The role of community benefits in community acceptance of multifunctional solar farms in the Netherlands

While solar farm developments contribute to sustainable energy goals, they often face high levels of local opposition due to their expected negative impacts on the direct environment. Community benefits are a promising tool to reduce local opposition, as they have proven to do so in wind farm developments. By adding multiple functions to a solar farm, benefits for the local community - other than sustainable energy production - can be generated. However, also examples exist where community benefits have not managed to reduce levels of opposition. Therefore, this research aims to understand the... Mehr ...