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Title:
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Public responses to CO2 storage sites: lessons from five European cases
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Author(s):
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Oltra, C.; Upham, P.; Riesch, H.; Brunsting, S.; Boso, A.; Dütschke, E.; Lis, A.
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Publication date:
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ECN
Policy Studies
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6-7-2012
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Document type:
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ECN-W--12-028
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Article (scientific)
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Number of pages:
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23
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Published in: Energy & Environment (Multi-Science Publishing co Ltd), , 2012, Vol.VOLUME 23 No. 2&3 2012, p.227-248.
Abstract:
Studies of the factors involved in public perceptions of CO2 storage projects reveal
a level of complexity and diversity that arguably confounds a comprehensive
theoretical account. To some extent, a conceptual approach that simply organises
the relevant social scientific knowledge thematically, rather than seeking an
integrated explanation, is as useful as any single account that fails to do justice to
the contingencies involved. This paper reviews and assembles such knowledge in
terms of six themes and applies these themes to five European cases of carbon
capture and storage (CCS) implementation. We identify the main factors involved
in community responses to CCS as relating to: the characteristics of the project;
the engagement process; risk perceptions; the actions of the stakeholders; the
characteristics of the community, and the socio-political context.
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