Wind Energy Actor Network Theory

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

Wind energy actor network theory. Blowing against the wind an exploratory application of actor network theory to the analysis of local controversies and participation processes in wind energy. 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. To the fact that actor network theory ant will be used as the main theoretical and methodological framework for the analysis of the wave energy sector in ireland. 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.

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. Actor network theory based critical case analysis of renewable community energy projects in india h. This study also involved a quantitative survey of investors. The former uses a framework known as actor network theory that allows technical as well social forces to shape historical outcomes and applies it to an in depth case study of the history.

Sustainability and replicability framework. 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. The actor network perspective actor network theory ant as a socio anthropology of. This paper analyses the deployment of wind power and the related local controversies using actor network theory ant.

This thesis takes an interdisciplinary look at wind energy innovation and diffusion through a historical case study and system dynamic quantitative model.