Stakeholder engagement: involving communities in end-of-life decisions

When: Thursday, 5 December 2024, 10:00 - 11:15
Where: Room R11 / registration required (click to sign up)

Session description

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Involving local stakeholders is crucial in both the development and decommissioning of wind farms, though the focus shifts. Development involves addressing environmental and visual concerns, and economic benefits like job creation. Decommissioning focuses on dismantling impacts, site restoration, and future land use, emphasizing transparency and minimizing disruptions. While development engagement has advanced, experience with decommissioning is limited. This accelerator session will focus on fostering community involvement during decommissioning, an area with less established practices.

Session chair

Guy Willems

Strategic Communications Officer, WindEurope

Anne Velenturf

Senior Research Fellow in Circular Economy, University of Leeds

Nina Vielen-Kallio

Manager Circularity in the Energy Transition, ECHT regie in transitie

Gian Marco Gioffré

Advisor Sustainability, WindEurope