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Beyond dark money: Information subsidies and complex networks of opposition to offshore wind on the U.S. East Coast 黑钱之外：美国东海岸反对海上风电的信息补贴和复杂网络

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103829

Isaac Slevin, William Kattrup, Charlotte Marcil, J. Timmons Roberts

A new, more aggressive stage of opposition to offshore wind energy has arisen in the United States. In this article, we demonstrate how the discourses and strategies of local opposition groups are influenced by relationships with national-level groups and fossil fuel interests. East Coast offshore wind opposition groups are not well-characterized by the previous literature on local renewables acceptance – which describes them as grassroots – nor the top-down depiction of national-level fossil fuel influence, which portrays them as inorganic “astroturf” organizations. We focus on organizations' networks and discourses. First, we map the network of opposition to offshore wind on the U.S. East Coast, which includes novel, local anti-turbine groups, known climate denial think tanks, fossil fuel interests, law firms, and representatives of the commercial fishing industry. Second, we assess claims made by an anti-offshore wind group in New England using two academic typologies. We discover that local groups receive massive and varied “information subsidies” from the think tanks, allowing them to spread numerous claims emphasizing the downsides of offshore wind. We conclude with a discussion of how this nascent network and these misleading discourses pose dire threats to renewable energy development in the United States.

在美国，反对近海风能的浪潮进入了一个新的、更加激进的阶段。在本文中，我们将展示地方反对团体的言论和策略如何受到与国家级团体和化石燃料利益集团关系的影响。东海岸离岸风能反对组织既没有被以往有关地方可再生能源接受度的文献描述为草根组织，也没有被国家级化石燃料影响力的自上而下的描述描绘为无机的 "stroturf "组织。我们重点关注这些组织的网络和言论。首先，我们绘制了美国东海岸反对海上风电的网络图，其中包括小说、地方反涡轮机组织、知名气候否认智库、化石燃料利益集团、律师事务所和商业捕鱼业代表。其次，我们利用两种学术类型学评估了新英格兰反海上风电团体的主张。我们发现，当地团体从智库那里获得了大量不同的 "信息补贴"，这使他们能够散布大量强调海上风电弊端的言论。最后，我们将讨论这一新兴网络和这些误导性言论如何对美国的可再生能源发展构成严重威胁。

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Exploring the dynamics of socio-technical transitions: Advancing grid-connected wind and solar energy adoption in Nigeria 探索社会技术转型的动力：推动尼日利亚风能和太阳能并网应用

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103850

Racheal Adedokun , Peter A. Strachan , Anita Singh , Fredrik von Malmborg

Globally, countries are transitioning their national electricity grid system to meet the obligations of the Paris Agreement. National grid-connected renewable electricity provides an opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, in a developing country like Nigeria, renewable energies such as solar and wind power can play a critical role not only in transitioning away from fossil-fuel based electricity systems but also to address prevalent energy security challenges, electricity supply deficit and gaps in energy access. Policies, plans, and strategies to ensure grid-connected renewable energy have been put in place, but these measures have proved ineffective. Likewise, there are limited studies that investigate these transition problems, including drivers and enablers from a developing country perspective. This research fills that gap in knowledge by investigating these transition dynamics through a qualitative approach applying the multi-level perspective framework. Thirty-one (31) key energy and non-energy actors were interviewed, and the transcripts thematically analysed. Findings indicate that there is prospect for Nigeria to transform its electricity system. However, there are major deterrents including institutional, infrastructural, incumbent electricity system instability and economic barriers. The paper highlights that there is a level of regime stability/instability that will enable renewable energy development. In addition, practical and policy insights are offered to overcome identified challenges towards accelerating electricity system transformation. Future studies should also explore the degree of instability, stability and change in developing country settings necessary for energy transition to occur. Finally, this paper advances debates in energy transition and socio-technical system studies.

在全球范围内，各国都在转型其国家电网系统，以履行《巴黎协定》规定的义务。国家并网可再生电力为减少温室气体排放提供了机会。具体而言，在尼日利亚这样的发展中国家，太阳能和风能等可再生能源不仅可以在摆脱化石燃料电力系统方面发挥关键作用，还可以在应对普遍存在的能源安全挑战、电力供应不足和能源获取缺口方面发挥重要作用。确保可再生能源并网的政策、计划和战略已经出台，但这些措施已被证明效果不佳。同样，从发展中国家的角度研究这些转型问题（包括驱动因素和促进因素）的研究也很有限。本研究采用多层次视角框架，通过定性方法调查这些过渡动态，填补了知识空白。对 31 位主要能源和非能源参与者进行了访谈，并对访谈记录进行了专题分析。研究结果表明，尼日利亚电力系统的转型是有前景的。然而，也存在一些主要的阻碍因素，包括体制、基础设施、现有电力系统的不稳定性和经济障碍。本文强调，一定程度的制度稳定/不稳定将促进可再生能源的发展。此外，本文还提出了实用的政策见解，以克服已确定的挑战，加快电力系统转型。未来的研究还应探讨发展中国家实现能源转型所需的不稳定、稳定和变革程度。最后，本文推动了能源转型和社会技术系统研究方面的辩论。

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Where intersectional feminism doesn't fit: Energy transition and Ubuntu feminism? 交叉性女权主义不适合的地方：能源转型和乌班图女权主义？

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103853

Ellen Fungisai Chipango

Intersectional feminism has criticised neoliberal tendencies of energy access instructively through the intersectionality lens. The intersectional influence has resulted in the enactment of increased female and gender-sensitive energy policies under the banner of gendering energy poverty. That said, feminism has tended to draw much from Western philosophy–such that we remain dangerously focused on autonomous individuals. Drawing on Ubuntu feminism, I argue that our possibilities for just energy use lie in communality, particularly how it conceives the obligated ‘social bond’ rather than individualism and subordination. Through a conceptual paper exploring Ubuntu feminism, I challenge scholars of energy transition to perceive gendered ‘energy access’ through a deep appreciation of human interdependence, intersubjectivity, and relationality. More specifically, I propose nine grounds for Ubuntu feminism in energy analysis and practice, arguing that this is a promising relational ethic that merits application to energy matters. Any imperative to act morally is easier to understand through the prism of human interaction or put differently, within the context of relationships, than when viewed in the isolation of individual conduct. This analysis is timely because there is an urgent need for a more comprehensive moral energy policy to move from one that only seeks to ‘include’ women in technology and energy transition.

跨部门女权主义通过跨部门视角，对能源获取方面的新自由主义倾向进行了有启发性的批评。受交叉性的影响，在能源贫困性别化的旗帜下，制定了更多女性和性别敏感的能源政策。尽管如此，女权主义仍倾向于从西方哲学中汲取养分，以至于我们仍然危险地专注于自主的个体。通过借鉴乌班图女权主义，我认为我们公正使用能源的可能性在于社区性，特别是它如何构想义务性的 "社会纽带"，而不是个人主义和从属关系。通过一篇探讨乌班图女性主义的概念性论文，我向能源转型学者们提出挑战，要求他们通过对人类相互依存性、主体间性和关系性的深刻理解来看待性别化的 "能源获取"。更具体地说，我提出了乌班图女性主义在能源分析和实践中的九个依据，认为这是一种有前途的关系伦理，值得应用于能源问题。与孤立地看待个人行为相比，通过人与人之间的互动，或者换句话说，在人际关系的背景下，更容易理解任何道德行为的必要性。这一分析是及时的，因为我们迫切需要一个更加全面的道德能源政策，以摆脱仅仅寻求将妇女 "纳入 "技术和能源转型的政策。

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Chilling and sweltering at home: Surveying energy poverty and thermal vulnerability among Portuguese higher education students 家中寒冷和闷热：调查葡萄牙高校学生的能源贫困和热脆弱性

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103842

Carolina Cruz Castro, João Pedro Gouveia

Portugal faces substantial energy poverty challenges compared to its EU counterparts, mainly stemming from aged buildings with poor thermal performance. This situation is especially critical for higher education students, who exhibit increased vulnerability to energy poverty due to unstable housing conditions within the private rental sector. Among these students, displaced individuals are notably vulnerable and heavily reliant on the private rental sector. Thus, this study delves into the thermal comfort and potential energy poverty vulnerability of higher education students, both displaced and local, across four Portuguese regions: North region, Centre region, Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML), and Alentejo. Surveying 848 students via a 32-question online survey reveals that discomfort prevails in both summer and winter for most populations. Displaced students experienced greater discomfort than local students, potentially attributable to their reliance on the private rental sector, which often entails precarious housing. Although regional disparities in thermal comfort were not significant, the causes of discomfort varied significantly between regions. Notably, displaced students from Alentejo emerged as the most potentially vulnerable population to energy poverty within the study cohort. This study underscores the imperative for policymakers, higher education institutions, and researchers to redirect their focus towards enhancing student housing, particularly within the private rental sector and older buildings, while addressing the energy poverty vulnerability of displaced students.

与欧盟国家相比，葡萄牙面临着巨大的能源贫困挑战，主要原因是建筑老化，热性能差。这种情况对接受高等教育的学生尤为严重，由于私人出租房的住房条件不稳定，他们更容易陷入能源贫困。在这些学生中，流离失所者尤其脆弱，他们严重依赖私人租房部门。因此，本研究深入探讨了葡萄牙四个地区高等教育学生的热舒适度和潜在的能源贫困脆弱性，其中既包括流离失所的学生，也包括本地学生：北部地区、中部地区、里斯本大都会区（AML）和阿连特茹。通过一项包含 32 个问题的在线调查对 848 名学生进行了调查，结果显示，大多数学生在夏季和冬季都会感到不适。流离失所的学生比本地学生感到更不舒适，这可能是因为他们依赖于私人租房，而私人租房往往意味着住房不稳定。虽然各地区在热舒适度方面的差异并不明显，但造成不适的原因却因地区而异。值得注意的是，来自阿连特茹的流离失所学生是研究对象中最容易受到能源贫困影响的人群。这项研究强调，政策制定者、高等教育机构和研究人员必须将重点转向改善学生宿舍，尤其是私人出租房和老旧建筑，同时解决流离失所学生的能源贫困问题。

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“Rural exploitation” in solar energy development? A field survey experiment in South Korea on solar energy support in rural areas 太阳能发展中的 "农村开发"？韩国农村地区太阳能支持实地调查实验

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103837

Inhwan Ko

As renewable energy facilities are predominantly installed in rural areas, the geographical mismatch between the production and consumption of renewable energy is prominent. In various cases of rural opposition to renewable energy development, rural opponents often translate this mismatch into the narratives of “rural exploitation” to mobilize further opposition. These narratives highlight that renewable energy development places growing burdens on rural communities, thereby provoking a sense of distributive injustice among rural residents. Using a regression analysis with data collected from a field survey experiment in South Korea, this study shows that the narratives of rural exploitation decrease support for solar energy among rural residents, particularly if they live in more remote, economically underprivileged rural areas. Our finding highlights that a broader historical context of rural-urban inequality should guide our understanding of the motivations and conditions of rural opposition to renewable energy development.

由于可再生能源设施主要安装在农村地区，可再生能源的生产和消费在地理上的不匹配现象十分突出。在农村反对可再生能源开发的各种案例中，农村反对者往往将这种不匹配转化为 "农村剥削 "的说法，以动员更多的人反对。这些说法强调，可再生能源开发给农村社区带来了越来越大的负担，从而在农村居民中激起分配不公的感觉。本研究利用从韩国实地调查实验中收集的数据进行回归分析，结果表明，农村剥削的说法降低了农村居民对太阳能的支持，尤其是生活在较为偏远、经济条件较差的农村地区的农村居民。我们的发现强调，城乡不平等的更广泛历史背景应指导我们理解农村反对可再生能源发展的动机和条件。

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Public perceptions of heat decarbonisation in Great Britain: Awareness, values and the social circle effect 英国公众对供热脱碳的看法：意识、价值观和社交圈效应

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103844

William Smith , Christina Demski , Nicholas Pidgeon

The decarbonisation of domestic heating is essential for the UK to achieve net zero carbon emissions, but requires significant changes in domestic infrastructure. Public participation plays a pivotal role in this transition, yet public attitudes towards decarbonised heating remain under-researched and poorly understood.

We report a nationally representative online survey of 2226 individuals in Great Britain. The survey explored attitudes to three decarbonised heating technologies currently being trialled or entering the market: heat pumps, hydrogen heating, and district heating networks. A wide dataset of interrelated variables was collected, including heating system preference and usage, knowledge and support for decarbonised heating, environmental and energy security concerns, perceptions of trust and responsibility, financial considerations, and many others.

Central to the study were two methodological innovations; an informed choice decision pathway element designed to investigate key factors underlying personal willingness to adopt each technology, and a psychometric network modelling approach that allowed deep exploration of the structural and dynamic properties of attitudes to decarbonised heating.

Findings indicated that the majority of respondents had were aware and supportive towards decarbonised heating, particularly towards heat pumps. However, knowledge of these technologies was limited. Government and energy actors were seen as somewhat untrustworthy but ultimately responsible for funding the transition, and respondents supported policies emphasising government responsibility.

When informed, respondent's willingness to adopt decarbonised heating technologies appeared resistant to change, and not strongly influenced any key factors. However, network modelling estimated normative social forces (‘social circle’ effect) were highly influential in shaping attitudes to decarbonised heating.

家庭供暖的去碳化对于英国实现净零碳排放至关重要，但需要对家庭基础设施进行重大改造。公众参与在这一转变中起着关键作用，但公众对去碳化供暖的态度仍然研究不足，了解甚少。我们报告了在大不列颠进行的具有全国代表性的在线调查，调查对象为 2226 名个人。调查探讨了人们对目前正在试用或即将进入市场的三种去碳化供热技术的态度：热泵、氢供热和区域供热网络。调查收集了大量相互关联的变量数据，包括供热系统的偏好和使用、对去碳化供热的了解和支持、对环境和能源安全的关注、对信任和责任的看法、财务因素等。研究的核心是两个方法上的创新：一个是旨在调查个人采用每种技术意愿的关键因素的知情选择决策路径要素，另一个是可深入探讨对低碳供暖态度的结构和动态特性的心理测量网络建模方法。研究结果表明，大多数受访者都了解并支持低碳供暖，尤其是热泵。然而，受访者对这些技术的了解有限。受访者认为政府和能源部门在某种程度上不可信，但最终有责任为过渡提供资金，受访者支持强调政府责任的政策。在了解情况后，受访者采用低碳化供热技术的意愿似乎难以改变，并且不受任何关键因素的强烈影响。然而，根据网络建模估计，规范性社会力量（"社会圈 "效应）在影响人们对低碳供暖的态度方面具有很大影响力。

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Stumbling blocks for solar social enterprises: Unveiling the barriers facing enterprises serving the base of the pyramid solar market in Tanzania 太阳能社会企业的绊脚石：揭示坦桑尼亚金字塔底层太阳能市场企业面临的障碍

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103847

Gabriel C. Malima , Hezron Makundi , Gussai H. Sheikheldin

Despite the initially favourable environment for solar PV investments, the relevant literature increasingly emphasizes the emerging barriers that threaten the growth and sustainability of solar PV enterprises. This has led scholars to examine challenges in East Africa's solar energy subsector, with a focus on the evolving institutional environment. However, we discovered that, within the ongoing discourse surrounding this sector, relatively limited scholarly attention has been given to solar energy service social enterprises (SEs). In response to this gap, we have conducted a specific study to explore the barriers facing the performance of solar energy service SEs in Tanzania. Drawing on institutional theory, we unveil the formative, normative and cognitive factors that influence the performance of SEs. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with ten solar SEs in Tanzania, supplemented by a review of the literature. The study revealed that regulatory barriers such as an unfavourable policy environment, grid arrival regulations, uncertainties over tariff policies, the prevalence of counterfeit products and limited access to finance and capital, as well as normative constraints such as limited partnerships and networking, are key barriers to operating at the base of the pyramid (BoP). The study underscores the need for collaborative efforts between the government, investors and SEs to create an enabling environment to continue serving the BoP market.

尽管最初太阳能光伏发电投资环境良好，但相关文献越来越多地强调新出现的障碍威胁着太阳能光伏发电企业的增长和可持续性。这促使学者们开始研究东非太阳能子行业面临的挑战，重点关注不断变化的制度环境。然而，我们发现，在围绕该行业的持续讨论中，学者们对太阳能服务社会企业（SEs）的关注相对有限。针对这一空白，我们开展了一项专门研究，以探讨坦桑尼亚太阳能服务社会企业的绩效所面临的障碍。借鉴制度理论，我们揭示了影响社会企业绩效的形成、规范和认知因素。数据是通过对坦桑尼亚 10 家太阳能企业进行半结构化访谈收集的，并辅以文献综述。研究显示，不利的政策环境、电网接入规定、关税政策的不确定性、假冒产品盛行、获得资金和资本的途径有限等监管障碍，以及有限的伙伴关系和网络等规范性制约因素，是在金字塔底层（BoP）运营的主要障碍。这项研究强调，政府、投资者和社会企业需要共同努力，创造有利环境，继续为金字塔底层市场服务。

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Partisan winds: Group-level polarization and issue-framing propel attitudes about local wind farms 党派之风：群体层面的两极分化和问题框架推动了人们对当地风力发电场的态度

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103848

Aitor Marcos , Patrick Hartmann , Douglas L. Bessette , Joseph Árvai

Political polarization is an obstacle to public support and effective communication for renewable energy projects. Depolarizing messages can be helpful, but it is difficult to determine where to concentrate efforts until social scientists first disentangle the effects of unconscious issue-based and conscious group norm-based polarization processes. This study investigates the extent to which attitudes towards wind energy development are polarized in the United States, focusing on attitudes about local wind farms. We tested different frames in a survey with 1300 U.S. participants, combining implicit and explicit attitude measures to measure unconscious and conscious attitudes towards nearby wind farms, respectively. Our findings suggest that explicit attitudes towards wind farms are more polarized than implicit attitudes, emphasizing the role of conscious processes in shaping attitudes. Furthermore, perceptions of within-party support significantly influence explicit attitudes, indicating the importance of group norm-based polarization in this context. While our framing interventions aimed at addressing issue-based polarization yielded mixed results, the moderating effect of perceived within-party support underscores the potential efficacy of interventions targeting group-level processes. Regarding policy implications, our findings highlight the importance of considering both issue-based and group norm-based polarization when developing and implementing communication strategies for garnering local support for nearby renewable energy developments.

政治极化是可再生能源项目获得公众支持和有效沟通的障碍。消除两极分化的信息可能会有所帮助，但在社会科学家首先厘清无意识的基于议题的两极分化过程和有意识的基于群体规范的两极分化过程的影响之前，很难确定应在哪些方面集中努力。本研究调查了美国人对风能开发态度的两极化程度，重点是对当地风电场的态度。我们在对 1300 名美国参与者进行的调查中测试了不同的框架，结合了内隐和外显态度测量方法，分别测量了对附近风力发电场的无意识和有意识态度。我们的研究结果表明，对风力发电厂的显性态度比隐性态度更加两极分化，这强调了有意识过程在形成态度中的作用。此外，对党内支持的看法也会对显性态度产生重大影响，这表明在这种情况下基于群体规范的极化现象非常重要。虽然我们旨在解决基于议题的两极分化的框架干预取得了好坏参半的结果，但感知到的党内支持的调节作用强调了针对群体层面过程的干预的潜在功效。关于政策影响，我们的研究结果强调了在制定和实施沟通策略以争取当地对附近可再生能源开发的支持时，同时考虑基于问题和基于群体规范的两极分化的重要性。

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Inequality is driving the climate crisis: A longitudinal analysis of province-level carbon emissions in Canada, 1997–2020 不平等导致气候危机：1997-2020 年加拿大各省碳排放纵向分析

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103845

Andrew Jorgenson , Taekyeong Goh , Ryan Thombs , Yasmin Koop-Monteiro , Mark Shakespear , Grace Gletsu , Nicolas Viens

The authors conduct a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between carbon emissions and income inequality for the Canadian provinces for the 1997 to 2020 period. The results indicate that the short-run and long-run effects of the income share of the top 10 % and the top 5 % on province-level emissions are positive, robust to various model specifications, net of multiple demographic and economic factors, not sensitive to exogenous shocks or outlier cases, symmetrical, statistically equivalent for emissions from different sectors, and their short-term effects do not vary in magnitude through time. The findings also consistently show that the estimated effect of the Gini coefficient on province-level emissions is not statistically significant. Overall, the results underscore the importance in modeling the effects of income inequality measures that quantify different characteristics of income distributions, and they are very consistent with analytical approaches regarding power concentration, overconsumption, and status competition that suggest that a higher concentration of income leads to growth in anthropogenic carbon emissions.

作者对 1997 年至 2020 年加拿大各省碳排放与收入不平等之间的关系进行了全面分析。结果表明，收入最高的 10%和最高的 5%对各省排放量的短期和长期影响都是正向的，对各种模型规格都是稳健的，扣除了多种人口和经济因素，对外生冲击或离群情况不敏感，是对称的，对不同部门的排放量在统计上是等效的，而且其短期影响的程度不会随时间而变化。研究结果还一致表明，基尼系数对各省排放量的估计影响在统计上并不显著。总之，这些结果强调了对收入分布的不同特征进行量化的收入不平等度量的影响建模的重要性，并且与有关权力集中、过度消费和地位竞争的分析方法非常一致，这些分析方法表明收入的高度集中会导致人为碳排放的增长。

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Intersectionality in good faith: Beyond normative claims and towards practical integration in energy justice research 真诚的交叉性：超越规范性主张，实现能源公正研究的实际整合

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103823

Mathilde Rainard , Milena Büchs , Kirsten Jenkins , Lucie Middlemiss

The concept of intersectionality is increasingly referenced in energy justice research, requiring critical reflection on the value of intersectionality theory for the energy justice framework and research agenda. Conceptually, its incorporation seems intuitive – intersectionality theory, it is argued, can better integrate, or even transcend, often westernised justice conceptualisations, including through attention to feminist, anti-racist, Indigenous, and postcolonial justice theories. Methodologically, however, integrating intersectionality into practice is less intuitive and the energy justice literature is currently lacking tangible recommendations. Indeed, the use of intersectionality is methodologically complex, requiring understanding of and attention to its core guiding principles, which must be applied appropriately in research from design to analysis and outputs in order to support its ambitious and politicised aims. This is especially true in the context of energy justice, where outputs are typically intended to inform future decision-making. In this perspective, we present the key literature to integrate intersectionality theory into energy justice research, then we highlight that there have been, so far, two different ways to integrate intersectionality: implicitly and explicitly. We then defend and support the explicit integration of intersectionality theory in energy justice work by providing recommendations to facilitate integration in research. Finally, we call for a politicised, radical research agenda informed by intersectionality theory in future academic work linked to the energy transition injustices.

能源公正研究中越来越多地提及交叉性概念，这就需要对交叉性理论在能源公正框架和研究议程中的价值进行批判性反思。从概念上讲，纳入交叉性理论似乎很直观--有人认为，交叉性理论可以更好地整合，甚至超越通常西方化的正义概念，包括通过关注女权主义、反种族主义、土著和后殖民主义正义理论。然而，从方法论上讲，将交叉性融入实践并不那么直观，能源正义文献目前也缺乏具体的建议。事实上，交叉性的使用在方法论上是复杂的，需要理解并关注其核心指导原则，从设计、分析到产出，都必须在研究中适当应用，以支持其雄心勃勃的政治化目标。在能源公正的背景下尤其如此，因为其成果通常旨在为未来决策提供信息。在本视角中，我们介绍了将交叉性理论纳入能源公正研究的主要文献，然后强调了迄今为止纳入交叉性的两种不同方式：隐性和显性。然后，我们为将交叉性理论明确纳入能源公正工作提供辩护和支持，并为促进研究中的整合提供建议。最后，我们呼吁在未来与能源转型不公正相关的学术工作中，以交叉性理论为指导，制定政治化的激进研究议程。

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