Measuring the indirect costs associated with the establishment of a wind farm: an application of the contingent valuation method
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- Date
- 2012-02-01
- Language
- English
- Media Type
- research article
- Pages
- 2-7
- Keywords
- Wind turbines, Wind farms, Contingent valuation method, Lulu, Indirect costs, Jeffrey's Bay, YES, WR, Green energy sources, 2021/09/14, Electrical generating wind turbines, Locally undesirable land use, 2316, P17619
- Author(s)
- Du Preez, M., Hosking, S., Menzies, G., Sale, M.
- Publication Title
- Journal of energy in southern Africa
- Volume
- 23
- ISSN
- Africa : South Africa
- Description
- Reports on a study undertaken to measure the indirect costs associated with the establishment of a wind farm, using the contingent valuation method. Comments that the contingent valuation method is a survey technique which elicits individuals' preferences and measures these preferences in monetary terms.
- Subject
- ECONOMICS, POWER RESOURCES, ELECTRICITY