Ingram et al. (2025): Discourse, discursive power, and Social License to Operate: The case of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in the United Kingdom
Julie Ingram, Rhian Brimble and Jane Mills, IN: Energy Research & Social Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104396
BECCS, with the upscaling of domestic biomass feedstock, is envisaged to play an important role in meeting the UK’s net zero commitments. However, BECCS is controversial which has implications for social acceptability. This paper aims to examine how discourse and discursive power of different groups engaged in the debates about BECCS can condition a Social License to Operate (SLO). It contributes to a growing body of critical social science studies of CCS and advances SLO scholarship by integrating the concept of discourse.