Undesired reinforcement of harmful ‘self-evident truths’ concerning the implementation of wind power

This ‘viewpoint’ draws attention to a lingering, simplistic and faulty interpretation of the complex phenomenon of acceptance of renewables and their implementation in concrete projects by all relevant actors—namely the ‘backyard theory’. During the last decade, research that investigated nimby has provided support to disprove the two prime hypotheses (proximity and decreasing property-value). The current mainstream trend in academic circles is clearly towards abandoning nimby explanations.