Many countries plan to decarbonise their energy systems by increasing energy
efficiency and expanding the use of renewable energy sources (RES). Such actions require
significant investments in new energy infrastructures. While people are generally accepting of
these infrastructures, opposition sometimes arises when these developments are sited at close
proximity to people's residences. Therefore, it is important to understand what actually drives
people's preferences for spatial proximity to different energy infrastructure technologies. This
study examines the factors influencing people's proximity preferences to different energy
technologies using a cross-country econometric analysis of the stated preference data from an
unprecedented survey conducted on nationally representative samples of the population in
Ireland, the US and Germany. The survey involved more than 4,500 participants in total. This
paper presents the data and selected results from a generalised ordered logit model for each
energy technology surveyed. These are; wind turbines, solar power technology, biomass power
plant, coal-red power plant and natural gas power plant. The results show that, in general,
German and Irish citizens are willing to accept energy infrastructures at smaller distances to
their homes than their US counterparts. Moreover, attitudinal factors are found to shape
people's preferences more consistently than any of the socio-demographic characteristics
