RESPECT (completed)
Involving different people in decision-making on regional energy strategies.
Goal
The RESPECT (Renewable Energy Strategies: Effective Public Engagement in Climate Policy and Energy Transition) project focuses on achieving effective public participation in decision-making and public acceptance of sustainable energy transition.
Facts
- Project duration: 01/05/2020 – 01/10/2024
- Budget: €506,560
- Grantor: The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
- Grant programme: MARET
- Grant number: 40819400
Description
The project develops a guide with real-life examples, strategies and tools to optimise public participation to increase acceptance of energy projects and accelerate the sustainable energy transition. This can help municipalities and public bodies involve citizens in energy projects earlier and reduce resistance and increase their participation.
Our role
We are involved in the development of a guide with real-world examples and put the research team in contact with scientists from other disciplines working on energy-related topics, other provinces willing to carry out similar research, energy companies and energy network operators. In this way, we continuously disseminate the knowledge from this project to a wide range of stakeholders in the sustainable energy transition.
Partners
The RESPECT consortium consists of 13 Dutch partners. In addition to New Energy Coaliton, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG), Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO), Royal Haskoning RHDHV, Nederlandse WindEnergie Associatie (NWEA), Groninger Energie Koepel (GREK), Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP), Rijksintituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), De Haagse Hogeschool, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Provincie Groningen, Provincie Zuid-Holland and Sustainable Society (SuSo) are participating in the project.
Acknowledgement
This project has been funded by NWO’s MARET programme under grant agreement no. 408.ME.19.400. This page reflects the views only of the author, and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
