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Stepping into the just transition journey: The energy transition in petrostates Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Qaraman Hasan, Raphael J. Heffron, Soran Mohtadi, Brian D. Blankenship, Indra Overland, Johannes Urpelainen
With the transition towards a low carbon economy underway, the notion of ensuring that it is a just transition – one that is fair and equitable – has captured significant attention in recent decades. Although petrostates are a central part of the fossil fuel-based global economy, they have been largely ignored in discussions of a just transition. This article explores what should characterize a just
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Growing up in discomfort: Exploring energy poverty and thermal comfort among students in Portugal Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Inês Valente, João Pedro Gouveia
Energy poverty is a growing multidimensional concern worldwide, with children and young people particularly vulnerable. This age group spends a significant amount of time in both their houses and school buildings. To date, there has been little research on the dual vulnerability to inadequate thermal comfort conditions in these two environments. In Portugal, the exposure to inadequate thermal comfort
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When the turbines stop: Unveiling the factors shaping end-of-life decisions of ageing wind infrastructure in Italy Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Carla De Laurentis, Rebecca Windemer
Wind farms reaching their end of technical, or consent life, are increasing. One of the biggest emerging environmental sustainability issues faced by countries globally is what to do with this ageing infrastructure. This is an urgent issue across Europe and a challenge for countries such as Italy, where about 50 % of the country wind capacity is expected to reach end-of-life by 2030. As wind industry
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Voices from the algorithm: Large language models in social research Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Emily Cox, Fiona Shirani, Paul Rouse
Research on energy and society often relies on online data collection. In particular, there has been an increase in the use of online techniques such as video software for qualitative research since the pandemic. We suggest that the rapid growth in generative AI and Large Language Models such as Chat-GPT mean that they may be utilised by research participants; particularly in research where participants
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Citizen-led decentralised energy futures: Emerging rationales of energy system organisation Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Anna J. Wieczorek, Harald Rohracher, Dierk Bauknecht, Klaus Kubeczko, Simon Bolwig, Pieter Valkering, Regine Belhomme, Simone Maggiore
The current energy systems are undergoing fundamental changes driven by the climate crisis, unfolding digitalisation and increasing calls for a more active citizens' engagement. The impact of these ongoing trends on the future energy system, however, is far from straightforward. Although there is an increasing shift towards a decentralisation, it is not clear yet how exactly this new decentralised
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Rethinking the social license to operate? A theoretical exploration of its synergies with social acceptance and energy justice for a just transition Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Paolo Minadakis, José Vega-Araújo
This article delves into the evolution of the concept of Social License to Operate (SLO), from its origins in the extractive industry to its application in the renewable energy literature in the form of Social Acceptance (SA). The review of the literature on SLO in the mining industry and SA for renewables highlights important parallels that so far have received limited attention. Despite the vocabulary
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Competing claims on land in the solar age: Valorising capital or Country in Australia? Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Stuart Rosewarne
The colonisation of Australia was predicated on the premise of , a contention that was successfully challenged two centuries later, confirmed with the legislation of land rights in the . In a classic case of ‘accumulation by dispossession’, while formal land rights and the right to contract the use of native title land were legislated, in the Pilbara in Western Australia the reality was otherwise.
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One service fits all? Insights on demand response dilemmas of differently equipped households in Germany Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Sabine Pelka, Sabine Preuß, Judith Stute, Emile Chappin, Laurens de Vries
Households equipped with flexible technologies, such as electric vehicles, can support the energy transition by shifting electricity consumption to times of high renewable supply and by preventing consumption peaks that cannot be covered by existing grid and generation infrastructure. Demand response services support households in performing these consumption shifts. Households ask for specifications
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A just transition or just a transition? The understanding and relevance of fairness in planning for a decarbonised transport system Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Vanessa Ternes, Greg Marsden, Gillian Harrison
The slow progress on reducing carbon emissions from transport means that, in many economies, it is the highest emitting sector. To comply with agreed carbon budgets, a complete transformation of the energy sources used and a shift in how and how much people travel are known to be necessary. Given the UK's target of achieving Net Zero by 2050, little time is left to entirely reconfigure the mobility
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Navigating Russia's war and energy transition: Poland's coal challenge Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Filip Černoch, Lukáš Lehotský, Anežka Konvalinová
The Russian invasion of Ukraine initially raised the prospect of a coal resurgence in Poland and the European Union, as coal was expected to be the secure, domestic, and dependable energy source amidst the crisis. However, empirical research has revealed a starkly different reality. Coal, instead of becoming a stabilizing force, exacerbated instability in the Polish energy sector, laying bare the country's
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From deserving to denied: Exploring the social construction of energy excluded citizens Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Anaïs Varo
This research critically examines the process of constructing the policy problem of energy exclusion in the Spanish context. Focusing on three case studies of peripheral neighborhoods experiencing extreme energy deprivation, the study adopts a deservingness theory framework to deconstruct the narratives that frame the policy problem and consequently shape policy responses. Using qualitative methods
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Labor archetypes in industrial transitions: Case studies from yankee whaling and gulf wind energy in the United States Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Jessica Staggs, Joshua A. Drew, L. Jen Shaffer
This paper uses the novel concept of labor archetypes to analyze two case studies of industrial transitions: the late 19th to early 20th century transition away from Yankee whaling in Massachusetts and the current transition toward wind energy along the Gulf Coast in the United States. We use a comparative, qualitative case study to examine transitions in four communities through review and synthesis
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Corrigendum to “Fuel switching and energy stacking in low-income households in South Africa: A review with recommendations for household air pollution exposure research” [Energy Research & Social Science 109 (2024) 103415] Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Bianca Wernecke, Kristy E. Langerman, Alex I. Howard, Caradee Y. Wright
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“People always think it's going to explode”: Emotions and power relations in the French nuclear debate Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Julie Schweitzer, Tamara L. Mix
Nuclear technology, in its civil or military forms, with benefits and drawbacks, is both controversial and closely associated with strong emotional responses. In France, where nuclear energy production is the primary source of electricity, key stakeholders with varying interests oppose, support, or monitor the nuclear industry. Interactions between groups highlight the organization of power hierarchies
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Blame over blackouts: Correcting partisan misinformation regarding renewable energy in the United States Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Salil Benegal, Lyle Scruggs
Misinformation about renewable energy has become increasingly common in the United States. In recent years, fossil fuel interest groups and prominent Republican politicians have promoted and amplified inaccurate statements about the effectiveness and reliability of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, particularly after power grid failures. We examine how different sources of corrective
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Australian microgrids: Navigating complexity in the regional energy transition Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Simon Wright, Mark Frost, Alfred Wong, Kevin Parton
Visible impacts of a changing climate across the nation, spiralling energy prices, and international political pressure have prompted a renewed focus by State and Federal Governments on the decarbonisation of the Australian economy, bringing vigour and momentum to the country's renewable energy transition. This potential reallocation of energy resources away from a centralised model of generation to
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Emerging challenges of offshore wind energy in the Global South: Perspectives from Brazil Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Adryane Gorayeb, Christian Brannstrom, Thomaz Xavier, Marcelo de Oliveira Soares, Carlos Eduardo Peres Teixeira, Ana Maria Ferreira dos Santos, Rodrigo Guimarães de Carvalho
Government authorities and lobbying groups have promoted wind power in Brazil as offering win-win outcomes for electricity consumers and investors and, increasingly, for green hydrogen exporters. Analysis of siting and planning processes for Latin America's first proposed offshore wind farm, in Brazil's Ceará state, show that elites and state authorities are exploiting conditions of the offshore marine
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The electric vehicle transition: A blessing or a curse for improving extractive industries and mineral supply chains? Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Festival Godwin Boateng, Jacqueline M. Klopp
Concern is growing that new mineral demand pressures associated with transport electrification will exacerbate existing supply chain sustainability and resiliency risks and escalate global environmental injustices. In response, private and public actors in the extractive sector have signaled that they are retooling mineral production, sourcing and stewardship governance systems, practices, and processes
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Struggles over solar in the United States: Oppositional coalitions and the limits of territorial resentment Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Eva Jacroux, Carrie Freshour
With the expansion of renewable infrastructure, struggles over land use have raised concerns about the uneven impacts of utility solar on rural, energy producing communities. Engaging the framework of colonial racial capitalism, we contribute to energy scholarship focused on the social and cultural impacts of decarbonization through an ethnographic and archival study of organized opposition emerging
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“The ketchup effect”: Challenges in reconciling growth and justice in Northern Sweden's green transition Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Zoe Garbis, Timothy Heleniak, Gregory Poelzer, Charlotta Söderberg, Robert Orttung
A green transition powered by large-scale, renewable energy is under way in northern Sweden, featuring innovations in fossil-free mining, green steel production, and lithium-ion battery manufacturing. These new initiatives are the most ambitious in decades, envisioned by companies and politicians as a bright, green future for a region haunted by a history of population and economic decline. However
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Do laundry when the sun shines: Factors that promote loadshifting in Dutch households with solar panels Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Naomi D. Hubert, Katharina Biely, Linda M. Kamp, Gerdien de Vries
The installation of solar panels by residential households is vital for the energy transition. However, the rapid uptake of solar panels by households leads to congestion in the electricity grid. Specifically, when the sun shines, these solar panels simultaneously produce a lot of electricity that is fed into the grid, which is inefficient and can destabilize the grid. Consequently, it is better if
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People of the sun: Local resistance and solar energy (in)justice in southern Portugal Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Oriana Rainho Brás, Vera Ferreira, António Carvalho
This paper explores a public controversy surrounding a large solar power plant planned for the village of Cercal, in Alentejo, southern Portugal, mobilizing energy justice literature to shed light on the contradictions and injustices (re)produced by hegemonic energy transitions. Drawing on qualitative data from interviews, fieldwork and document analysis, this controversy is unpacked through three
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Greenwashing, net-zero, and the oil sands in Canada: The case of Pathways Alliance Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Melissa Aronczyk, Patrick McCurdy, Chris Russill
Net-zero plans, or the target of negating an organization's carbon emissions by 2050, have proliferated among large oil and gas companies. These plans have led to misleading and unverifiable claims to climate protection and have spurred concerns by researchers about greenwashing. This article examines net zero greenwashing using the case of Pathways Alliance, a coalition of six companies representing
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The energy quadrilemma challenges - Insights from the decentralized energy transition in Brazil Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 L.L.B. Lazaro, R.S. Soares
The energy trilemma concept provides an important framework for understanding the multidimensional nature of energy policy and planning. It captures three fundamental challenges that highlight the complex interrelationships among energy security, equity, and sustainability. However, effectively addressing these challenges requires a refined understanding of local contexts, regional differences, and
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Comfort or cash? Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on energy insecurity and energy limiting behavior in households Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Shuchen Cong, Arthur Lin Ku, Destenie Nock, Charlotte Ng, Yueming (Lucy) Qiu
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Bringing light, connectivity and waste to local communities: A study of the post-consumption value chain for off-grid solar devices in Kenya Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Christine Majale, Godwin Opinde, Ivan Nygaard
In areas with low penetration of grid-based electricity, off-grid solar (OGS) devices have for the last decade played an important role of providing light and access to communications. However, this has come at a cost in terms of creation of streams of electronic waste. To shed light on this issue, this paper explores how broken-down OGS are handled by post-consumption value-chain actors, and which
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Energy democracy, public participation, and support for local energy system change in Canada Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Joseph Fiander, Chad Walker, Ian H. Rowlands, Patrick Devine-Wright, Charlie Wilson, Iain Soutar, Rajat Gupta
In the face of climate change and associated energy system change, there is a growing literature and more general recognition of the ‘four Ds’ (decarbonization, decentralization, digitalization, and democratization). Yet there has been very little quantitative work that analyzes public perceptions of these changes. Utilizing data from a Canada-wide, nationally representative survey ( = 941), this study
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Keeping the rebound and energy poverty at bay: A novel tariff structure for the United Kingdom's residential sector Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Bashar Al Shawa
Immense retrofit efforts are needed to align the UK's existing residential stock with the country's Net Zero by 2050 target. A factor that could hinder the effectiveness of these retrofits is the rebound effect – estimated to range from 15 to 100 %, with recent studies showing energy savings associated with retrofits vanishing after four years. This paper introduces, for the first time, a novel tariff
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Coupling fire and energy in the Anthropocene: Deploying scale to analyze social vulnerability to forced electricity outages in California Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Thomas Ptak, Steven M. Radil, John T. Abatzoglou, Julie Brooks
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Energy systems for Brazil's Amazon: Could renewable energy improve Indigenous livelihoods and save forest ecosystems? Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Nora Hampl
The choice of energy systems and their design in and around the Amazon biome implicate the future status of all of the following – climate, the ecological systems, and the cultural diversity which Amerindian cultures represent. The study elaborates on a conceptual link between the broadly-agreed upon commitment to conserve the Amazon and renewable energy as a tool helping to achieve it. Relevant policies
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Greenhouse gas neutrality: A qualitative analysis of perceived sustainability tensions in the German chemical industry Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Janine Heck, Stephan von Delft, Jens Leker
The chemical industry plays a critical role in achieving climate neutrality. While several recent studies have concluded that a greenhouse gas-neutral chemical industry is technically feasible, implementation seems to lag behind. This study addresses this issue and contributes to the literature on corporate sustainability by providing a contextual perspective of tensions. Specifically, this study investigates
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From Fukushima to fossil fuels: Carbon emissions, climate narratives, and grassroots movements in Japan's energy transition Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 May Aye Thiri, Mihály Tamás Borsi
The Fukushima Nuclear Accident triggered an energy predicament in Japan, necessitating initiatives to decarbonise and denuclearise its energy landscape. This shift has intensified reliance on fossil fuels, notably coal, inciting widespread anti-coal disputes throughout the nation. This research scrutinises the dynamics of carbon emissions and their interrelation with climate activism narratives, emphasising
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Re-thinking energy justice to achieve a fair distribution of shared electricity from rooftop photovoltaics in a typical multi-apartment building in Germany: an interdisciplinary approach Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Ray Galvin
An important development in decarbonising energy consumption is the installation of shared rooftop photovoltaics on multiapartment buildings. It is widely agreed that the distribution of this relatively cheap electricity should be “fair” to all the users, and simultaneously maximise local use, to reduce global CO2 emissions and local electricity grid load. Most technical studies model or investigate
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Energy, material, and resource efficiency for industrial decarbonization: A systematic review of sociotechnical systems, technological innovations, and policy options Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Jinsoo Kim, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Morgan Bazilian, Steve Griffiths, Minyoung Yang
Efficiency stands out as one of the most important options for achieving industrial decarbonization. In addition to carbon emissions reductions, improving energy, material and resource efficiency can bring many desirable benefits, such as cost savings, increased energy and resource security, and higher productivity. However, despite these clear benefits being understood for decades, the adoption of
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Land acquisition, renewable energy development, and livelihood transformation in rural Kenya: The case of the Kipeto wind energy project Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Frankline A. NDI
In Kenya, as well as in other parts of the global South, the drive to expand electricity production through large-scale renewable energy projects such as wind, solar and geothermal have been widely documented, along with land-related contestations emerging from within the affected communities. However, cases where local people consent to cede land to land investors have not yet received sufficient
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Network dynamics of solar PV adoption: Reconsidering flat tax-credits and influencer seeding for inclusive renewable energy access in Albany county, New York Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Aarthi Sundaram, Juliana Gonçalves, Amineh Ghorbani, Trivik Verma
Governments often use price-based policies such as tax-subsidies and rebates to encourage households to shift to renewable energy sources like rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV). These policies, however, have primarily benefited high-income homeowners, leaving others behind. This paper proposes leveraging social networks’ influence on attitudes and perceptions to design more equitable solar PV adoption
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Prepaid into poverty? Exploring energy poverty and access to alternative electricity sources among urban poor households in Ghana Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Julian Bloomer, Dickson Boateng
Access to energy is linked to poverty reduction and economic growth. However, electricity access rates in Africa have been very low despite recording progressive declines of people without access over the past decade. To achieve SDG 7, there is a need to provide electricity to people without access, the majority of whom live in Africa. Prepaid metering, being implemented in many African countries,
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Industrial process heat decarbonization: A user-centric perspective Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Colin A. McMillan, Liz Wachs
Eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from industrial process heat (IPH) is considered a key element of decarbonizing the overall industrial sector. However, industrial users and the processes by which they may adopt and implement technologies for decarbonization have largely been overlooked in the United States by an emphasis on developing and commercializing new technologies. While recent deployment
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Climate action from a gender perspective: A systematic review of the impact of climate policies on inequality Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 E. Alonso-Epelde, X. García-Muros, M. González-Eguino
In 1992 the United Nations committed to promoting a gender perspective in all environmental and development programs and to establishing mechanisms for assessing the impact of environmental policies on women. However, 30 years later most countries acknowledge that they have not integrated that perspective into policy assessments. This paper provides the first systematic literature review (based on
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Looking beyond energy efficiency and the role of financial literacy in experiencing fuel poverty: Evidence from Irish homeowners Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Miguel A. Tovar Reaños, John Curtis, David Meier, Arya Pillai
Previous research has established that an effective way to fight fuel poverty is to increase levels of energy efficiency in residential buildings. A different strand of research has shown that the adoption of energy efficiency measures is more likely if people have high financial literacy. We combine these two strands of research by conducting a new survey among Irish homeowners and directly analysing
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From parity to degrowth: Unpacking narratives of a gender-just transition Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Paula Walk
In the absence of a deliberate focus on gender, efforts towards sustainable transitions run the risk of perpetuating the inequalities present in the fossil fuel-dependent economic system. Demands for a gender-just transition have gained increasing prominence within the political landscape in recent times. However, they are hardly reflected in the scientific debate on a just transition, which is why
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Rethinking justice as recognition in energy transitions and planned coal phase-out in Poland Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Ekaterina Tarasova
The implications of energy transitions extend beyond the often-discussed effects on jobs and retraining opportunities for workers in the carbon-intensive industries. This paper argues that the concept of justice as recognition has an untapped potential for exploring diverse types of injustices that have not received sufficient attention so far. This paper contributes to the critical discussion of the
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Explaining energy transition: A systemic social mechanisms approach illustrated with the examples of Germany and Poland Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Ursula Weisenfeld, Katarzyna Ewa Rollert
In our conceptual paper, we develop a systemic social mechanisms model to explain change and inertia of energy systems. Situational, action-formation, and transformational mechanisms that drive change in a transition require corresponding framing and framing contests to create legitimacy for that transition. We conceptualize mechanisms of socio-technical transitions and of creating legitimacy for transitions
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Building climate resilience through energy access? An empirical study on grid connectivity in the Indian Sundarbans Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Natascha van Bommel, Johanna I. Höffken, Indrani Chatterjee
Scholarly debates on energy and climate change have successfully foregrounded mitigation measures, but often overlook the role of energy in climate adaptation. Adaptation is of key importance to building resilience to climate change impacts, but its link with energy access has not been studied in detail. This study aims to address this research gap by examining the relation between electricity access
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Does corruption shape attitudes towards carbon taxes? Experimental evidence from Mexico and Sweden Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Dragana Davidovic
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Transforming titans: The role of policy mixes in business model adaptation strategies for sustainability transitions Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Mina Rezaeian, Jonatan Pinkse, John Rigby
In recent years, research on government policies in sustainability transition studies has proliferated, largely focusing on their role to drive transformational change through technological innovation. This strand of research faces two main challenges. First, the research has remained largely fragmented due to the breadth of concepts it encompasses. Second, despite the acknowledged importance of business
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Identifying and analysing important model assumptions: Combining techno-economic and political feasibility of deep decarbonisation pathways in Norway Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg, Hilde Andrea Nykamp, Ville Olkkonen, Eva Rosenberg, Karianne Krohn Taranger
Understanding the political feasibility of transition pathways is a key issue in energy transitions. Policy changes are a significant source of uncertainty in energy system optimisation modelling. Energy system models are nevertheless continuously being updated to reflect policy signals as realistically as possible. Using the concept of as a starting point, this cross-disciplinary study combines energy
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Financially-constrained solar development: A comparative analysis of urban fabrics and scalar expression in Portugal and Rajasthan Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Siddharth Sareen
Solar energy takes many varied forms in and beyond the urban infrastructure. Compared to large-scale plants, small-scale solar forms have received little attention, yet arguably hold more hope for just energy transitions by serving local needs close to energy demand while distributing benefits locally. These forms mark the contingent outcomes of struggles against rigid bureaucracies of energy infrastructure
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Perceptions of competing agendas in carbon neutrality policies in Portugal: Adverse impacts on vulnerable population groups Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Katherine Mahoney, Rita Lopes, Siddharth Sareen, João Pedro Gouveia
The links between the political agendas of climate change, the energy transition, and energy poverty are multiple, complex, and overlapping. In line with European Union policy demands, Member States are implementing the various policies necessary to address these agendas, with an emergent focus on their synergistic potential. Successful implementation requires cooperation between multiple actors, yet
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Labour implications of the net-zero transition and clean energy exports in Australia Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Julian McCoy, Dominic Davis, Erin Mayfield, Michael J. Brear
We examine the employment implications of a domestic net-zero transition and establishment of clean energy export systems for an historically significant energy exporting country, through a case study of Australia. The labour impacts of a multi-decadal transition are simulated across both the domestic and export energy systems, considering a wide range of energy technologies, resources and activities
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Gaslighting Europe: Russia's energy disinformation in the Czech Republic Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Agáta Paličková, Filip Černoch
This study explores the narratives surrounding energy security, the Russia-Ukraine war, and natural gas, as conveyed by Russia's state-owned news outlet, Sputnik. We delve into how these narratives are reflected in the Czech Republic's disinformation media—a nation notably susceptible to Russian influence—and how they aid Russia in steering the local conversation to heighten vulnerability to energy
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Examining urban household energy consumption patterns in Mozambique through a gendered lens Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Adélia Filosa Francisco Chicombo, Josephine Kaviti Musango
Fostering access to modern and clean energy sources in urban developing households involves a gender-sensitive approach. Although the relationship between energy sources and services has been studied extensively in recent years, less attention has been paid to the link between household energy consumption patterns and gender roles to explain the persistent reliance on biomass in urban developing contexts
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Energy justice beyond the wire: Exploring the multidimensional inequities of the electrical power grid in the United States Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Benjamin K. Sovacool, Sanya Carley, Lynne Kiesling
This Perspective applies a multidimensional, whole-systems energy justice lens to the electrical power grid, conceived of as the national electricity transmission and distribution network in the United States. The electrical power grid exists primarily to provide reliable and safe energy services to anyone and everyone, and at any time of the day. It represents a massive system of physical infrastructure
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Stakeholder perspectives on the future of clean cooking in sub-Saharan Africa and the role of pay-as-you-go LPG in expanding access Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 T. Perros, J. Tomei, P. Parikh
Reliance on polluting cooking fuels is linked to three million premature deaths per year as well as other climatic, environmental and social impacts. Numerous clean cooking fuels are available but remain inaccessible to low-income consumers due to affordability limitations. An emerging solution targeting the urban poor is pay-as-you-go (PAYG) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which allows gas to be purchased
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Assessing the social and environmental impacts of the just energy transition in Komati, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Bonolo Tladi, Njabulo Kambule, Lee-Ann Modley
In response to the Paris Agreement, South Africa has committed to decommissioning its coal-fired power stations and transitioning to renewable energy technologies. The pilot project for the energy transition that is planned for the place is the decommissioning of the 1000 MW Komati power station, in Mpumalanga province. Despite the existence of these guidelines, the energy transition may not be just
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Changing networks of power: A theoretical approach to the study of capitalized power in contemporary energy transitions Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Tia Levi, Emil Israel
This paper presents a theoretical approach to the study of power in energy transitions that builds upon Capital as Power (CasP) theory and the critique of neoclassical growth theory. The approach integrates an understanding of capitalist power relations and a consideration of changes in societal energy capture. The approach includes two levels of social power — a level, in which the socio-technical
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The use of green bonds in financing energy retrofits in buildings Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Hannah MacRae, Laura Tozer
Energy retrofits are an important tool needed to achieve decarbonization in the building sector, but there are currently many financial barriers to their implementation. Green bonds could be an effective way to finance retrofit projects by providing sizable upfront capital with long payback periods. However, there is a lack of research on green bonds and how they are used to finance retrofit projects
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Unpacking the strategy of an energy incumbent: A case study of a Dutch oil and gas company in transition Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Harry Moncreiff, Ronan Bolton, Mark Winskel
In recent years a growing number of oil and gas companies have engaged in the energy transition. As a result, it has been claimed that these organisations have the potential to play a significant role in accelerating the energy transition. However, there remains a lack of research into the internal processes through which oil and gas companies establish and develop strategy for such engagement. This
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Who can cope with a carbon tax? The role of financial consequences in policy acceptance among German homeowners Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Karolin Schmidt, Ingo Kasnter, Ellen Matthies
Although carbon pricing represents a crucial policy measure for global climate-protection, its political enforceability is strongly determined by its societal acceptance, which is often lacking. Building on diverse previous research, the main objective of the present study was to examine the role that people's perceived ability to cope with the financial hurdle of carbon pricing plays for their acceptance
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The visual stories in addressing climate change that a petroleum business tells and lives by: A multimodal critical ecolinguistic perspective Energy Research & Social Science (IF 8.514) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Jiayu Wang, Jinyan Liu
Visuals in environmental communication can potentially shape the public perception of environmental issues. They are frequently used in corporate communication in sustainability reports to construct environmentally responsible corporate images. This study analyzes the images used in the sections addressing climate change in the sustainability reports of an international petroleum mega-business from