Elite energy transitions: Leaders and experts promoting renewable energy futures in Norway

Rauter, Anna Raphaela Kyra Katharina

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2022.102509

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“…They fear that renewables might reduce the domestic demand for fossil fuels, thus negatively impacting the revenues of state‐owned electricity companies, which are owned mainly by regime actors. These conclusions are consistent with empirical results from other studies that examined regime resistance to renewable energy transition (e.g., the case of Nigeria—Osunmuyiwa et al, 2018; the case of Norway—Rauter, 2022; and the case of Taiwan—Huang & Chen, 2020).…”

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“…For instance, the close ties between hydropower and energy-intensive industries have allowed room for an expansive programme for hydropower construction. Further, a dualism dilemma where both energy transition and hydrocarbon resource protection-through continued subsidisation, exploration and production of oil-is observed in Norway (Rauter, 2022). While regime resistance there is less pronounced than in developing economies, the dualism dilemma may ultimately slow down energy transitions rather than encourage them.…”

Section: Landscape-external Factors Influencing Oman's Renewable Ener...mentioning

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Political economy of renewable energy transition in rentier states: The case of Oman

Al‐Sarihi

Cherni

2022

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Despite the abundance of renewable resources, renewable energy accounts for less than 1% of the total installed power capacity in oil‐producing Gulf Arab states. While the political–economic structures of oil‐producing Gulf Arab states are thought to have played a role in determining these states' remarkably low uptake of renewable energy, these structures remain understudied. With a focus on Oman, we assess how political–economic structures have influenced its adoption of renewable energy. We implement an analytical framework that integrates insights from energy transition studies and the political–economic theory of rentier states. Drawing on secondary data and primary information from semi‐structured interviews with renewable energy developers and energy experts, this study reveals that renewable energy roll‐out in Oman has been delayed through three different strategies, namely the use media and public debate, a reduction of the power of renewable energy stakeholders, and the use of institutional mechanisms to strengthen hydrocarbon‐based technologies. Oman's renewable energy transition efforts aim to protect rents from oil exports rather than advance low‐carbon energy transition.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Landscape-external Factors Influencing Oman's Renewable Ener...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Political economy of renewable energy transition in rentier states: The case of Oman

Al‐Sarihi

Cherni

2022

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“…Progress towards SD is more likely to occur through processes of co-production where different actors work together to identify specific challenges and develop solutions [ 16 , 17 ]. We focus here on energy practitioners because they are an understudied actor, their individual and collective decisions help to shape energy transitions, and they influence the speed and substance of societal shifts [ 18 ]. We identified a case study in Canada (i.e., the Energy Futures Lab) that brings together energy practitioners to work on the energy transition.…”

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confidence: 99%