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A majority (60 %) of respondents have a positive attitude towards their turbines and while positivity is significantly correlated with most of the hypothesized predictors (e.g., community affinity, fair process, fair benefits, information sharing, pride, relationships (conflict), and reconciliation), the regressions show that positivity towards the turbines is most consistently predicted by positive emotions, pride, and the project representing a form of Indigenous-Settler reconciliation. That said, only 37 % of the sample agree that the project represents reconciliation. 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Pride of ownership: Local views on community-owned wind energy development in M'Chigeeng First Nation, Canada
This paper draws attention to Indigenous communities who have been understudied in the social acceptance and renewable energy transition literatures. As Canada's federal government endeavors to act towards reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous citizens, Indigenous communities are taking pioneering roles as owners in the renewable energy sector. In the province of Ontario, M'Chigeeng First Nation is one such pioneer in Ontario's wind energy space, operating as sole owner of two wind turbines since 2012. Our survey of 161 M'Chigeeng members, requested by the community, tests a range of hypotheses that emerged from earlier face-to-face interviews and dovetail with the social acceptance literature. A majority (60 %) of respondents have a positive attitude towards their turbines and while positivity is significantly correlated with most of the hypothesized predictors (e.g., community affinity, fair process, fair benefits, information sharing, pride, relationships (conflict), and reconciliation), the regressions show that positivity towards the turbines is most consistently predicted by positive emotions, pride, and the project representing a form of Indigenous-Settler reconciliation. That said, only 37 % of the sample agree that the project represents reconciliation. The implications of this exploratory case study are discussed in relation to community goals and the wider renewable energy transition.
期刊介绍:
Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles examining the relationship between energy systems and society. ERSS covers a range of topics revolving around the intersection of energy technologies, fuels, and resources on one side and social processes and influences - including communities of energy users, people affected by energy production, social institutions, customs, traditions, behaviors, and policies - on the other. Put another way, ERSS investigates the social system surrounding energy technology and hardware. ERSS is relevant for energy practitioners, researchers interested in the social aspects of energy production or use, and policymakers.
Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) provides an interdisciplinary forum to discuss how social and technical issues related to energy production and consumption interact. Energy production, distribution, and consumption all have both technical and human components, and the latter involves the human causes and consequences of energy-related activities and processes as well as social structures that shape how people interact with energy systems. Energy analysis, therefore, needs to look beyond the dimensions of technology and economics to include these social and human elements.