Energy decisions reframed as justice and ethical concerns

Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Heffron, Raphael J.; McCauley, Darren; Goldthau, Andreas

doi:10.1038/nenergy.2016.24

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“…While not conclusive, subsidies can be an important mechanism for aiding community and household biodigester roll out. In this way, we remind literature on energy justice that subsidies are not always a negative tool as claimed by some scholars [3]. Within this context, we find that companies can play a significant role in this enabling framework through knowledge transfer, aided by neighbourhood inspiration after positive experiences are shared.…”

Section: The Challenges Of User Agency In Unconventional Energy Systemssupporting

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“…2 Participants involved in community biogas projects will be referred to as community participants, and participants living with a domestic (household) biogas digester will be referred to as domestic participants. 3 Renewable World is an international NGO working on rural electrification projects in Nepal, amongst other places, and is particularly involved in community-scale energy projects, including community biogas development. 4 BSP-Nepal has the status of an NGO and is the implementing body for the Biogas Support Program, a programme coordinated in partnership with the government's Alternative Energy Promotion Center (the project sponsor).…”

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“…This lack of appropriate energy sources is disproportionately concentrated in poor, rural areas in developing countries [1,2], causing concerns of energy equity, both internationally and nationally, and making energy access a primary concern for policy makers and development agencies [3]. This has motivated significant interest in small-scale renewable energy solutions as alternatives to 'conventional energy systems' around the world.…”

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Assessing the energy justice implications of bioenergy development in Nepal

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Background: The emerging concept of energy justice has focused on the justice implications of conventional energy systems (oil, gas, coal, etc.). Instead, we focus on the meaning of energy justice in the context of unconventional energy systems, by investigating small-scale bioenergy development in Nepal. We approach energy justice as a conceptual framework that focuses on social justice implications of energy systems, with an emphasis on burden/benefit distributions and procedural or post-distributive justice, and consider its applicability beyond conventional energy systems.

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“…One line of inquiry was never mentioned in our population of articles-that of 'social justice' or 'energy justice.' These terms describe various normative attempts to connect conceptions of distributive justice, procedural justice (due process), cosmopolitan justice, and justice as recognition to energy and climate issues such as transport planning or the equity or equality impacts of new technologies [109]. A social justice frame to energy and transport therefore involves burdens, or how the hazards of the energy system are disseminated throughout society; benefits, or how access to energy or mobility services is distributed throughout society; procedures for ensuring that energy decision-making respects due process and representation; and recognition, that the marginalized or vulnerable have special consideration [110].…”

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The neglected social dimensions to a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) transition: a critical and systematic review

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Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) refers to efforts to bi-directionally link the electric power system and the transportation system in ways that can improve the sustainability and security of both. A transition to V2G could enable vehicles to simultaneously improve the efficiency (and profitability) of electricity grids, reduce greenhouse gas emissions for transport, accommodate low-carbon sources of energy, and reap cost savings for owners, drivers, and other users. To understand the recent state of this field of research, here we conduct a systematic review of 197 peer-reviewed articles published on V2G from 2015 to early 2017. We find that the majority of V2G studies in that time period focus on technical aspects of V2G, notably renewable energy storage, batteries, or load balancing to minimize electricity costs, in some cases including environmental goals as constraints. A much lower proportion of studies focus on the importance of assessing environmental and climate attributes of a V2G transition, or on the role of consumer acceptance and knowledge of V2G systems. Further, there is need for exploratory work on natural resource use and externalities, discourses and narratives as well as social justice, gender, and urban resilience considerations. These research gaps need to be addressed if V2G is to achieve the societal transition its advocates seek.

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“…Walker and Day's (2012) pioneering contribution claims that, at its core, energy poverty is 'fundamentally a complex problem of distributive injustice' (p. 69); and suggests that this is underpinned by further injustices in recognition and policymaking procedures. Further studies have built upon this work to unpack the philosophical and moral foundations for considering energy poverty to be a form of injustice (Christman & Russell, 2016;Sovacool, Heffron, McCauley, & Goldthau, 2016).…”

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2018

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Energy decisions reframed as justice and ethical concerns

Cited by 451 publications

References 45 publications

Assessing the energy justice implications of bioenergy development in Nepal

Assessing the energy justice implications of bioenergy development in Nepal

The neglected social dimensions to a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) transition: a critical and systematic review

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