Rethinking collaborative action and citizen empowerment: Characterising a Whole-of-Society approach to the energy transition

Määttä, Senni

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2021.102277

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“…(ii) Two-way communication thematic meetings, discussing with local citizens and interest groups (e.g., homeowners associations, local administrators, and representatives of elementary and middle schools) their level of awareness and interest in energy saving and possible problems and solutions connected to hypothetically establishing local ECs in their city (inspired by communicative planning approaches [27]). (iii) A final workshop, stimulating further practical discussion on where and how to establish local ECs using posters, maps, and collaborative boards where citizens could directly interact (inspired by collaborative [45] and co-design approaches [20,46]).…”

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Drivers, Motivations, and Barriers in the Creation of Energy Communities: Insights from the City of Segrate, Italy

et al. 2023

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Energy communities (ECs) are considered significant instruments in the energy transition toward a low-carbon world. Important elements for the creation of ECs are the individual drivers, motivations, and barriers that could stimulate their creation. In this article, we focus on developing an understanding of which aspects favor or slow down the establishment of ECs in the community of Segrate (Italy). From a methodological point of view, the authors present a study based on (i) a preliminary desk analysis, consisting of an extensive and multidisciplinary literature review; (ii) an empirical investigation into the case study of Segrate (a municipality in the Lombardy region, Italy), including energy-related data and geospatial information (i.e., from the census and geographic information system); and (iii) data analysis and the collection of original materials incorporating quantitative and qualitative information (based on online surveys and on-the-spot participatory events) relating to the context. As emerges from the survey, in Segrate (considered a typical European middle-sized city), it is difficult to identify the best physical dimension for ECs: the scale of Segrate’s neighborhoods do not correspond to the EC dimension usually referred to in the literature. In Segrate, the neighborhoods encompass between 4000 and 8000 inhabitants, while existing ECs (with heating systems) cover between 20 and 1200 apartments. Multi-vector ECs are forecastable with 10–20 apartments.

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Drivers, Motivations, and Barriers in the Creation of Energy Communities: Insights from the City of Segrate, Italy

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“…In the case of OSW (and EERA DeepWind conference 2023 Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2626 (2023) 012070 onshore wind), the processes of decision can still be problematic even if oriented by popular and wellintentioned approaches consisting mostly of multistakeholder involvement of individuals, organisations, and businesses. The contribution to policy and the delivery of shared goals is greatly affected by the vagueness and lack of practical implementation tools [31]. As Herrera (2020) and Leer et al (2020) point out, several challenges in individuals having an active voice in the siting of OSW developments, their characteristics, ownership structure and the possibility of compensating communities disproportionately impacted by the projects [32,33].…”

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Whispers in the Wind: Ethical dimensions of social conflict in offshore wind

Vasconcellos Oliveira

2023

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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The current European energy crisis in combination with the international climate agreements dictate the need for strong investment in green energy. Among others, offshore wind is widely considered an efficient low-impact low-carbon technology. Despite the positive institutional landscape for the adoption of this form of energy generation, European nations witness societal resistance to its deployment. This paper explores the critical ethical dimensions of offshore wind fuelling relevant societal controversies surrounding its deployment and governance. I argue that at the core of most societal disputes lay normative issues shaping and contributing to the polarisation of the discourses and affecting the viability of initiatives. The method applied to characterise the social controversies is ethical analysis. Using the conceptualisation of the three tenets of energy justice-distributive, procedural, and recognition - I uncover the prevailing justice dimensions present in thematic literature and specific European offshore wind initiatives (Taggen park and Utsira Nord). I also use ethical analysis to characterise further normative implications of offshore wind. At the end, I offer normative insights on how project developers and policymakers can lower the barriers to offshore wind energy implementation and improve governance mechanisms.

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“…With the environmental and social consequences of fossil fuels ever-more apparent on a global scale, scientific and political communities have called for a wholesale societal transition to Net Zero that encompasses the decarbonisation of energy (Määttä, 2021;Stephenson et al, 2021). Such calls demand a profound reorientation of Geology, which -as an academic discipline, as a component of the state's vertical governance of territory, and as a professional vocation -has been extensively critiqued for its role in the emergence and unfolding of extractive, fossil-fuelled economies (Braun, 2000;Hearth, 2021;Lucier, 2008;Partick, 2018;Stafford, 2002;Tolman 2016;Walker and Johnson 2018).…”

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At the Sharp End of Fractured Granites: A Critical Geology for Critical Times

Dixon,

Neill,

Lathrop

et al. 2024

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The geosciences have been positioned as integral to a ‘whole society’ transition that includes the decarbonisation of energy systems. Geothermal energy - which relies on a knowledge of the dynamism of rocks in the subsurface including the movement of fluids through fractures, physio-chemical interactions, and thermal gradients – has been offered as a potential route forward. Its realisation hinges on the work of field geology (alongside other disciplinary expertises) as well as political and economic buy in. As the geosciences reorientate around new objects of analysis, and find new lines of impact and engagement, there remains the question, however, of how the practice of field geology, integral to assessing the potential of geothermal energy development, might find new direction. That is, how might we move away from a reductive figure of the field geologist as a data collection and analysis expert whose behind the scenes exertions allow for revelatory insights into otherwise hidden depths? Can we acknowledge instead a differentially embodied and augmented expert whose knowledge is co-produced amidst a series of fleshy-technological-elemental entanglements? Drawing on our investigation of fractured granite in Helmsdale, Northern Highlands of Scotland, we provide a situated account of field geology that responds to this question. We outline the role anticipated by geothermal energy in a just and green transition before reviewing the shifting character of a ‘gnostic touch’ in past and current field practice. This provides a context for our own work – inspired by conceptual debates in critical physical geography, political geology and a geohumanities – that unpacks the ‘replicability’ and ‘shareability’ of field geology work. We conclude with a ‘manifesto’ for a critical Geology that, while noting field geological expertise as a necessity for an energy transition, emphasises how university-based expertise might be made more inclusive, and how the knowledges derived might be situated amidst community-facing discussions as to desired futures.

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Rethinking collaborative action and citizen empowerment: Characterising a Whole-of-Society approach to the energy transition

Cited by 11 publications

References 77 publications

Drivers, Motivations, and Barriers in the Creation of Energy Communities: Insights from the City of Segrate, Italy

Drivers, Motivations, and Barriers in the Creation of Energy Communities: Insights from the City of Segrate, Italy

Whispers in the Wind: Ethical dimensions of social conflict in offshore wind

At the Sharp End of Fractured Granites: A Critical Geology for Critical Times

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