Setting the Baseline: The Current Understanding of Equity in Land-Based Wind Energy Development and Operation

Elizabeth Gill, Clara Houghteling, Sabina Maniak, Chloe Constant, Jeremy Stefek

Research output: NRELTechnical Report

Abstract

As discussions about economic equity and environmental justice have become more prevalent in recent years, the related concepts of "energy justice" or "energy equity" have received increasing attention from policymakers, industry, nonprofits, and academics. According to the Initiative for Energy Justice (2019), energy justice is defined as "The goal of achieving equity in both the social and economic participation in the energy system, while also remediating social, economic, and health burdens on those disproportionately harmed by the energy system" The state of equity as it applies specifically to wind energy, however, remains relatively unexplored and isolated to academia. As a result, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Wind Energy Equity Engagement Series aims to better understand equity in wind energy through engagement with experts and communities, including representation in decision-making around new developments, potential impacts to communities near wind energy installations, and community-level distribution of the benefits and burdens of wind energy. This report covers the first three phases of the series.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages30
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-5000-85185

Keywords

  • energy justice
  • equity
  • land-based wind
  • wind

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