Applying a Relationally and Socially Embedded Decision Framework to Solar Photovoltaic Adoption: A Conceptual Exploration

Solar photovoltaic (PV) energy technology can play a key role in decreasing the amount of carbon emissions associated with electrical production, while also providing an economically justifiable alternative to fossil fuel production. is extremely flexible terms size and siting technological development. Large scale PV farms, however, require access large tracts land, which create community-scale conflict over solar development projects. While previous scholarship offers frameworks for understanding mechanisms at socio-technological system transitions, including renewable transition, those fail center community priorities, values, concerns, therefore often do not provide effective means addressing siting. This paper provides conceptual exploration how proposed framework guide decision making across multiple scales settings, illuminating potential barriers bottlenecks that may limit occur forms receive acceptance pace necessary address greenhouse gas currently contributing rapidly changing global climate.