Local protest against Biogas plant in La Sueure (US)
The Hometown BioEnergy plant in Le Sueur turns farm and food industry waste into methane to generate electricity, however besides electricy it procures a lot of smell and local people are not happy with that.
| Ongoing conflict? | no |
| Conflict type | Bioenergy plants |
| Resources | agricultural residues, industrial residues |
| Issues | 1 social, 2 ecological, 3 economical, 4 cultural |
| Keywords | stop bioenergy |
| References | http://www.startribune.com/slow-stinky-start-to-le-sueur-minn-green-energy-project/333334521/ |
| Start date | 2013 |
| End date | 2015 |
| Reason(s) for conflict | |
| Intensity | public debate |
| What are the stakeholders' conflicting values or interests | Local people are not happy with biogas plant which is in their opinion barely produces any electricity out of biogas, but definitely has a strong destructive smell |
| Barriers for dialogue | The facility has serious technical problems and produces only 12% of its max capacity, however the strong smell is annoying to locals. The investro and government (co-investor) are slow in problem resolution |
| Forums for dialogue | joint dialog with the locals and resolving the problem |
| Suggestions for conflict resolution / transformation | the locals have to come with constructive proposals to investors to resolve the conflict |
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