Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In managing local energy projects, conventional, top-down approaches to project implementation with low stakeholder participation are ineffective and have a high chance of leading to societal unrest and project delays. Contemporary project management of local energy project development need inclusion of proper processes to facilitate societal dynamics. A final goal in these kinds of projects should be to create a situation in which the technology is embedded in the surrounding society. This research is conducted during early phases of the first natural gas from shale exploration project in The Netherlands. The main aim of this research is to research how this stakeholder engagement can be organized to support societal embedding of E&P projects in The Netherlands. Perspectives, expectations and roles of key stakeholders in the exploration project grant insight in this process. Recommendations on how best to organize a democratic approach to stakeholder engagement for the E&P industry, EBN BV. and the Ministry of Economics, Agriculture and Innovation are outcomes of this research.
Author: Ewout Pikaar
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2130441499