Uneven development and the territoriality of renewable energy resources complicate prevailing theories of regional energy transitions. This article proposes a framework for the study of regional energy transitions informed by theories of variegated capitalism and geographical scholarship on the materiality and territoriality of energy. We make the case for this framework by demonstrating that the development of offshore wind energy in the Northeastern USA has been hindered by the (in)action of the US federal government, which can be explained in part by the economic importance of natural gas extraction in the underdeveloped, yet politically influential region of Northern Appalachia.

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多样化的资本主义、地域性和可再生能源转型：以美国东北部海上风电产业为例

可再生能源资源的不平衡发展和地域性使流行的区域能源转型理论复杂化。本文提出了一个研究区域能源转型的框架，该框架由多样化的资本主义理论和关于能源的物质性和地域性的地理学学术提供。我们通过证明美国东北部海上风能的发展受到美国联邦政府（不）行动的阻碍来证明这一框架，这可以部分解释为天然气开采在经济上的重要性阿巴拉契亚北部欠发达但具有政治影响力的地区。