Low carbon system innovation through an energy justice lens: Exploring domestic heat pump adoption with direct load control in the United Kingdom

Calver, Philippa; Mander, Sarah; Ghanem, Dana Abi

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2021.102299

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“…Chadwick et al [61], in their article dealing with household adoption and rejection, also highlighted mainstream energy consumers' lack of understanding in their critical review of the literature on household energy traditions. Furthermore, Calver et al [62] interviewed households in Manchester, United Kingdom, and studied energy justice, while Milchram et al [63] looked into energy justice.…”

Section: The Domination Of Early Adopters and Professionalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The development of social science research on smart grids: a semi-structured literature review

Kojonsaari

Palm

2023

Energ Sustain Soc

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Background Smart technologies, such as smart grids, are emerging as indispensable aspects of an energy transformation and come with hopes of more sustainable resource use. A substantial amount of research has examined the technical, economic, and environmental implications of these technologies, but less attention has been paid to their social aspects. For the smart grid projects to be realised, studies that include the actors who are supposed to implement the visions are needed. Results A semi-structured literature review was conducted to investigate the state of social science literature on smart grids and identify the main research avenues and research gaps by addressing a broad research question: “What kind of knowledge is produced in social science studies on smart grids?” We retrieved peer-reviewed articles from the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases up until 2022 and mapped them in terms of features such as topic, design, method, and theory. Conclusions We found that knowledge development in social science studies on smart grids followed a pattern where most research focused on visions; professionals and users; and smart technologies in homes with a geographical focus on Europe or the USA. We identified six research gaps related to an overly vague definition of the smart grid and the need to include more diverse actors and geographical places to advance our understanding of the smart grid. There is also a lack of studies relating to energy democracy, the resistance of smart grids and the centralised–decentralised nexus of the smart grid. These less studied areas can bring in new knowledge that enhances a deployment of a smart grids supporting not only technological development, but also society and users.

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Section: The Domination Of Early Adopters and Professionalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The development of social science research on smart grids: a semi-structured literature review

Kojonsaari

Palm

2023

Energ Sustain Soc

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“…In a project that aimed at developing solutions for users that allowed for a better integration into the European smart grid, Skjølsvold and Lindkvist (2015) uncovered that in practice, the user involvement was kept to a minimal compared to the initial plan. Other studies from the UK regarding heat pumps have shown that complicated instructions and/or unclear communication with providers of the technology can result in the technology not being used as intended, resulting in sub-optimal results for the consumer (Calver et al, 2022;Calver & Simcock, 2021).…”

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“…The problems of the normative dimensions of energy transitions are tackled by the growing literature on energy justice (Calver et al, 2022;Jenkins et al, 2017) whereas the problems of participation in decisionmaking are taken up under the banner of energy democracy (Stephens, 2019;Szulecki, 2018;Szulecki & Overland, 2020) and energy citizenship (Ryghaug et al, 2018;Wahlund & Palm, 2022). It has by now become something of a universally accepted orthodoxy that decarbonization can only succeed if it is achieved through a "just transition", a notion which is variously de ned but most often implies an emphasis on social inclusion and distributive justice.…”

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Ageism, welfare, and the energy transition: a comparative analysis of the energy practices of the elderly in Poland and Norway

Szulecki

Neerland

Tomter

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Background One of the potential dimensions on which exclusion and injustice may occur in energy transitions is age. That age-based pattern of exclusion – ageism – has recently been conceptualized in the context of decarbonization as energy ageism. This paper offers a comparative empirical analysis of the impact of energy poverty as well as the senior citizens’ outlook towards an imminent energy transition in two European states: Norway and Poland. Results Drawing on interviews and focus groups with Polish and Norwegian seniors, we present the differences and similarities between the two countries, and the determinants of energy ageism, as well as the concept’s overall applicability and empirical usefulness. We find that socioeconomic conditions outweigh ageism, that is, the resilience of senior citizens in dealing with energy poverty during a transition is conditioned by their material standing and welfare state robustness rather than age-based. An important factor is household heating technology, which combined with economic vulnerability can push some individuals into energy poverty while others using alternative sources of heat can navigate through energy crises unscathed. Conclusions We note the importance of mainstreaming social inclusion considerations in energy policy and of targeted digital competence building which can enhance senior citizen integration in the energy transition. Lower levels of digital competences among senior citizens certainly play a role and need to be addressed with education programs to increase senior citizens participation. In both countries, household heating is a major issue and heating sources are strong predictors of energy poverty and regulatory measures and subsidies should be designed at national, regional, and municipal level to assist vulnerable groups in this area.

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“…The UK Hydrogen strategy has also set ambitions to generate 5 GW of low carbon hydrogen by 2030 (HM Government, 2021). Although, uncertainties remain in the magnitude and extent of the UK hydrogen economy (Calver et al, 2022). Hydrogen production is projected to play a substantial part in the pursuit of net-zero and plays a larger role in the UK's ten-point plan (HM Government, 2020b).…”

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Putting Bioenergy With Carbon Capture and Storage in a Spatial Context: What Should Go Where?

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This paper explores the implications of siting a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) facility to carbon emission performances for three case-study supply chains using the Carbon Navigation System (CNS) model. The three case-study supply chains are a wheat straw derived BECCS-power, a municipal solid waste derived BECCS-waste-to-energy and a sawmill residue derived BECCS-hydrogen. A BECCS facility needs to be carefully sited, taking into consideration its local low carbon infrastructure, available biomass and geography for successful deployment and achieving a favorable net-negative carbon balance. On average, across the three supply chains a 10 km shift in the siting of the BECCS facility results in an 8.6–13.1% increase in spatially explicit supply chain emissions. BECCS facilities producing low purity CO2 at high yields have lower spatial emissions when located within the industrial clusters, while those producing high purity CO2 at low yields perform better outside the clusters. A map is also generated identifying which of the three modeled supply chains delivers the lowest spatially explicit supply chain emission options for any given area of the UK at a 1 MtCO2/yr capture scale.

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Low carbon system innovation through an energy justice lens: Exploring domestic heat pump adoption with direct load control in the United Kingdom

Cited by 20 publications

References 82 publications

The development of social science research on smart grids: a semi-structured literature review

The development of social science research on smart grids: a semi-structured literature review

Ageism, welfare, and the energy transition: a comparative analysis of the energy practices of the elderly in Poland and Norway

Putting Bioenergy With Carbon Capture and Storage in a Spatial Context: What Should Go Where?

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