Renewable Energy, Authenticity, and Tourism: Social Acceptance of Photovoltaic Installations in a Swiss Alpine Region

Renewable Energy, Authenticity, and Tourism: Social Acceptance of Photovoltaic Installations in a Swiss Alpine Region

With the increasing emergence of renewable energy sites in Switzerland, new impacts on the landscape can be observed. Above the Alpine village of Bellwald, a pilot project testing avalanche barriers as a possible site for photovoltaic installations was inaugurated in 2012. This study focused on soci...

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Main Authors: Annina Helena Michel, Matthias Buchecker, Norman Backhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mountain Society 2015-05-01
Series:Mountain Research and Development
Subjects:
solar energy
social acceptance
landscape change
tourism
authenticity
place image
Switzerland
Online Access:http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-14-00111.1

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