Digesting the truth: The role of energy justice in perception of anaerobic digestion plants in Central Europe rural space

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12510/25:43909832 RIV/61988987:17310/25:A2603C5A RIV/70883521:28160/25:63594418

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104210" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104210</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104210" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.erss.2025.104210</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Digesting the truth: The role of energy justice in perception of anaerobic digestion plants in Central Europe rural space

Original language description

Anaerobic digestion (AD) plants are integral to the circular economy, yet they are often the subject of significant local controversy, particularly during operation. This contrasts sharply with the acceptance trajectories of other renewables and poses a significant barrier to their broader utilization. To explore the roots of this phenomenon, the present study focused on the significance of selected particular factors related to energy justice. Based on a questionnaire survey (N = 446) in four rural communities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia where AD plants are located, we evaluated how procedural, distributive, and recognition justice shape residents' perceptions of the existence of anaerobic digestion plants in Central Europe conditions. The results of ordinal logistic regression show that procedural justice is the most critical factor for positive perception. Specifically, the perceived opportunity for residents to participate in planning and the operator's responsiveness to subsequent concerns were identified as the most significant predictors of acceptance. Our findings highlight that the continuous improvement of the plant operator's relations with other local groups (municipality, residents, and local business entities) is not an option but a fundamental prerequisite for achieving energy justice in biogas utilization and the integration of AD plants as vital renewable energy sources.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Energy Research & Social Science

ISSN

2214-6296

e-ISSN

2214-6326

Volume of the periodical

127

Issue of the periodical within the volume

July 2025

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

104210

UT code for WoS article

001529757700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105010010664