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Efficiency versus Equity in Spatial Siting of Electricity Generation: Citizen Preferences in a Serious Board Game in Switzerland

Published inEnergies, vol. 13, no. 18, 4961
Publication date2020
Abstract

Energy transitions around the world will change the spatial fingerprint of the electricity sector, but there is a lack of studies on citizen preferences for siting the future mix of electricity technologies. Using the case of Switzerland in 2035, we present a serious board game to form and elicit citizen preferences for spatial siting of a full mix of electricity technologies and we test this game with 44 participants in the city of Zurich. The game proves to help elicit valid preferences of the participants and lead to measurable learning effects about this complex, multi-dimensional topic. The results show that these 44 participants prefer a diverse mix of renewable technologies for Switzerland in 2035. In terms of siting, these participants consistently choose the efficiency strategy, where new plants are concentrated in the areas where they produce most electricity at least cost, in contrast to the strategy of regional equity, where all Swiss regions would equally build new generation and share the benefits and burdens of the energy transition.

Keywords
  • Electricity mix
  • Renewable energy
  • Equity
  • Spatial planning
  • Participatory planning
  • Public preferences
  • Serious games
  • Citizen engagement
Funding
  • Swiss National Science Foundation - 160563
Citation (ISO format)
STEINBERGER, Franziska, MINDER, Tobias, TRUTNEVYTE, Evelina. Efficiency versus Equity in Spatial Siting of Electricity Generation: Citizen Preferences in a Serious Board Game in Switzerland. In: Energies, 2020, vol. 13, n° 18, p. 4961. doi: 10.3390/en13184961
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