Do renewable energy communities deliver energy justice? Exploring insights from 71 European cases

Hanke, Florian; Guyet, Rachel; Feenstra, Mariëlle

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2021.102244

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“…One potential model is the community energy approach, where community groups proactively plan and implement local renewable energy development. Community energy hosting has been associated with numerous benefits (Brummer, 2018), including achieving energy justice objectives such as reducing energy poverty (Hanke et al, 2021). Conversely, insofar as project development is a boon to host communities, our results…”

Section: Multivariate Model Resultsmentioning

confidence: 60%

Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States

O’Shaughnessy

Wiser

Hoen

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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The rapid expansion of solar and wind energy projects is raising questions of energy justice. Some scholars argue that solar and wind project development could burden under-resourced communities with negative impacts such as environmental harm and reduced access to resources. Conversely, other scholars argue that project development could be a boon to under-resourced communities, providing local economic and cultural benefits. Here, we analyze the drivers of solar and wind project siting patterns in the United States and explore their potential energy justice implications. We find that siting patterns are driven primarily by technoeconomic factors, especially resource quality and access to open undeveloped spaces. These technoeconomic factors channel projects into sparsely populated rural areas and, to a lesser extent, areas with lower income levels. We avoid simplifying assumptions about the broad justice implications of these siting patterns and explore our results from multiple perspectives.

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Section: Multivariate Model Resultsmentioning

confidence: 60%

Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States

O’Shaughnessy

Wiser

Hoen

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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“…According to some, RECs are a promising way to bring about a just energy transition (McCabe et al, 2018). Many energy communities also take various initiatives to make sustainable energy more accessible to underrepresented groups (Hanke, Guyet, & Feenstra, 2021). One could say that RECs redistribute power over the energy market to citizens.…”

Section: Energy Justice and Rec'smentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Heroes and Sleeping Members: Interdependency of the Tenets of Energy Justice

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Energy justice literature generally treats its three tenets, distributional justice, procedural justice and recognition justice, as separate and independent issues. These are seen as separate dimensions by which criteria can be formulated for a just state of affairs. And a just state of affairs regarding energy should fulfill all criteria. However, we show, using empirical research on six European energy communities that the tenets of energy justice are interdependent and negotiated in practice. We show this interdependency using three core concerns of justice—risk, effort and power—which we identified through our empirical work. Our findings reveal that community members are often willing to take risks and put in effort, if they are compensated with more power within the community. Similarly, members are willing to compromise power if no effort or risk-taking is required from them. This demonstrates the interdependency of the tenets “procedural justice” and “distributional justice” within energy communities. We reflect on the need for energy justice theory and policymakers to recognize the significance of this interdependency.

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“…The community has no impact on the non-members, if the tariff ρ m and ψ satisfy equation (18) for β. Adding these constraints, the results of proposition 1 can be extended to:…”

Section: Non Coasian Grid Tariffsmentioning

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The Energy Community and the Grid

Gautier

Jacqmin

Poudou³

2023

SSRN Journal

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Do renewable energy communities deliver energy justice? Exploring insights from 71 European cases

Cited by 134 publications

References 61 publications

Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States

Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States

Community Heroes and Sleeping Members: Interdependency of the Tenets of Energy Justice

The Energy Community and the Grid

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