ABSTRACT Wind farms in Australia have encountered a range of community responses, sometimes resulting in opposition. This has caused the wind energy industry to evaluate and amend their community engagement practices. Community Engagement Plans detail wind farm developers’ internal intentions’ for stakeholder communication and engagement. This research sought insights into these intentions and the success of the selected engagement approaches through an examination of 32 plans. The article presents trends in wind developer practice and understanding of community engagement and benefit sharing, through analysis of these strategic documents that are rarely shared externally. The findings reveal a strong intention by wind farm developers to respond to and meet, or exceed, community expectations. The plans were heavily influenced by recent guidance documents from the Australian renewable energy sector and government. Analysing the plans revealed an increasing use of a diversity of community engagement and benefit sharing practices, and a recognition of the value of engaging more meaningfully with local communities. These findings are relevant to wind and other renewable energy developers scoping new or expanded projects, as well as government organisations seeking to maximise the contribution of wind-generated energy.

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计划让社区参与可再生能源：澳大利亚风能行业社区参与计划的见解

摘要澳大利亚的风电场遇到了一系列社区反应，有时会引起反对。这导致风能行业评估和修改其社区参与实践。社区参与计划详细说明了风电场开发商与利益相关者进行沟通和参与的内部意图。这项研究通过检查32个计划，寻求了对这些意图的洞察力以及所选参与方式的成功。本文通过分析这些很少在外部共享的战略文件，介绍了风电开发商实践的趋势以及对社区参与和利益共享的理解。调查结果表明，风电场开发商强烈希望回应并达到或超过社区的期望。该计划受到澳大利亚可再生能源部门和政府最近的指导文件的严重影响。对计划进行分析后发现，越来越多地使用社区参与和利益共享的做法，并认识到与当地社区更有意义地参与的价值。这些发现与风能和其他可再生能源开发商确定新的或扩展的项目以及试图最大程度地利用风能的贡献的政府组织有关。