This article offers the first comprehensive analysis of the emergent modes for greening electricity governance through agencification in the Global South by examining the drivers and role of renewable energy agencies (REAs) in various countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. Furthermore, the article illustrates the impact of this form of agencification on the deployment of renewables and the “democratization” of energy governance. We found that the diffusion of REAs is facilitated by the intermediation of international and transnational actors, whereas their role in national energy governance is constrained by the fossil fuels rentier political economy. As an institutional strategy for greening energy governance, agencification has the potential to foster the deployment of renewables: agencies can catalyze external funding overcoming regulatory and policy barriers. However, this strategy can reproduce top-down approaches to policymaking, hindering the “democratic” potentials of the energy transition.

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通过南半球的机构化实现绿色能源治理：驱动因素和影响

本文通过考察中东和北非地区各国可再生能源机构 (REA) 的驱动因素和作用，首次全面分析了全球南方通过机构化实现绿色电力治理的新兴模式。此外，文章还阐述了这种机构化形式对可再生能源部署和能源治理“民主化”的影响。我们发现，国际和跨国行为体的中介促进了 REA 的扩散，而它们在国家能源治理中的作用则受到化石燃料食利者政治经济的限制。作为绿色能源治理的制度战略，机构化有潜力促进可再生能源的部署：机构可以促进外部资金克服监管和政策障碍。然而，这一战略可能会重现自上而下的政策制定方法，阻碍能源转型的“民主”潜力。