{"id":115947,"date":"2023-08-08T09:20:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T06:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/can-virtual-reality-improve-public-acceptance-of-wind-power\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T09:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T06:20:08","slug":"can-virtual-reality-improve-public-acceptance-of-wind-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/can-virtual-reality-improve-public-acceptance-of-wind-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Can virtual reality improve public acceptance of wind power?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115947\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nColby professors are using virtual reality as a new approach to for helping East Coast communities to better understand the contribution that wind power can make to a sustainable energy future. According to the latest survey from the Pew Research Center, 67 percent of U.S. say the U.S. should prioritise developing alternative energy sources, such as wind, solar and hydrogen technology.<\/p>\n<p>However, when renewable energy projects move closer to home, these are often faced with persistent opposition from locals who are set to bear the burdens and who argue that the benefits are not distributed to the local community. Wind power is generated almost completely with wind turbines, generally grouped into wind farms and connected to an electrical grid.<\/p>\n<p>This means that often projects lack support from the communities in which they thrive, and therefore such projects tend to fail. The Cape Wind project is one such example (as reported by the New York Times). To address this tendency, two professors at Colby College, Alison Bates, assistant professor of environmental studies, and Stacy Doore, assistant professor of computer science, are seeking to change this.<\/p>\n<p>The approach is based on using virtual reality (VR) technology to create an accurate opportunity to experience an offshore wind farm at a variety of distances, coastal community members can make more realistic, better-informed opinions about offshore wind energy options, including how their towns might benefit or be impacted by offshore wind power. Signs are that, with this pilot, community members have responded favourably. According to Bates, projects like these and the policies around them benefit from more community dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Bates explains in a statement provided to Digital Journal: \u201cWe\u2019re not sure if the full range of perceptions always ends up in the decision-making process. So we\u2019re trying to give voice and provide an avenue for people who may not be able to participate in public engagement processes and decision making.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The researchers conducted their research in Boothbay and Harpswell, Maine. From this success, they are coordinating with various state and federal agencies, as well as regional industry groups such as the Maine Coast Fisherman\u2019s Association and the Massachusetts Lobsterman\u2019s Association, in order to expand their research to other coastal communities across the East Coast.<\/p>\n<p>This expansion includes are particular focus on fishing communities. Already participants have included fishermen and business owners, as well as seasonal and permanent residents, and the project is supported by federal agencies that have an interest in sharing the results, including the U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/tech-science\/can-virtual-reality-improve-public-acceptance-of-wind-power\/article\">DJ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/can-virtual-reality-improve-public-acceptance-of-wind-power\/\">Can virtual reality improve public acceptance of wind power?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[5602,10974,606,607,608,6697,9927],"class_list":["post-115947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-acceptance","tag-raelity-improve-public","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien","tag-virtual","tag-windpower"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}