Community benefits can build bipartisan support for large-scale energy infrastructure

Holly Caggiano; Sara M. Constantino; Chris Greig; Elke U. Weber

doi:10.1038/s41560-024-01585-9

Community benefits can build bipartisan support for large-scale energy infrastructure

Holly Caggiano, Sara M. Constantino, Chris Greig, Elke U. Weber

Andlinger Center for Energy & the Environment

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Abstract

In the United States, Democrats and Republicans are more likely to support energy projects that are community-owned, create jobs, and generate solar energy, but local elected officials underestimate their constituents’ support for projects with these characteristics. Since these officials play a key role in approving new energy projects and negotiating the benefits they bring to communities, aligning local elected officials’ perceptions with the public’s could improve progress toward just energy transitions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1187-1188
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Energy
Volume	9
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01585-9
State	Published - Oct 2024

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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