Co-creation workshop to evaluate and plan the installation of wind farms
The LIVENlab in Sostenipra and the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT) organized a workshop with 20 professionals from the wind energy sector as part of the JustWind4All project. For the first time, representatives of companies and institutions integrated the life cycle perspective into the decision-making of a key sector for the energy transition.
The lattest co-creation workshop of the JustWind4All project in Catalonia was a great success. On June 12, 2024, the LIVENlab and DRIFT research teams led a session at the Cofradia de Pescadors Sant Telm in Arenys de Mar entitled “Impacting wind energy: using Holistic impact mapping as a strategy for more effective and just wind energy development”.
The activity aimed to explore the results of the holistic assessment with stakeholders in the context of governance for wind energy planning and installation. Holistic impact assessment is based on life cycle assessment and the socio-ecological metabolism perspective. The analyzed results of the project address different technological aspects (turbines, technologies and the entire electrical system) and regional areas of the electrical system (technologies, regional distribution and national level).
Through this workshop, JustWind4All was able to determine how participating actors from industry and administration understand the life cycle perspective of wind energy impacts. This perspective goes far beyond carbon emissions. By doing so, the potential value of holistic assessment as a source of information for decision-making processes was explored. The workshop also helped to learn how these methods can be used in the development of wind energy in Spain to improve decision-making.
The result of this workshop will be used by both LIVENlab and DRIFT for the development of the wind energy development compass.
The workshop was part of a full-day program with the MARINEWIND project. SENER also organized a debate on the barriers and enablers for offshore wind development.
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