Levers and obstacles for implementing public engagement practices in electricity grid development.

ABSTRACT: The scale of change required through the development of new energy infrastructure throughout Europe is vast. The societal dimensions of the energy transition are increasingly recognised as centrally important and approaches to infrastructure development which seek to incorporate such considerations are warranted. EirGrid - Ireland's national electricity transmission operator - through their own historical context, have undergone a journey to develop new strategies for citizen and community engagement with relation to energy grid developments. Here, we reflect upon this journey, situating it within their previous failures and the national context. This process of reflective practice seeks to provide findings for other organisations internationally undertaking a journey towards establishing

SUBMITTER: Boyle E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11336281 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature