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NATURE ENERGY
Volume 4, Issue 6, Pages 446-455Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41560-019-0399-x
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Energy's central place in economic, political and social systems-and the broad impacts that energy choices have on the natural world and public health-mean that new technologies often spur public reactions. Understanding these public responses and their drivers is important, as public support can influence new technology adoption and deployment. Here I review the literature on public perceptions of and responses to a wide range of new energy technologies. Unlike previous reviews that tend to focus on particular technologies or types of technologies, this Review covers both large-scale energy infrastructure projects, such as utility-scale wind and solar, fossil fuel extraction and marine renewables, as well as small-scale, 'consumer-facing' technologies such as electric vehicles, rooftop solar and smart meters. This approach reveals broad trends that may facilitate communication between policymakers, technologists and the public, and support the transition to a more sustainable energy system.
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