@inproceedings{oai:kutarr.kochi-tech.ac.jp:00001260,
 author = {WANG, Lingling and WATANABE, Tsunemi and XU, Zhiwei},
 book = {Society for Social Management Systems Internet Journal},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {Global warming and climate change are putting enormous pressure on governments and
industry to rethink their attitudes towards sustainability issues. Since China is facing a number of energy
challenges，especially shortage of energy supply and environmental pollution, the use of renewable energy is
being encouraged and is playing an ever more increasing role in energy supply in China. Agricultural
residual, such as crop straw, is a main form of biomass and a significant energy resource in China at present,
particularly in rural areas. However, currently, most agricultural residual is used as cooking fuel, livestock
feed, and household heating fuel, or is burned directly in the field in rural areas. These activities not only
waste energy but also cause environmental problems. In rural China in 2011, the burning of 802 million tons
of crop straw produced 4.2 million MWh/a electricity. The construction of a biomass power generation plant
in a rural area, using rich local biomass resources, could significantly increase the standard of living and
employment in that area, and would reduce environmental pollution. Biomass power plant (BmPP) has
developed rapidly in the past decade in China; however, the biomass power industry, still in the process of
development, offers both opportunities and challenges. This paper presents a sustainable BmPP development
strategy reflecting various stakeholders’ perspectives, based on the findings of a case study of Wangkui
County in China. A multi stakeholder survey was conducted to identify and analyze stakeholders’ potential
risks regarding a proposed BmPP in Wangkui County. In this paper, controlled perception risks are ranked
though quality approaches to identify main risks of each stakeholder. The results of the paper indicate that
the establishment of “farmer-based system”, agreement between agents and BmPP, and government policies
are essential for the sustainable development of the biomass power generation industry. These results also
provide valuable stakeholder information relevant to sustainable development of the industry. Policy
requirements and outreach strategies for encouragement of people’s acceptation of BmPP are suggested.},
 publisher = {Society for Social Management Systems},
 title = {STAKEHOLDERS’RISK PERCEPTION OF SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS POWER PLANT DEVELOPMENT ---A CASE STUDY OF WANGKUI COUNT, CHINA},
 volume = {9},
 year = {2014}
}