Abstract New renewable energy infrastructure is essential to deliver net zero policies in response to climate change, but a lack of community acceptance is a potential barrier. It is therefore important to understand what shapes community acceptance and identify policy responses. This paper presents a case study of community acceptance of a large-scale solar farm in the UK, the first to be classified as 'nationally significant' infrastructure. In doing so, it provides the first empirical study of community acceptance of a large-scale solar farm in a developed country context, building on existing studies which use hypothetical approaches such as choice experiments, or surveys which measure general attitudes rather than responses to specific developments. The paper uses mixed methods (quantitative content analysis of online comments on the planning proposal; qualitative semi-structured interviews with local residents and key stakeholders; and participant observation) to identify determinants shaping community acceptance of large-scale solar farms. We discover 28 determinants which we group into eight categories: aesthetic, environmental, economic, project details, temporal, social, construction and process. We argue that these findings help to reveal broader issues underlying community acceptance of solar farms and other renewable energy infrastructure: 'green-on-green' tensions; issues of scale and place attachment; policy, process and justice. We also contribute a novel understanding of community acceptance as 'relational', by which we mean it is informed by the deployment of other energy technologies and the wider energy policy landscape, not just the specific project. We conclude with recommendations for how policymakers can respond to the issues identified by this article.

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是什么影响了社区对大型太阳能发电场的接受度？英国第一个“具有国家意义”的太阳能农场的案例研究

摘要 新的可再生能源基础设施对于实施应对气候变化的净零政策至关重要，但缺乏社区接受是一个潜在的障碍。因此，重要的是要了解是什么影响了社区的接受度并确定了政策响应。本文介绍了社区接受英国大型太阳能发电场的案例研究，这是第一个被归类为“具有国家重要性”的基础设施。在此过程中，它提供了发达国家背景下社区对大型太阳能发电场接受度的第一个实证研究，建立在现有研究的基础上，这些研究使用假设方法，例如选择实验，或测量一般态度而不是对特定反应的调查。事态发展。该论文使用混合方法（对规划提案的在线评论进行定量内容分析；对当地居民和主要利益相关者的定性半结构化访谈；以及参与观察）来确定影响社区接受大型太阳能发电场的决定因素。我们发现了 28 个决定因素，我们将它们分为八类：美学、环境、经济、项目细节、时间、社会、建设和过程。我们认为，这些发现有助于揭示社区接受太阳能发电场和其他可再生能源基础设施的更广泛问题：“绿色对绿色”的紧张局势；规模和地点依恋问题；政策、程序和正义。我们还对社区接受作为“关系”做出了新的理解，我们的意思是，它是通过其他能源技术的部署和更广泛的能源政策格局来了解的，而不仅仅是特定项目。最后，我们就政策制定者如何应对本文确定的问题提出了建议。