Wind energy on the Isle of Lewis: Implications for deliberative planning

Fisher, Janet and Brown, Katrina (2009) Wind energy on the Isle of Lewis: Implications for deliberative planning. Environment and Planning A, 41 (10). pp. 2516-2536. ISSN 0308-518X

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Abstract

Under a new nationalist leadership, the Scottish Government has recently increased its renewable energy targets but rejected a controversial large windfarm proposal on the Isle of Lewis. This paper explores the nature of support and opposition to windfarm developments on Lewis. In doing so, we build on recent literature which has promoted a discursive approach to wind energy debates, to enable a more explanatory, rather than descriptive, analysis. A novel combination of Q methodology and more conventional qualitative work is deployed to identify and elaborate five distinct discourses on the Lewis Wind proposal. Each displays a different rationality and set of priorities on the economy, landscape, and environment, and ultimately represents a different vision of development in the Western Isles. The paper explores the challenges that such a clash of values presents to the planning process and reflects upon what can be learnt about deliberative planning from this case.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 7 - affordable and clean energy ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
Depositing User:	Abigail Dalgleish
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2011 10:58
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2023 09:32
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/18694
DOI:	10.1068/a41129

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