Impact Geographies of Wind Energy Development in Kansas

Authors

Amanda Buday, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow
Keith A. Bremer, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow
Ashten Clark, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow
Connor Mountford, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow
Connor Phelan, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow
Criquet Smith, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow

Award Level

2nd Place - Empirical Faculty/Staff

Classification

Empirical Faculty/Staff

Abstract

Situated in the center of the continental United States, vast wind resources and interstate transmission capacity have made Kansas a leading exporter of wind energy. However, public reactions to commercial scale wind power production have varied considerably across the state, inspiring a mixture of enthusiasm and opposition. Using a comparative case study design, we examine how geographic, political, and economic factors collide to produce distinct impacts of wind energy development in Kansas.

Department/Program

Geosciences

Submission Type

in-person poster

DOI

10.58809/QUAT8236

Date

4-3-2019

Rights

Copyright the Author(s)

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Recommended Citation

Buday, Amanda; Bremer, Keith A.; Clark, Ashten; Mountford, Connor; Phelan, Connor; and Smith, Criquet (2019) "Impact Geographies of Wind Energy Development in Kansas," SACAD: John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days: Vol. 2019, Article 1.
DOI: 10.58809/QUAT8236
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sacad/vol2019/iss2019/1