This article assesses the impact of wind energy policy choices on host community responses. Two key explanations (place-making and trust-building) for host community responses are identified from the substantial social science literature investigating local community reaction to wind farms. The...

The U.K.'s First Windfarm - The Birth of an Industry shows how an idea in 1980 developed into the successful operation of the first commercial windfarm. It was not until 1988 that the prospect for a viable commercial windfarm in the U.K. became realistic. In that year many of the essential...