Apr 16, 2018
In this episode we explore public
sentiment about offshore wind farms and the importance of community
engagement in shaping it. My guest is Dr. Jeremy Firestone,
Director of the Center for Carbon-Free Power
Integration and Professor of Marine Policy at the University of
Delaware. His research on public sentiment about the Block
Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island serves as the basis for our
conversation.
References:
- Wind in the sails or choppy seas?: People-place relations, aesthetics and public support for the United States’ first offshore wind project, by Firestone, Bidwell, Gardner & Knapp (Available for free download until April 26, 2018. Afterwards you may contact the author.)
- Block Island Wind Farm
This is the first of two interviews I recorded at the 2018 International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum, or IPF, hosted by the Business Network for Offshore Wind earlier this month in Princeton, New Jersey.
Recorded: April 5, 2018.
Published: April 16, 2018.
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