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Developing renewable energy on the scale needed to make the energy transition will require public acceptance. Unlike nuclear power, where society can force a single plant on a community for the benefit of society at large, renewable energy will have to become ubiquitous in our communities and on our landscapes. This can only be possible when the majority accept this transformation. Experience has taught that acceptance is greatest when neighbors and the community at large can participate in the renewable energy revolution. The beauty of renewable energy is that everyone can take part–and own a stake in their future–when given an opportunity to do so. The challenge is creating the policies that make this possible, whether it’s for a community wind project or a solar garden.

Eiffel et Zéphirin Phébus même combat

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Zéphirin Phébus

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Explaining wind power planning outcomes: Some findings from a study in England and Wales

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David Toke

  Available online 21 March 2004. by Dave Toke Department of Sociology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK …

Community Wind:The Third Way

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Paul Gipe

    Portions of the following have been adapted from Wind Power: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business, published …

Community Wind: Margam Wind Energy Clusters

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Paul Gipe

Margam Wind Energy Clusters Appeal Ref: APP/Y6930/A/02/1103415 Appeal of Community Power Proof of Evidence by Paul Gipe Scale of Turbine …

Wind Energy for the Rest of US

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Paul Gipe

A Brief Proposal for a New Wind Energy Association in the United States by Paul Gipe Need for New Organization …

Paderborn and the Sintfeld Community Wind Project

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Paul Gipe

At the time of its dedication in 2001, Paderborn-Sintfeld was one of the largest wind projects in Germany. It was …

Financing Distributed Wind Development 1997

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Paul Gipe

  The following article appeared in an edited form in Independent Energy. With restructuring fever sweeping the North American utility …