analysis according to key themes that emerged during the first three phases of WEEES, each of which has three or four relevant subthemes.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages38
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-5000-88903

Keywords

  • community engagement
  • community perspective
  • energy equity
  • wind energy

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