Price promises, trust deficits and energy justice: Public perceptions of hydrogen homes DOI Creative Commons
Joel A. Gordon, Nazmiye Balta‐Ozkan, Seyed Ali Nabavi

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 188, P. 113810 - 113810

Published: Oct. 12, 2023

In an era characterised by political instability, economic uncertainty and mounting environmental pressures, hydrogen fuel is being positioned as a critical piece of the global energy security clean agenda. The policy push noteworthy in United Kingdom, where government targeting industrial decarbonisation via hydrogen, while exploring potential role for hydrogen-fuelled home appliances. Despite imperative to secure social acceptance accelerating diffusion low-carbon technologies, public perceptions homes remain largely underexplored researcher community. response, this analysis draws on extensive focus group data understand multi-dimensional nature context domestic transition. Through integrated, mixed-methods multigroup analysis, study demonstrates that socio-political market are strongly interlinked, owing trust deficit industry, coupled underlying dissatisfaction with markets. At community level, perceived potentially positive mechanism regeneration local development. Households consider short-term disruptive impacts be tolerable, provided temporary disconnection from gas grid does not exceed three days. However, strengthen acceptance, clearer communication needed regarding spatial dynamics equity implications concludes existing deficits will need overcome, which entails fulfilling only 'price promise' cost appliances, but also enacting pledge' bills. These deliverables fundamental securing homes.

Language: Английский

Policy prescriptions to address energy and transport poverty in the United Kingdom DOI Creative Commons
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Paul Upham, Mari Martiskainen

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Nature Energy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 8(3), P. 273 - 283

Published: Feb. 6, 2023

Abstract Tens of millions households across Europe struggle to afford adequate electricity and heating services reliable transportation, while recent high fuel prices could lead an increase in excess winter deaths. Tackling energy transport poverty is thus paramount policy importance. Here we document the drivers lived experiences United Kingdom, based on public focus groups expert interviews. We find a set policies that resonate with both planners members public, implying they have level political social acceptability other measures may be lacking, notably: mandatory landlord efficiency upgrades, increasing extent financial assistance households, cheaper (or even free) bus train fares restarting expanding services. buttress these findings further suggestions for system redesign better meets emerging principles justice.

Language: Английский

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Reconfiguring European industry for net-zero: a qualitative review of hydrogen and carbon capture utilization and storage benefits and implementation challenges DOI Creative Commons
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Dylan D. Furszyfer Del Rio, Kyle Herman

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Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(10), P. 3523 - 3569

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

This paper explores the benefits, barriers, and justice impacts of industrial decarbonization via hydrogen carbon capture utilization storage (CCUS) European firms located in UK clusters.

Language: Английский

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Labor pathways to achieve net-zero emissions in the United States by mid-century DOI
Erin Mayfield, Jesse Jenkins, Eric D. Larson

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Energy Policy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 177, P. 113516 - 113516

Published: April 12, 2023

Language: Английский

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Vision Net Zero: A review of decarbonisation strategies to minimise climate risks of developing countries DOI
Ananya Das, Arpita Ghosh

Environment Development and Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 11, 2023

Language: Английский

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Decarbonisation strategies in industry: going beyond clusters DOI Creative Commons
Imogen Rattle, Ahmed Gailani, Peter Taylor

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Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 19(1), P. 105 - 123

Published: April 27, 2023

Abstract An effective and just industrial transition is necessary both to mitigate climate change protect jobs, as a precursor enable other sectors decarbonise. Activity at an early stage examples of successful sector-wide interventions decarbonise industry do not yet exist. Governments industrialised countries are beginning develop policy provide funding support deployment carbon capture low-carbon hydrogen infrastructures into high-emitting clusters, but options for sites outside denoted here ‘dispersed sites’, also required. This paper takes mixed methods approach the first analysis issues facing dispersed on their route decarbonisation suggest solutions challenges they face. Using UK case study, it characterises in terms location, emissions released, involved, size companies affected. It then shows how these features mean that simply expanding geographical scope present strategy, which focuses provision hydrogen, would face number so will need be broadened include wider range abatement considerations meet needs sites. While each place different, likely some combination expansion shared infrastructure, development local zero-carbon hubs, research novel technologies facilitating participation energy planning. The concludes with discussion remaining knowledge gaps before outlining its findings might apply strategies countries.

Language: Английский

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A bibliographic analysis of optimization of hydrogen production via electrochemical method using machine learning DOI

Sadaf Iqbal,

Kiran Aftab,

Fakiha Tul Jannat

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Fuel, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 372, P. 132126 - 132126

Published: June 11, 2024

Language: Английский

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Low-carbon transition and energy poverty: quasi-natural experiment evidence from China’s low-carbon city pilot policy DOI Creative Commons
Yiming Xiao,

Zhijun Feng,

Xinying Li

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Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(1)

Published: Jan. 9, 2024

Abstract Low-carbon transition stands as a vital strategy for the global community to address challenge of climate change, inevitably affecting residents’ daily lives. However, there is notable gap in quantitative analysis low-carbon transition’s impact on energy poverty developing countries, limiting policymakers’ understanding inherent mechanism and their ability take informed actions. This study investigates city pilot (LCCP) policy, China’s key initiative, quasi-natural experiment, using difference-in-differences (DID) method examine its conditions. Utilizing panel data from 4807 households CHARLS dataset, this effectively integrated household-level city-level data. Benchmark regression indicates that LCCP policy exacerbates among residents. Further reveals pivotal role infrastructure expenditure bridging nexus between poverty, providing crucial insights into potential pathways through which impacts poverty. Additionally, heterogeneity are more pronounced eastern cities, non-resource high administrative-level well communities suffering subpar governance quality. By leveraging reliable survey robust methods, not only broadens methodology studies but also offers valuable countries safeguard welfare amid transitions.

Language: Английский

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Innovative circular bioeconomy and decarbonization approaches in palm oil waste management: A review DOI
Kai Chen Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, G. Abdulkareem-Alsultan

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Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 195, P. 106746 - 106746

Published: Feb. 15, 2025

Language: Английский

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Redefining the model: cooperatives in the just ecosocial transition paradigm DOI Creative Commons
Jon Olaizola-Alberdi, Oier Imaz Alias, Julen Bollain

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Revista iberoamericana de estudios de desarrollo = Iberoamerican journal of development studies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 31

Published: Jan. 13, 2025

En este artículo, se estudia la integración del cooperativismo dentro paradigma de transición ecosocial justa, abordando necesidad urgente un desarrollo económico sostenible y equitativo. Se analiza también alineación los principios cooperativos con consideraciones justicia multidimensional, incluidas las ambientales, sociales, climáticas, energéticas laborales, para identificar marco en el que cooperativas actúen como agentes clave promoción una justa. Por tal motivo, ha empleado revisión narrativa bibliografía analizar críticamente interconexiones teóricas prácticas entre lo revelado tanto oportunidades contradicciones inherentes. Los resultados discusión indican que, aunque apoyan inherentemente dimensiones cruciales implementación práctica a menudo revela desafíos, particularmente equilibrio estos ideales dinámica mercado. realizado propuesta superar dichos desafíos partir metodologías evaluación impacto, teoría cambio.

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Inclusive innovation in just transitions: The case of smart local energy systems in the UK DOI Creative Commons
Adrian Smith, Gerardo A. Torres Contreras, Marie Claire Brisbois

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 47, P. 100719 - 100719

Published: March 10, 2023

Inclusive innovation addresses the challenges and aspirations of poor marginalised groups in society. Attention towards these is also important for social justice sustainable transitions. How can research insights from inclusive contribute to just transitions? In this paper, based on original mixed methods data, analysis built around levels inclusion applied empirically case smart local energy systems UK. Despite innovators acknowledging inclusiveness as significant their decarbonised, decentralised digitalised transition goals, operates currently at low owing prevalence a liberal-individualist approach electricity regime. Noting efforts (and constraints) higher-level some demonstration projects, we discuss whether how social-collectivist approaches open up more transformative possibilities. The illustrates relations between invite transformational policies.

Language: Английский

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