Abstract Wind energy research is dominated by studies of local acceptance (or not) of wind farms and comparative studies at a national level. Research on the spatial differentiation of wind energy developments at the regional level is still insufficient, however. This study provides new empirical evidence for the extent to which regional differences in the deployment of wind energy are related to specific environmental and socioeconomic factors, by a statistical analysis of data for districts in the Czech Republic. Unlike previous studies, we found that the installed capacity of wind energy cannot be well predicted by wind potential, land area and population density in an area. In the Czech Republic, wind farms more likely have been implemented in more urbanised, environmentally deprived coal-mining areas that are affected by economic depression. It seems that in environmentally deprived areas, wind energy is more positively accepted as an alternative source to coal, and the economic motivation (financial benefits for municipalities) can have a greater effect on local acceptance, while public opposition is less efficient due to lower social capital and involvement in political matters. Based on these results, some implications for the planning and spatial targeting of new wind farms are discussed.

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关于能量转换的空间差异：探索捷克共和国风能发展不平衡的决定因素

摘要风能研究主要由对风电场在当地的接受（或不接受）和国家一级的比较研究来主导。然而，在区域层面上对风能发展的空间分异的研究仍然不足。通过对捷克共和国各地区的数据进行统计分析，该研究为风能部署中的地区差异与特定的环境和社会经济因素的关联程度提供了新的经验证据。与以前的研究不同，我们发现风能，土地面积和某个地区的人口密度无法很好地预测风能的装机容量。在捷克共和国，受经济萧条影响的城市化程度更高，环境更加匮乏的煤矿地区更可能实施了风电场。似乎在环境匮乏的地区，风能被更积极地接受为煤炭的替代来源，而经济动机（市政当局的经济利益）可以对当地的接受产生更大的影响，而公众的反对则由于社会地位较低而效率较低。资本和参与政治事务。基于这些结果，讨论了对新风电场的规划和空间定位的一些启示。