Assess the future social acceptance of the sustainable heating system in Amsterdam Southeast by using Cross-Impact Balances analysis

Assess the future social acceptance of the sustainable heating system in Amsterdam Southeast by using Cross-Impact Balances analysis

Sun, Huayi (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)

van de Poel, I.R. (mentor)
Chappin, E.J.L. (graduation committee)
de Wildt, T.E. (graduation committee)
Voskuilen, Paul (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM)

2021-01-13

The long time horizon of sustainable energy developments is often associated with all sorts of issues that are caused by changes in values. The public attitude can be affected by these changes and potential risks in the lack of social acceptance could occur, which always lead to public oppositions to the implementation of the sustainable energy system in a city district. Integrating social acceptance into the long-term planning of energy projects is necessary to lower the risks. However, it is hard to assess the future acceptance of energy consumers in different sustainable energy options. Also, different stakeholders always have different opinions and concerns on the public accepted solutions, which causes conflicts in negotiation in the planning and decision-making phases. This research employed a participatory modelling approach to forecast the possible future developments in the district heating network in Amsterdam Southeast concerning the value changes. This method also helps stakeholders to understand the design requirements of the more public accepted sustainable energy system in the future.

Sustainable energy development
Regional long-term planning
Scenario analysis
Cross-impact balance

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Student theses

master thesis

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