27 April 2017
Online
The build up of new grid lines very often sparks public protests. The Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) has been invested in collecting and promoting various approaches that target a more socially and environmentally friendly grid development via its ‘Good Practice of the Year’ award for many years now.
So, what has the award collection taught us? How can we practically increase the acceptability of power lines? One approach can be to offset the negative impacts that lines can have and either respond to that impact directly or create new or additional value to those impacted by the line. The French transmission system operator RTE has tested both these courses of action successfully in the form of an extensive campaign to protect ospreys and a crowd funding approach that closely involved citizens in the decision of how a grid project should be compensated for.
In this Best Practice webinar, that RGI will host together with ENTSO-E, we will present both approaches to you and give you a chance to pick the brains of the people behind them. We hope it will help you in finding out whether these or similar approaches could also be helpful for grid development in your area.
Watch a video of the webinar below.
Agenda
Introduction and overview of relevant current challenges in public acceptance and environmental protection related to power lines
Closely involving citizens in compensation decisions via a crowd funding initiative
Opportunity to ask questions and find out more about the first practice presented
Producing live videos of ospreys nesting on top of RTE pylons to conduct ornithological studies and develop a comprehensive osprey protection plan
Opportunity to ask questions and find out more about the second practice presented
Recording
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Stephanie Bätjer
stephanie[at]renewables-grid.euDirector – Communication
Stephanie Bätjer
stephanie[at]renewables-grid.euDirector – Communication
