Actor network theory based critical case analysis of renewable community energy projects in india h.
Wind energy actor network theory.
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.
As we will see ant is a tool for describing how technologies scientific knowledge and anything else that we are interested in are constructed.
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.
The best photovoltaic cells in german sunshine produce less than a third of the electrical.
This study also involved a quantitative survey of investors.
The actor network perspective actor network theory ant as a socio anthropology of.
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.
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.
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.
In this vein hawkey et al 2013 conceptualise hns through allusion to actor network theory ant with particular reference to the need to consider the work done to configure the heterogeneous components of the system with the aim of establishing a stable foundation for urban heat and cooling networks pp 23.
This paper analyses the deployment of wind power and the related local controversies using actor network theory ant.
Blowing against the wind an exploratory application of actor network theory to the analysis of local controversies and participation processes in wind energy.
Sustainability and replicability framework.