Landscape commons, following wind power fault lines. The case of Seine-et-Marne (France)

Our case study suggests that local opposition to wind power is symptomatic of the shortcomings of French institutions' treatment of the shared resources engaged in the development of wind power projects. So-called “opponents” to wind power are not opponents per se. Rather, opposition arises from the tension exerted by (French, privately developed) wind power with respect to shared (relational, landscape) resources. Thus opposition and landscape issues in relation to wind power can just as well be regarded as demands to recognize the necessary collective underpinnings of wind power projects.