Conflicted transitions: Exploring the actors, tactics, and outcomes of social opposition against energy infrastructure

Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Hess, David J.; Cantoni, Roberto; Lee, Dong Hoon; Brisbois, Marie Claire; Walnum, Hans Jakob; Dale, Ragnhild Freng; Rygg, Bente Johnsen; Korsnes, Marius; Goswami, Anandajit; Kedia, Shailly; Goel, Shubhi

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102473

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“…The role of media in the performance of urban leadership and authority on energy infrastructure has been largely overlooked. Although many contributions have shown the importance of the media in portraying (and co-producing) public acceptance or non-acceptance of energy projects generally (Sovacool et al, 2022), they typically do not discuss how media coverage affects how disputes evolve. You et al (2022) found that degree of urbanization positively correlates with media attention and dispute intensity.…”

Section: Performing Authority In the Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

The urban politicization of fossil fuel infrastructure: Mediatization and resistance in energy landscapes

Neste¹,

Couture-Guillet

2022

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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From 2013 to 2016, two pipeline projects were vigorously contested in the Tiohtià:ke: Montreal area in Quebec, Canada. These disputes are analyzed as instances of the urban politicization of fossil fuel infrastructure. This politicization involves power struggles for authority in energy landscapes, particularly in relation to the material entanglement of energy in the city-region, that is, which parts of the infrastructure and landscapes come to matter. Drawing on work from political ecologists and scholars pressing for a rematerializing of urban studies, we supplement their insights with a conceptualization of struggles for urban authority in the governance of energy, in two parallel processes: one of performing centralized urban authority (notably with the media) and a second messier politics of multiplicities operating in spaces of urban governance and resistance. Struggles for urban authority are co-constructed with the socio-material realities of infrastructure and involve actors who are engaged in everyday practices of regulating, maintaining and protecting landscapes. Yet, in the mediatization of urban energy landscapes, certain voices, notably of Indigenous communities, remain on the margins, resulting in few challenges to settler colonialism and climate-changing extractivism.

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Section: Performing Authority In the Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

The urban politicization of fossil fuel infrastructure: Mediatization and resistance in energy landscapes

Neste¹,

Couture-Guillet

2022

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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“…In addition, there is high resistance to hydropower projects from the community because hydropower development process is considered a threat to livelihoods, ecosystem, and biodiversity as it brings about human displacement and natural resources degradation [ 108 ]. To solve the problem, the government of Uganda needs to establish a clear and well-defined resettlement plan for natives that are to be displaced by the establishment of hydropower generation plants.…”

Section: Hydropower Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Critical Review on the Development and Utilization of Energy Systems in Uganda

Bongomin

Nziu

2022

The Scientific World Journal

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We live in a world that is completely dependent on energy; thus, humankind can no longer live without power. With electricity being the main form of energy today, this has increased the complexity of our life today. In Uganda, electricity generation is mainly through hydropower, which puts the country in the bottleneck of overdependence on one source of energy. There are many energy systems out there that the country can use to diversify its electricity generation. Therefore, the need to understand the level of development and utilization of various energy systems has been the underlying question for this present study. A comprehensive literature survey was conducted using electronic databases, including ScienceDirect, Wiley, Sage, Scopus, Taylor & Francis, and Google Scholar. The publications in the form of reports, conference papers, working papers, discussion papers, journal articles, book sections, and textbooks were considered in this study. In total, 11 energy systems, including human and animal energy, solid biomass (firewood), hydropower, wind, geothermal, solar, nuclear, peat, coal, petroleum, and nonsolid biomass (methanol, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, and biogas), are described. The current and future development and utilization of these energy systems have been described. The challenges for developing and utilizing these systems were elaborated on, and the solutions for their challenges were presented. Hydropower from the Nile River, being the main river for large hydropower plant construction, is the dominant energy system in Uganda. Nuclear energy will be the salvation for the country’s electric energy supply in the near future. Therefore, Uganda needs to bet big on nuclear energy.

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“…At the same time, some local communities are pushing back on the changes in land use and the development required to transition to clean energy (Sovacool et al 2022). Further, the energy transition is complex and will require technical, policy, and other expertise.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Energy Planning: Best Practices and Lessons Learned in NREL's Work with Communities

Ross

Day

2022

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The clean energy transition is accelerating due to local, state, and national actions combined with external market forces. Regardless of where goals are set and decisions are made, clean energy deployment occurs on the ground in communities. As a result, communities increasingly need technical expertise and assistance with planning for and managing the energy transition. Building on decades of work with state, local, and tribal jurisdictions, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) increasingly provides community-driven modeling, analysis, and technical assistance to enable more data-driven and equitable community energy planning. To inform and enhance NREL's capabilities in community energy planning and provide a resource for others working in this space, the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA) Sustainable Communities Catalyzer supported this bestpractices document based on interviews with seasoned NREL practitioners and a literature review on equitable community energy planning. Findings include five best practices for community energy planning that NREL practitioners and others can apply to strengthen their impact:1. Do your homework in preparation for community interactions.2. Be humble, authentic, and honest in your interactions with community members.3. Respect community agency in every step of the process. 4. Meet the community where they are. 5. Democratize participation.

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Conflicted transitions: Exploring the actors, tactics, and outcomes of social opposition against energy infrastructure

Cited by 99 publications

References 66 publications

The urban politicization of fossil fuel infrastructure: Mediatization and resistance in energy landscapes

The urban politicization of fossil fuel infrastructure: Mediatization and resistance in energy landscapes

A Critical Review on the Development and Utilization of Energy Systems in Uganda

Community Energy Planning: Best Practices and Lessons Learned in NREL's Work with Communities

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