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To manage or abolish energy poverty? A governmentality analysis

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103880

Lee Towers

This article examines energy poverty in England with a focus on community energy actors providing energy advice in food banks and an immigration advice centre in the South East. It employs a governmentality perspective using a four-part analytical framework examining visibilities, techniques and technologies of government, political rationalities and subjectivities. The specific methods employed were participant observation and semi-structured interviews. I found a distinct difference in how government and funders see and act on this problem, to how community energy and associated actors see and act on this problem. The former see energy poverty as an issue of individual households' energy inefficiency and policy is focused on this, although without really addressing the problem. The latter see energy poverty as connected to the broader issue of multidimensional poverty, or many aspects of the current political economy impoverishing people. These differing ways of constructing the problem/solution lead to very different broader questions. On the one hand, the governance perspective asks how to manage energy poverty, which assumes this problem will and should continue. On the other hand, community energy and associated actors question the purpose of our energy system and by implication the wider political system. It is in the latter's questions that we will find a just transformation this country and the wider world needs.

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Evaluating the role of the oil and gas industry in energy transition in oil-producing countries: A systematic literature review

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103905

Daniel Filipe Dongo, Susana Relvas

Due to its many advantages, the energy transition is seen as an alternative to the growing demand for net zero emissions worldwide. This process requires major adjustments in energy supply and consumption, making it necessary to balance access to secure, affordable, inclusive, and environmentally responsible energy while respecting global climate objectives and contextualising them in each country's socio-economic and environmental circumstances. Unlike developed countries, underdeveloped nations will continue to depend on oil revenues to develop their economies. Research on approaching energy transition in these countries is still scarce. This study aims to explore the role of the oil and gas industry in the energy transition in oil-producing countries from a geographical point of view, strategic perspectives, public policies and possible national and industrial oil and gas strategies that could be adopted. A systematic literature review structured in two phases is used: i) a comprehensive and conceptual framework on energy transition and ii) an analysis of the oil and gas industry articles based on the framework proposed. The first phase proposes a framework for classifying the dimensions of the energy transition to be considered, which is used in the second phase to analyse articles related to oil and gas. The first phase's conceptual framework proposes six dimensions: social, economic, environmental, technological, political and institutional/governance. The results of the second phase showed that the technological dimension is the most studied among the six dimensions. A total of 12 papers focus on nationwide energy transition strategies.

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New development paths through green hydrogen?: An ex-ante assessment of structure and agency in Chile and Namibia

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103904

Sören Scholvin , Linus Kalvelage

Many developing countries seek to participate in the emerging global green hydrogen industry, not only as exporters of green hydrogen and its derivatives to Europe and the Far East, but also to use it for their own energy security and green transition. They hope that new development paths will lead to late-comer industrialisation. This article assesses corresponding prospects in Chile and Namibia, two countries that pursue particularly ambitious plans on green hydrogen. To better understand the chances for path creation ex ante, the authors draft an innovative framework that refers to context factors – that is, structure – and three types of transformative agency. Against the backdrop of information from secondary sources and a series of expert interviews, they uncover sound institutional reforms and initiatives of place-based leadership to promote the green hydrogen industry. However, Chile and Namibia lack Schumpeterian entrepreneurship. It therefore remains to be seen whether new development paths will be inclusive, contributing to in-country development. Typical downsides of extractive industries in resource peripheries might occur.

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Decarbonizing residential buildings in the United States: A comparative analysis of households and construction professionals

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103908

Núria Casquero-Modrego , Chrissi Antonopoulos , Tracy L. Fuentes , Kieren H. McCord , Iain S. Walker

We present a comparative analysis of surveys distributed to home occupants and construction professionals in the U.S., focused on energy upgrades and electrification retrofits that support residential building decarbonization. The surveys were executed by separate research groups and combined for this study. The study examines the decision-making, sentiments, perceptions, experiences, and practices of both groups by analyzing data from three separate surveys. These surveys assess technologies, attitudes, awareness, motivations, barriers, and opportunities related to energy retrofits and electrification. The analysis highlights key differences in the perceptions and behaviors of households and construction professionals, revealing substantial barriers to achieving decarbonization goals. For example, households cite climate change and sustainability as key motivators for pursuing energy retrofits (89 %), while construction industry professionals view these themes as less important for their clients (44 %). This suggests an opportunity for the construction industry to align its messaging with the values that households prioritize, helping to advance residential decarbonization. Overall, the study identifies challenges faced by both groups, factors influencing the adoption of energy-efficient practices, and inconsistencies between occupant and construction industry professionals' views. These insights contribute to the development of targeted strategies and policies to accelerate the decarbonization of residential buildings in the U.S.

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“For all kinds of reasons, it hasn't happened”: A novel integrative perspective for analysing the barriers to biomass crops for bioenergy in the United Kingdom

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103936

Julie Ingram, Jane Mills, Honor Mackley-Ward

Upscaling perennial biomass crops (PBC) for bioenergy is a key element of decarbonisation plans in the UK. However uptake of PBC by farmers has been historically poor and the bioenergy industry nascent, reflecting international contexts. This has been problematised from a number of social, economic and policy perspectives and scales. Positioning this work in transition studies, we aim to examine barriers and enablers to upscaling Miscanthus and SRC willow feedstock for bioenergy and greenhouse gas removal in the UK. This study applies a conceptual framework that inserts farm level perspectives such as sociocultural motivations into an Innovation Systems (IS) functions approach. Qualitative data was collected in semi-structured interviews and participatory workshops with farmers (PBC growers and non-growers) and selected IS stakeholders (advisers, land agents, biomass industry intermediaries/supply chain, agriculture, environment, forestry, policy and NGO representatives). Analysis was structured around seven IS functions considered necessary for IS build-up, integrating macro and micro levels. This approach offers a deep integrated understanding of barriers and enablers to upscaling PBC. Results showed misalignment of the IS functions which are iteratively entangled with farm level actors' social processes and decisions, something which have hitherto been little understood or theorised in the bioenergy context. Identifying potential intervention points to improve system performance and understanding how farmers and other stakeholders negotiate demands for PBC are particularly relevant to policy makers' ambitions for large scale planting and GGR projections.

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Scaling solar photovoltaics into the grid: Challenges and opportunities in Germany

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103882

Roberto Gómez-Calvet , Ana Rosa Gómez-Calvet

To comply with the EU’s new energy and climate targets for 2030, European Member States were required to establish a 10-year strategy for the period from 2021 to 2030. This plan, known as the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), was submitted by the end of 2019 and outlines how each EU country intends to tackle energy efficiency, renewable development, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, interconnections, and research and innovation. Shifting towards renewable sources is at the core of this strategy. Among these factors, the grid integration of variable renewable sources presents a significant challenge. In the particular case of Germany, this paper demonstrates that solar photovoltaic power grid integration has been facilitated by biomass, fossil gas, pumped-hydro storage generation, and crucially, cross-border flows. Support from eleven neighboring countries is notably helping with the ramping response required by solar photovoltaics during the evening. This support involves relying on nearby countries to manage the challenges of integrating variable renewable sources into the grid.

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What to expect when you're expecting engagement: Delivering procedural justice in large-scale solar energy deployment

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103893

Karl W. Hoesch , Sarah B. Mills , Joseph Rand , Robi Nilson , Douglas L. Bessette , Jacob White , Ben Hoen

Community engagement in the planning process to build large-scale solar (LSS) projects can win local support and advance procedural justice. However, an understanding of community engagement in current LSS development is lacking. Using responses from a U.S. nationwide survey (n = 979) of residential neighbors living within 3 miles (4.8 km) of completed LSS projects (i.e. “solar neighbors”) and project details from the U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB), this study seeks to answer the following questions: How are solar neighbors' perceptions of community engagement associated with their attitudes toward their LSS projects? How do solar neighbors' perceptions of community engagement compare to their expectations? And, how do neighbors explain what they perceived about the planning process? We answer these questions using mixed methods, including regression modeling, a new gap analysis technique, and qualitative coding. We find that higher perceived engagement is associated with more positive attitudes toward the project, even when controlling for respondents who acted in opposition. Supporters and opponents alike expect more engagement than they perceived and information about projects both before construction and after operation is lacking. Awareness and engagement expectations increase at certain project size and proximity thresholds. However, most neighbors expect the public to offer input during engagement, but not make decisions. We contextualize these findings with explanatory comments from respondents.

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Project coin: Crypto environmental injustice in Pitt County, North Carolina

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103896

Samantha L. Mosier

In the U.S., the sudden emergence of cryptocurrency investment options and the operations responsible for mining cryptocurrencies appeared swiftly and suddenly during 2021.

For many local communities the effects of such operations have not gone without notice and leads to serious environmental injustice concerns. Companies that specialize in cryptocurrency mining and other forms of digital asset acquisition and management are capable destabilizing communities and generating negatively impacts already marginalized and less affluent communities This paper details the efforts of Project Coin in Pitt County, where local utility, economic development, and political leaders worked with Compute North to develop a local satellite data processing facility. The case demonstrates how efforts to recruit and attract the digital asset company were conducted behind closed doors with minimal consideration for how site location would have impacted impacts the immediate and broader community in the county. Distributive, recognitional, procedural environmental injustices are documented. Furthermore, the case highlights the extent to which this industry has created challenges in zoning decisions and appropriately assessing who truly benefits from the facilities.

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How stakeholders legitimate ‘acceptable’ national energy transitions through spatial imaginaries and imagined publics: A Swedish case study

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103854

Adam Peacock, Patrick Devine-Wright

Low carbon energy transitions reconfigure geographies of energy generation, distribution, and consumption, and are often subject to contestation. Social acceptance research has neglected relations between socio-political and market acceptance, and the role of socio-spatial beliefs in legitimating technology deployment. This research addressed these gaps in two ways. First, we devised a novel methodology integrating participatory GIS in semi-structured interviews with government, energy industry and non-governmental stakeholders. Second, we investigated how socio-spatial resources - spatial imaginaries and imagined publics - are drawn upon by stakeholders to legitimate ‘acceptable’ current and future pathways of low carbon energy technology deployment, using Sweden as a case study. Thematic analysis revealed consensus between government and industry stakeholders in ‘othering’ two established, relational place imaginaries - ‘Northern Sweden’ and ‘Southern Sweden’. Established place imaginaries were legitimated through historic, economic, demographic and environmental characteristics, and associated with specific imagined publics (‘Northern People’, ‘Indigenous Sami’ and ‘Southern People’) with varying levels of ‘acceptance’. An emergent place imaginary (‘Mid-Sweden’) focused on contestation over high voltage power lines. These socio-spatial resources were invoked to legitimate where future hydrogen deployment and offshore wind should be placed. Findings make four contributions. First, we extend understanding of the inter-relations between socio-political and market dimensions of social acceptance. Second, we develop a novel approach to social acceptance integrating the concepts of place imaginaries and imagined publics as socio-spatial resources. Third, we show how these socio-spatial resources can be captured using mapping methodologies. Finally, we map a future critical-spatial social acceptance research agenda.

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Exploring attitudes, beliefs, and motives related to energy efficiency for buildings in Ireland and Italy

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103913

Ferdinando Fornara , Sara Manca , Daniela Meleddu , Elisabetta Strazzera

Buildings represent one of the leading energy consumers in the world and one of the largest CO₂ and particulate matter emitters, thus their impact is significant on both the environment and the human health. Heat pumps systems powered by renewable energy have been identified as a valid tool to address such a situation, but the diffusion of these energy efficient systems is still insufficient.

This qualitative research explores beliefs, attitudes, and motives related to specific energy efficiency technologies, based on in-depth interviews with experts of the building sector and focus groups with users, where the latter were also engaged in the assessment of an innovative integrated solar/heat pump system. Results point out the relevance of information sources and personal advantages, in terms of money savings and well-being, in driving the decision, while regulatory frameworks were identified as important contextual factors. Policy actions are suggested to support the creation of local services for technical information and assistance, in addition to financial aid for less advantaged households, in order to foster widespread diffusion of these technologies.

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