More than a quarter of approximately 8.000 operating biogas plants in Germany is located in Bavaria. Due to this, acceptance problems emerged in many places. A survey was conducted with residents of existing and hypothetical biogas plants. Huge discrepancies between real perceptions and unrealistic expectations were discovered. Detected factors particularly impacting acceptance were the perception of emissions and their consequences, the evaluation of the issues “food or fuel” and “monocultures”, as well as the attitude towards climate change and future energy supply.
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More than a quarter of approximately 8.000 operating biogas plants in Germany is located in Bavaria. Due to this, acceptance problems emerged in many places. A survey was conducted with residents of existing and hypothetical biogas plants. Huge discrepancies between real perceptions and unrealistic expectations were discovered. Detected factors particularly impacting acceptance were the perception of emissions and their consequences, the evaluation of the issues “food or fuel” and “monocultures”...
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