Publications
X Author: Robi Nilson
2026
Baillargeon, Natalie, Juniper Katz, Lanbing Tao, Robi Nilson, and Ben Hoen."Permitting and siting of wind and solar in Massachusetts: processes, timelines, and outcomes."Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy
5 (2026). DOI
Nilson, Robi, Lanbing Tao, Will Maddock, Juniper Katz, Natalie Baillargeon, and Ben Hoen."Outcomes and timelines for state-based energy facility permitting in the United States."Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy
5 (2026). DOI
2025
Elmallah, Salma, Robi Nilson, Joseph Rand, Emma Uridge, and Ben Hoen."Under-capacitated and over-powered? Rural austerity and asymmetrical negotiating relationships in US wind energy development."Journal of Rural Studies
119 (2025) 103749. DOI
O'Shaughnessy, Eric, Robi Nilson, and Joseph Rand."Go slow to go fast? A review of the impacts of permitting on large-scale solar project development."Energy Research & Social Science
127 (2025) 104318. DOI
Rand, Joseph, Karl Hoesch, Robi Nilson, Ben Hoen, Sarah Mills, Douglas L Bessette, and Jacob White."More power to them: U.S. large-scale solar neighbors' support for additional solar."Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy
4 (2025). DOI
Hoesch, Karl, Sarah Mills, Joseph Rand, Robi Nilson, Douglas L Bessette, Jacob White, and Ben Hoen."What to expect when you're expecting engagement: Delivering procedural justice in large-scale solar energy deployment."Energy Research & Social Science
120 (2025). DOI
2024
Wiser, Ryan H, Robi Nilson, Joseph Rand, and Bentham Paulos."Forecasts for Land-Based Wind Deployment in the United States: Wind Industry Survey Results."
(2024).
Rand, Joseph, Karl Hoesch, Sarah Mills, Ben Hoen, Robi Nilson, Doug Bessette, and Jake White."Perceptions of Large-Scale Solar Project Neighbors: Results From a National Survey."
(2024).
Bessette, Douglas L, Ben Hoen, Joseph Rand, Karl Hoesch, Jacob White, Sarah B Mills, and Robi Nilson."Good fences make good neighbors: Stakeholder perspectives on the local benefits and burdens of large-scale solar energy development in the United States."Energy Research & Social Science
108 (2024). DOI
Nilson, Robi, Ben Hoen, and Joseph Rand."Survey of Utility-Scale Wind and Solar Developers Report."
(2024).