Towards energy justice and energy sovereignty: Participatory co-design of off-grid systems in the Brazilian Amazon

IF 6.9 2区 经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2024-11-29 DOI:10.1016/j.erss.2024.103858
Rafael Lembi , Maria Claudia Lopez , Karina Ninni Ramos , Igor Cavallini Johansen , Lázaro João Santana da Silva , Manoel Roberval Pimentel Santos , Gabriel Yúri Campos Lacerda , Gisele Souza Neuls , Emilio Moran
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Participatory processes that emphasize energy justice and energy sovereignty are essential to provide electricity for those in need in just and sustainable ways. For isolated, off-grid communities, access to electricity remains a significant challenge, especially in the Global South. Participation is critical to ensuring the viability and sustainability of off-grid energy systems in remote areas, as communities need to be self-reliant in managing and maintaining their own systems. However, experiences of participatory co-design of community-owned, off-grid energy systems – including participation in the steps of planning, dimensioning, installation, training, and management – are still underreported in the literature. In collaboration with three off-grid communities in the municipality of Santarém in the Brazilian Amazon, we conducted a participatory co-design process that delivered photovoltaic systems and a hydrokinetic turbine, using microgrids to improve energy access. We describe and discuss how participation was facilitated through transdisciplinary methods, including participatory workshops, surveys, observations, and direct engagement with community members. Our theoretically grounded approach to community engagement advances both the theory and practice of place-based, just energy transitions. Moreover, it also offers a practical example of how energy justice and energy sovereignty could be empirically practiced by academics and practitioners alike.
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迈向能源正义与能源主权:巴西亚马逊地区离网系统的参与式协同设计
强调能源正义和能源主权的参与性进程对于以公正和可持续的方式为有需要的人提供电力至关重要。对于孤立的、离网的社区来说,获得电力仍然是一项重大挑战,特别是在全球南方。参与对于确保偏远地区离网能源系统的可行性和可持续性至关重要,因为社区需要在管理和维护自己的系统方面自力更生。然而,参与性社区拥有的离网能源系统共同设计的经验——包括参与规划、尺寸、安装、培训和管理的步骤——在文献中仍然被低估。我们与巴西亚马逊地区圣塔姆姆市的三个离网社区合作,进行了一个参与式的共同设计过程,交付了光伏系统和一个水动力涡轮机,利用微电网改善能源获取。我们描述并讨论了如何通过跨学科方法促进参与,包括参与性研讨会、调查、观察和与社区成员的直接接触。我们以理论为基础的社区参与方法推进了基于地点的能源转换的理论和实践。此外,它还提供了一个实际的例子,说明如何能源正义和能源主权可以由学者和从业者的经验实践。
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Energy Research & Social Science
Energy Research & Social Science ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-
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审稿时长
55 days
期刊介绍: Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles examining the relationship between energy systems and society. ERSS covers a range of topics revolving around the intersection of energy technologies, fuels, and resources on one side and social processes and influences - including communities of energy users, people affected by energy production, social institutions, customs, traditions, behaviors, and policies - on the other. Put another way, ERSS investigates the social system surrounding energy technology and hardware. ERSS is relevant for energy practitioners, researchers interested in the social aspects of energy production or use, and policymakers. Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) provides an interdisciplinary forum to discuss how social and technical issues related to energy production and consumption interact. Energy production, distribution, and consumption all have both technical and human components, and the latter involves the human causes and consequences of energy-related activities and processes as well as social structures that shape how people interact with energy systems. Energy analysis, therefore, needs to look beyond the dimensions of technology and economics to include these social and human elements.
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