The Energy Transition between profitability, participation and acceptance – considering the interests of project developers, residents, and environmentalists
Stephan Bosch
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Institute of Geography, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg,
Germany
Joachim Rathmann
Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg,
97074 Würzburg, Germany
Lucas Schwarz
Institute of Geography, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg,
Germany
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Short summary
The aim of the study is to identify the essential parameters of a sustainable expansion of renewable energies from the diversity of potential influencing factors and to illustrate them based on a regional case study. The analyses reveal the great regional assertiveness of photovoltaics, whereby wind energy can assert itself due to social parameters also at some locations, particularly in the central part of the study area, against the economically often better positioned photovoltaics.
The aim of the study is to identify the essential parameters of a sustainable expansion of...