Wind Energy Actor Network Theory

Heiskanenblowing against the wind an exploratory application of actor network theory to the analysis of local controversies and participation processes in wind energy energy policy 38 2010 pp.

Wind energy actor network theory.

Based on interviews with those involved in these projects we analyze the interests of the various actors involved in community wind power projects in a framework of actor network theory which enables us to understand the detail of each actor s position. Photovoltaic germany actor network theory discourse introduction the federal german state spends over 200 million euros every month subsidising a renewable energy technology which by all practical measures is a failure 1. This paper analyses the deployment of wind power and the related local controversies using actor network theory ant. Blowing against the wind an exploratory application of actor network theory to the analysis of local controversies and participation processes in wind energy.

Actor network theory based critical case analysis of renewable community energy projects in india h. This study also involved a quantitative survey of investors. Theory focuses on singularities and the necessity of addressing social and technical dimensions together which we consider could be fruitfully transposed to wind power project management and the question of participation method. In this vein hawkey et al 2013 conceptualise hns through allusion to actor network theory ant with particular reference to the need to consider the work done to configure the heterogeneous components of the system with the aim of establishing a stable foundation for urban heat and cooling networks pp 23.

This thesis takes an interdisciplinary look at wind energy innovation and diffusion through a historical case study and system dynamic quantitative model. Ant provides conceptual instruments for a fine tuned analysis of the contingencies that condition a project s success or failure by focusing on the micro decisions that intertwine the material aspects of the technology the site where it is implemented the participation. The best photovoltaic cells in german sunshine produce less than a third of the electrical. The actor network perspective actor network theory ant as a socio anthropology of.

As we will see ant is a tool for describing how technologies scientific knowledge and anything else that we are interested in are constructed.