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Solar for tenants: Survey evidence on design and framing of citizen-financed photovoltaic projects in Switzerland 住户太阳能：瑞士公民出资光伏项目的设计和框架调查证据

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103819

Gracia Brückmann, Sophie Ruprecht, Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen

Solar photovoltaics (PV) on rooftops and existing infrastructure is a cost-effective and widely accepted technology that plays a crucial role in the energy transition. However, individual installations of PV systems are limited to property owners, excluding most tenants. This study focuses on a more inclusive type of PV, citizen-financed PV (CiFi PV) projects, and experimentally examines their social acceptance, distinguishing between socio-political and market acceptance. We studied design and framing of CiFi PV to make them appealing to tenants, while also considering the moderating role of individual predispositions. Empirically, we therefore relied on data from a survey experiment of 1674 tenants in Switzerland. The results show that projects with material reimbursement, a public or community provider, and proximity to local infrastructure are most likely to be rated positively and chosen in a choice task. Ideological predispositions are strongly correlated with these indicators of socio-political acceptance. Conversely, the analyses also reveal that project design cannot explain concrete investment intentions. However, targeted communication can enhance the willingness to invest in CiFi PV among those with lower propensities to invest. Most importantly, a promising way to promote individual tenants’ investment in renewable energy is to communicate about CiFi PV while emphasizing the collective dimension of the energy transition. This approach has the potential to increase investment intentions among politically right-leaning individuals, while it does not appear to significantly deter left-leaning and centrist individuals.

在屋顶和现有基础设施上安装太阳能光伏发电系统（PV）是一项具有成本效益且广为接受的技术，在能源转型中发挥着至关重要的作用。然而，个人安装的光伏系统仅限于业主，不包括大多数租户。本研究侧重于更具包容性的光伏类型，即公民出资的光伏（CiFi PV）项目，并通过实验考察其社会接受度，区分社会政治接受度和市场接受度。我们研究了 CiFi 光伏项目的设计和框架，以使其对租户具有吸引力，同时还考虑了个人倾向的调节作用。因此，我们以瑞士 1674 个租户的调查实验数据为基础进行了实证研究。结果表明，在选择任务中，有物质补偿、公共或社区提供者以及靠近当地基础设施的项目最有可能获得积极评价并被选中。意识形态倾向与这些社会政治接受度指标密切相关。相反，分析还显示，项目设计不能解释具体的投资意向。然而，有针对性的宣传可以提高那些投资意愿较低的人群对 CiFi 光伏项目的投资意愿。最重要的是，促进个人租户投资可再生能源的一个可行方法是，在宣传 CiFi PV 的同时，强调能源转型的集体层面。这种方法有可能提高政治右倾者的投资意愿，而对左倾者和中间派似乎没有明显的威慑作用。

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Free competition, come hell or high water? How neoliberalism prevailed and why Finland allowed peat to decline in the midst of an energy crisis 自由竞争，地狱还是天堂？新自由主义如何盛行，以及芬兰为何允许泥炭在能源危机中衰退

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103832

Hugo Faber

Can advocates of fossil energy technologies in decline invoke energy security to influence energy politics? This article investigates how supporters of Finland's declining peat industry failed to do so, despite a window of opportunity presented by an energy crisis, Finland's dependency on imported Russian energy, and the abrupt end of these imports following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. By focusing on a case where invoking energy security has failed, it sheds light on the conditions that limit the political effects of energy security discourse, which has remained undertheorized in the literature. Using discursive policy analysis, the article analyses 22 expert interviews and 33 policy documents. It shows that neoliberal ideas about how to organize state-market relations can limit the political effects of energy security discourse, even when incumbent interests advocate for a domestic source of energy in times of war and energy crisis. In this case, neoliberalism made the peat decline and the fuel shortage appear as a “market problem” that did not warrant state intervention. The article uses insights from the Finnish case to theorize about the wider implications of how neoliberalism, energy security discourse, and energy crises interact, and how this affects the political influence of established energy interests. It suggests a research agenda on how neoliberalism affect energy transitions and energy politics, and argues that while neoliberalism can work against fossil industries in decline, it also risks impeding transitions to truly sustainable alternatives.

正在衰落的化石能源技术的拥护者能否以能源安全为由影响能源政治？尽管能源危机、芬兰对俄罗斯进口能源的依赖以及俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后进口能源的骤然终止为芬兰正在衰落的泥炭业提供了机会之窗，但本文调查了芬兰泥炭业的支持者是如何未能做到这一点的。通过关注一个援引能源安全失败的案例，该研究揭示了限制能源安全话语政治效应的条件，而这在文献中仍未得到充分论证。文章利用话语政策分析方法，分析了 22 份专家访谈和 33 份政策文件。文章表明，关于如何组织国家-市场关系的新自由主义思想会限制能源安全话语的政治效果，即使在战争和能源危机时期，当权利益集团主张国内能源来源时也是如此。在这种情况下，新自由主义使泥炭的减少和燃料的短缺看起来是一个 "市场问题"，不需要国家干预。文章利用从芬兰案例中获得的启示，从理论上探讨了新自由主义、能源安全论述和能源危机如何相互作用，以及这如何影响既有能源利益集团的政治影响力。文章提出了关于新自由主义如何影响能源转型和能源政治的研究议程，并认为新自由主义在对抗化石产业衰退的同时，也有可能阻碍向真正可持续替代品的转型。

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The sun is not enough: The slow solar transition in Arizona and Algeria 光靠太阳是不够的：亚利桑那州和阿尔及利亚缓慢的太阳能过渡

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103827

Martin J. Pasqualetti , Elizabeth Nelson , Mokhtar Benasla

As environmental worries rise with the growing demand for electricity, we are searching for a way to address both problems simultaneously. Although solar energy development can satisfy both challenges at the same time, its vast potential remains largely untapped. Why is that? We address this question by examining solar development in two places that should be pace-setters of a solar transition in their respective parts of the world: Arizona and Algeria. Despite virtually identical solar assets, both places have been equally slow to transition more enthusiastically to a solar energy future. Even with their obvious differences in scale and history, they have several characteristics in common, such as high growth rates, similar population clustering patterns, extensive open spaces, and comparable percentages of off-grid Indigenous residents. We divide our appraisal into four parts: (1) The allure and acceptance of solar energy, (2) The Arizona/Algeria comparison, (3) The present status of solar development, and (4) The current barriers to solar adoption. Our findings underscore resource abundance alone cannot drive large-scale solar energy adoption. This research highlights the wisdom of addressing broader socioeconomic, political, and infrastructural factors that lead to a meaningful transition to solar energy. The results offer critical insights for policymakers and stakeholders seeking to accelerate solar energy deployment and create a more sustainable energy future.

随着对电力需求的不断增长，对环境的担忧也随之增加，我们正在寻找同时解决这两个问题的方法。尽管太阳能开发可以同时满足这两个挑战，但其巨大潜力在很大程度上仍未得到开发。这是为什么呢？为了解决这个问题，我们考察了两个地方的太阳能发展情况，这两个地方本应成为世界太阳能转型的先行者：亚利桑那州和阿尔及利亚。尽管太阳能资产几乎完全相同，但这两个地方在更积极地向太阳能未来过渡方面却同样缓慢。尽管在规模和历史上存在明显差异，但这两个地方也有一些共同特点，例如高增长率、相似的人口聚集模式、广阔的开放空间以及可比的离网土著居民比例。我们的评估分为四个部分：(1) 太阳能的诱惑力和接受度，(2) 亚利桑那州与阿尔及利亚的比较，(3) 太阳能发展现状，(4) 目前采用太阳能的障碍。我们的研究结果表明，仅靠资源丰富无法推动太阳能的大规模应用。这项研究强调了解决更广泛的社会经济、政治和基础设施因素的智慧，这些因素会导致向太阳能的有意义的过渡。研究结果为决策者和利益相关者提供了重要的见解，帮助他们加快太阳能的应用，创造更加可持续的能源未来。

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Do they really mean it? What the conservative climate caucus is for and against 他们真的是认真的吗？保守派气候核心小组的赞成和反对意见

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103835

Jean-Daniel Collomb

I investigate the ideas and favored policies of the Conservative Climate Caucus, founded by Representative John Curtis in June 2021, with a view to raising awareness of climate change among Congressional Republicans and cobbling together climate policies that Republicans could be willing to approve. Uncovering the substance of their propositions can help one assess the actual potential for a departure from a Republican approach to energy policy that does not take heed of climate change. The statements and policy proposals of Conservative Climate Caucus members are analyzed along five distinct dimensions: (1) the proper role of the government in the energy sector, (2) the role of fossil fuels in the future energy mix of the United States, (3) the geopolitical dimension of US energy production, (4) the prospects of bipartisanship in energy policy, and (5) the link between economic growth and decarbonization. This qualitative analysis suggests that the members of the caucus tend to remain largely aligned with mainstream Republican hostility toward new regulations and taxes, climate multilateralism, and the phasing out of fossil fuels, but are much more open to federal support for green technologies than Republicans aligned with Donald Trump. Further, their persistent adherence to negative partisanship makes future cooperation with Democrats on policies they may agree on unlikely.

约翰-柯蒂斯众议员于 2021 年 6 月成立了 "保守派气候核心小组"（Conservative Climate Caucus），旨在提高国会共和党人对气候变化的认识，并整合出共和党人可能愿意批准的气候政策。揭示其主张的实质有助于评估共和党在能源政策上偏离不重视气候变化的做法的实际可能性。保守派气候核心小组成员的声明和政策建议从五个不同的方面进行了分析：（1）政府在能源领域的适当角色，（2）化石燃料在美国未来能源结构中的作用，（3）美国能源生产的地缘政治层面，（4）两党在能源政策方面的前景，以及（5）经济增长与去碳化之间的联系。定性分析表明，该核心小组的成员在很大程度上倾向于与共和党主流派保持一致，即敌视新法规和税收、气候多边主义以及逐步淘汰化石燃料，但与支持唐纳德-特朗普的共和党人相比，他们更愿意接受联邦政府对绿色技术的支持。此外，他们对消极党派主义的顽固坚持使得未来与民主党人在可能达成一致的政策上进行合作的可能性不大。

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Scaling up solar cooking studies: A modeling framework for planning sustainable transition of the bakery sector 扩大太阳能烹饪研究：规划烘焙业可持续转型的建模框架

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103815

Benjamin Pillot , Guillaume Guimbretière , Christophe Révillion , Corrie Mathiak , Romain Authier

The recent rise of energy prices in Europe has directly impacted retail trade such as artisan bakeries. While energy transition is now a tangible aim for the bakery sector, apprehending its near future requires reconciling scales of analysis: from the baking technology to the territory where bakers and bread consumers will interact, based on aspects such as bakery organization, bread type or population dietary behavior. The solar cooking literature typically synthesizes such a fork in the road: the device (solar cooker) has been deeply scrutinized and improved, but wider socio-technical approaches are now required to eventually trigger changes at the sector level. Based on those elements, we thus propose a modeling framework with spatiotemporal granularity that integrates the various scales of analysis for planning sustainable transition of the bakery sector. We then derive decision-aid indicators for assessing information such as bread accessibility & viability, bread turnover (baked bread that is actually consumed), economic return or environmental impact. Finally, we apply this set of tools to the specific example of direct solar baking and demonstrate the various potential applications – regional to continental-scale spatial mapping, geolocated time series, etc. – by producing benchmark results and scenarios across the western European territory.

最近欧洲能源价格的上涨直接影响了手工面包店等零售业。虽然能源转型已成为烘焙业的一个具体目标，但要了解其近期前景，就必须协调各种分析尺度：从烘焙技术到烘焙师和面包消费者互动的领域，这些尺度基于烘焙组织、面包类型或人口饮食行为等方面。太阳能烹饪的文献通常综合了这样一个岔路口：设备（太阳能灶）已得到深入研究和改进，但现在需要更广泛的社会技术方法来最终引发行业层面的变革。基于这些要素，我们提出了一个具有时空粒度的建模框架，该框架整合了各种分析尺度，用于规划烘焙行业的可持续转型。然后，我们推导出辅助决策指标，用于评估面包的可及性、可行性、面包营业额（实际消费的烘焙面包）、经济回报或环境影响等信息。最后，我们将这套工具应用于太阳能直接烘焙的具体实例，并展示了各种潜在应用--区域到大陆范围的空间制图、地理定位时间序列等。- 通过在整个西欧地区生成基准结果和方案，展示了各种潜在的应用--区域到大陆范围的空间制图、地理定位时间序列等。

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Understanding essential energy through functionings: A comparative study across six energy poverty trials in Europe 通过功能了解基本能源：欧洲六项能源贫困试验的比较研究

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103834

Nicola Willand , Lucie Middlemiss , Milena Büchs , Pepa Ambrosio Albala

Universal access to essential energy is a derived human right, however the term “essential energy” is not well defined and can be subject to interpretation. Diverse understandings of the concept can lead to uncertainties in the identification of energy poor households and misguided interventions. Building on literature on energy poverty, capabilities and health promotion, this article proposes that essential energy should be understood in terms energy functionings, which are the realisations of capabilities.

To clarify the essential energy concept in terms of functionings, this study aimed to reveal how essential energy was perceived and shaped across diverse contexts of six energy poverty trials. The study took place in Jelgava (Latvia), Obuda (Hungary), Edirne (Turkiye), Valencia (Spain), Leeds (England) and Heerlen (The Netherlands) and involved focus groups and urban tours with 29 energy poverty experts in 2023.

Conceptions of essential energy converged on a set of non-compensatory and context-independent contemporary functionings: spatial warmth, coolness, hygiene, good indoor air quality, clean laundry, cooked food, food safety and security, electronic entertainment and others. The fair and equitable distribution of these essential energy outcomes for low carbon living and health depended on the constellation of energy features such as energy carriers, services and appliances. We also extracted a list of conditions that shaped these energy features, influenced capabilities and impacted outcomes, while promoting the achievement of energy functionings and staying within the limits of sufficiency. Energy poverty assessments using this functionings framework should also consider a dwelling's structural integrity and secure supply of energy.

普遍获得基本能源是一项衍生的人权，但 "基本能源 "一词并没有明确的定义，可能会有不同的解释。对这一概念的不同理解会导致能源贫困家庭识别的不确定性和干预措施的误导。为了从功能的角度阐明基本能源的概念，本研究旨在揭示基本能源是如何在六个能源贫困试验的不同背景下被认识和形成的。这项研究分别在耶尔加瓦（拉脱维亚）、奥布达（匈牙利）、埃迪尔内（土耳其）、巴伦西亚（西班牙）、利兹（英国）和海尔伦（荷兰）进行，并在 2023 年与 29 位能源贫困问题专家进行了焦点小组讨论和城市参观。低碳生活和健康所需的这些基本能源成果的公平和公正分配取决于能源载体、服务和电器等能源特征的组合。我们还提取了一系列形成这些能源特征、影响能力和结果的条件，同时促进能源功能的实现并保持在充足的限度内。使用此功能框架进行能源贫困评估时，还应考虑住宅的结构完整性和能源的安全供应。

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The challenge of community acceptance of small nuclear reactors 社区接受小型核反应堆的挑战

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103831

Seth P. Tuler , Thomas Webler

Nuclear power is being promoted as a safe and reliable energy source that can contribute to the decarbonization goals of nations and states. A great deal of recent attention is on the role of small modular reactors and micro-reactors for providing heat and electricity. To be impactful, many hundreds of these small capacity reactors would have to be deployed rapidly. Consequently, hundreds of communities in a wide variety of settings would need to host reactors. This is a formidable challenge. Multiple criticisms have been leveled against proponents' claims that this challenge will be met, including economic factors. A review of the literature about small modular reactors and micro-reactors found that both advocates and critics largely ignore the challenge of community acceptance. Drawing upon the literature into the siting of other kinds of controversial facilities, this review identified obstacles and opportunities for decision processes that seek community acceptance. It explores the relevance of those insights to the siting of small capacity reactors. While some communities are likely to embrace the opportunity to host reactors, experiences across a range of facility siting efforts reinforces the conclusion that site-specific community opposition is likely to be another major obstacle to large-scale deployment of small capacity nuclear reactors thereby jeopardizing their potential contribution to decarbonization.

核能是一种安全可靠的能源，有助于实现国家和民族的去碳化目标。小型模块化反应堆和微型反应堆在提供热能和电能方面的作用最近备受关注。为了产生影响，必须迅速部署数百个这种小容量反应堆。因此，需要在各种环境中的数百个社区安装反应堆。这是一项艰巨的挑战。对于支持者声称可以应对这一挑战的说法，人们提出了多种批评意见，其中包括经济因素。对有关小型模块化反应堆和微型反应堆的文献进行回顾后发现，支持者和批评者在很大程度上都忽视了社区接受度这一挑战。本综述借鉴了有关其他类型有争议设施选址的文献，指出了寻求社区认可的决策过程所面临的障碍和机遇。它探讨了这些见解与小容量反应堆选址的相关性。虽然一些社区可能会接受接纳反应堆的机会，但一系列设施选址工作的经验加强了这一结论，即具体选址社区的反对意见可能会成为大规模部署小容量核反应堆的另一个主要障碍，从而危及其对去碳化的潜在贡献。

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Trading cozy old homes for chilly new ones: How experiences and beliefs guide housing modernization in Northern Pakistan 用舒适的旧房换取寒冷的新房：经验和信仰如何引导巴基斯坦北部的住房现代化

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103814

Yumna Imtiaz , Alexandra R. Rempel

In developing regions worldwide, building materials such as concrete, steel, and glass are replacing traditional earth, stone, and plant fibers in housing construction; likewise, new dwelling configurations are abandoning traditional forms. Together, these changes are reducing the thermal shelter provided, exposing occupants with limited energy resources to intense heat and/or cold stress. Revival of traditional methods has been suggested, but residents have rejected this approach as contrary to their desires for durability, privacy, and aesthetics. Instead, they are pursuing other actions to provide thermal survivability within their modern buildings, in roles that have previously been neglected. The purpose of this work is therefore to understand the unexplored, potentially vital human role in adapting to contemporary building methods in developing regions. Focusing on a cold climate, we first investigated twenty-three dwellings representing the 100-year housing transition in Northern Pakistan, providing extensive new field documentation. We then interviewed and observed their owner-builders to understand their thermal experiences, beliefs, and practices. Results showed that occupants actively managed their housing transitions, adopting modern elements incrementally and responding with architectural or behavioral interventions to alleviate their adverse thermal effects. Intriguingly, interventions were both guided by, and limited by, owners' concepts of underlying thermal processes. These concepts originated in sensations and observations that highlighted certain heat loss pathways, such as air leakage, but obscured others, such as conduction. This work therefore reveals, unexpectedly, that expanding owners' understanding of their buildings' thermal behaviors should be central to future efforts to address thermal stress resulting from housing modernization.

在世界各地的发展中地区，混凝土、钢材和玻璃等建筑材料正在取代传统的泥土、石材和植物纤维来建造房屋；同样，新的住宅结构也放弃了传统的形式。这些变化共同减少了所提供的热庇护，使能源资源有限的居住者面临酷热和/或严寒的压力。有人建议恢复传统方法，但居民拒绝接受这种方法，认为这违背了他们对耐用性、私密性和美观的追求。相反，他们正在采取其他行动，在现代建筑中提供热生存能力，发挥以前被忽视的作用。因此，这项工作的目的是了解人类在适应发展中地区现代建筑方法方面所扮演的尚未开发的、潜在的重要角色。我们以寒冷气候为重点，首先调查了巴基斯坦北部代表百年住房转型的 23 处住宅，提供了大量新的实地文献资料。然后，我们采访并观察了这些住宅的业主--建筑商，以了解他们的热能经验、理念和做法。结果表明，居住者积极管理住房过渡，逐步采用现代元素，并通过建筑或行为干预来减轻其不利的热影响。耐人寻味的是，干预措施既受业主对基本热过程概念的指导，也受其限制。这些概念源于感觉和观察，这些感觉和观察突出了某些热损失途径，如漏风，但却掩盖了其他途径，如传导。因此，这项工作出人意料地揭示出，扩大业主对其建筑物热行为的理解，应成为未来解决住房现代化带来的热应力问题的核心。

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Data governance and open science in energy planning: A case study of the Kenyan ecosystem 能源规划中的数据治理和开放科学：肯尼亚生态系统案例研究

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103821

Agnese Beltramo , Alycia Leonard , Julia Tomei , Will Usher

There is growing recognition of the need for openness in the governance and management of long-term energy systems planning, including improving data accessibility to inform the planning process. Open data principles offer a way to manage and govern this process more collaboratively and transparently, but they are challenging to implement particularly in resource-constrained and decentralised planning contexts like low- and middle-income countries. For this reason, this paper assesses the viability of open data practices for enhancing transparency and collaboration in energy planning, using Kenya as a case study. Through qualitative analysis of policy documents and stakeholder interviews, this study evaluates the alignment and divergence between internationally accepted values and principles of open science and open data and Kenya's energy planning needs. What emerges is a contrasting picture. The results show that, while open approaches to energy data are theoretically promising for addressing current energy data challenges in Kenya, stakeholders show limited agreement or understanding of practical implementation pathways. These findings aim to support Kenyan stakeholders and decision-makers involved in the ongoing long-term planning process under the Integrated National Energy Plan.

越来越多的人认识到，长期能源系统规划的治理和管理需要开放性，包括提高数据的可获取性，为规划过程提供信息。开放数据原则为以更加协作和透明的方式管理和治理这一过程提供了一种方法，但在中低收入国家等资源有限、规划分散的情况下，实施这些原则尤其具有挑战性。为此，本文以肯尼亚为例，评估了开放数据实践在提高能源规划透明度和协作性方面的可行性。通过对政策文件和利益相关者访谈的定性分析，本研究评估了国际公认的开放科学和开放数据的价值观和原则与肯尼亚能源规划需求之间的一致性和分歧。结果发现，两者之间的情况截然不同。结果表明，虽然能源数据开放方法在理论上有望解决肯尼亚当前的能源数据挑战，但利益相关者对实际实施路径的认同或理解有限。这些研究结果旨在为肯尼亚利益相关者和决策者提供支持，使其参与到正在进行的国家综合能源计划长期规划过程中。

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Prefiguring energy futures: Hybrid energy initiatives and just transitions in fossil fuel regions 预设能源未来：化石燃料地区的混合能源倡议和公正过渡

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103830

Megan Egler , Lindsay Barbieri

Energy transition, as both a material process and a process of reimagining energy futures, offers fertile grounds for broad societal transformation. However, the current state of power and politics in the historical fossil fuel regions of North America presents unique challenges. This paper explores initiatives that leverage former fossil fuels sites, infrastructure, and labor for renewable energy projects, and examines their position in prefiguring alternative energy futures in fossil fuel regions. These initiatives, which we introduce as hybrid energy initiatives (HEIs), can alleviate material, political, and cultural barriers to energy transitions by accounting for present contexts in regions of historical fossil fuel extraction, developing partnerships between renewable energy advocates and traditional fossil fuel stakeholders, and building legitimacy through discourses of equity and justice. However, discourses and technologies do not guarantee the operationalization of the just transition narratives HEIs often draw upon. We illustrate this in two case studies of initiatives, one in Appalachia, USA, and the other in Alberta, Canada, that position themselves as innovative endeavors in the utilization of former fossil fuel sites and infrastructures for new solar energy projects. Contributing to just transition scholarship we demonstrate an approach for considering the prefiguring potential of energy innovations and how elements of energy justice can be rendered acceptable within a political climate unfavorable to climate and just transition policies.

能源转型既是一个物质过程，也是一个重新构想能源未来的过程，它为广泛的社会变革提供了肥沃的土壤。然而，北美历史化石燃料地区的权力和政治现状带来了独特的挑战。本文探讨了利用前化石燃料场地、基础设施和劳动力开展可再生能源项目的倡议，并研究了它们在化石燃料地区预设替代能源未来中的地位。我们将这些倡议称为混合能源倡议（HEIs），通过考虑历史上化石燃料开采地区的现状，发展可再生能源倡导者与传统化石燃料利益相关者之间的合作关系，以及通过公平和正义的论述建立合法性，这些倡议可以缓解能源转型的物质、政治和文化障碍。然而，论述和技术并不能保证高等院校经常借鉴的公正转型论述的可操作性。我们通过两个案例研究说明了这一点，一个在美国阿巴拉契亚，另一个在加拿大艾伯塔省，这两个地方都将自己定位为利用前化石燃料场地和基础设施开展新太阳能项目的创新努力。我们展示了一种考虑能源创新预示潜力的方法，以及如何在不利于气候和公正转型政策的政治环境中使能源公正的要素得到接受，从而为公正转型学术研究做出贡献。

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