Renewable energy expansion or the preservation of national energy sovereignty? Norwegian renewable energy policy meets resource nationalism

Hansen, Susanne Therese; Moe, Espen

doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102760

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“…In this context, energy nationalism stands in opposition to globalisation energy practices and also blocks projects aimed at decentralising and democratising the energy sector and making the energy transition more civic. For this reason, decentralised renewable energy sources may be treated by nationalists as a threat to national sovereignty (Hansen and Moe, 2022).…”

Section: The Nation State and Its Efforts To Control Resourcesmentioning

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Conceptualising energy nationalism in the context of climate change: framework and review

Żuk,

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Żuk

2024

Front. Energy Res.

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This article argues that the more energy policies are circumscribed within the borders of individual nation states, the more difficult it will be to implement the climate action on a global scale. The authors shed light on the relationship between nationalism and the simultaneous challenges of environmental protection, energy transition and climate change mitigation. Based on the review of various publications referring to nationalism in the context of energy policy and energy transition, the authors conceptualise this notion. Energy nationalism is defined here as any political decision, economic action and ideological justifications used to circumscribe energy policy within the nation state and subordinate it to “national interests,” “national security” and the “protection of national sovereignty.” Energy nationalism should be distinguished from both economic nationalism and resource nationalism, yet they are part of a continuum, in which economic considerations are upheld in the pursuit of strict national “interests” and, therefore, of the ruling elites in each nation state. The article explores the differences and mutual interconnections between the three. It finally explains why the notion of energy nationalism may better render the ongoing conflict between resource-focused elites and the international community–particularly in the context of the current climate emergency.

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Section: The Nation State and Its Efforts To Control Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptualising energy nationalism in the context of climate change: framework and review

Żuk,

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Żuk

2024

Front. Energy Res.

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“…Without getting drawn into the resource curse dialectic of broader economic consequences of energy exports and instead staying focused on issues of the energy system and export revenues, quite a number of papers reviewed address specific country or regional examples of the interaction between domestic energy security and energy resource exports for net energy exporters [19][20][21][22][23]. As observed by Novikau [20] "Conceptualization and operationalization of energy security for energy-exporting countries are relatively complex because these countries always both produce and consume energy resources."…”

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Framework for Assessment of the Economic Vulnerability of Energy-Resource-Exporting Countries

Curtis

McLellan

2023

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Energy security is widely examined from the perspective of energy import vulnerability, but it is less common to evaluate the vulnerability of energy exporters. This paper presents an assessment framework and quantitative scorecard for evaluating the economic vulnerability of countries with significant energy exports. The background research of various related conceptual frameworks distils useful insights from energy security, corporate risks, and general economic vulnerability. Carbon exposure, largely missing from related work, is introduced to the study in new factors to evaluate exporter vulnerability to increasing global action on climate change. A holistic view is taken of all energy resource exports as a novel approach, rather than focusing on individual fuels. The developed scorecard is used to provide case studies of five major global energy exporters with comparative analysis between countries and over time.

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