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

и другие.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 188, С. 113810 - 113810

Опубликована: Окт. 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.

Язык: Английский

Towards a just Chinese energy transition: Socioeconomic considerations in China's carbon neutrality policies DOI

B. Dong,

Zhenhua Zhang, Cheng Zhou

и другие.

Energy Research & Social Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 119, С. 103855 - 103855

Опубликована: Ноя. 29, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Competing values, ideologies and lock-in dependencies in sociotechnical pathways for industrial decarbonization DOI Creative Commons

Benjamin K. Sovacool,

Steve Griffiths, Hans Jakob Walnum

и другие.

Environmental Science & Policy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 165, С. 104017 - 104017

Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2025

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

1

Examining the trade-offs in clean energy provision: Focusing on the relationship between technology transfer, renewable energy, industrial growth, and carbon footprint reduction DOI Creative Commons

Qiyun Zhou,

Jianpeng Wu, Muhammad Imran

и другие.

Heliyon, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 9(10), С. e20271 - e20271

Опубликована: Сен. 22, 2023

Sustainable energy mitigates climate change by reducing reliance on coal and oil for power generation, curbing global warming. It addresses environmental concerns yields economic benefits—reduced fossil fuel dependence, financial inclusion, productive employment, development. This research examines the impact of regional integration sustainability in 39 high-income European Central Asian (ECA) nations from 2017 to 2021. Specifically, study analyzes influence green demand, technological transfers, trade openness carbon emissions. The employed various estimators, namely, a two-step Generalized Method Moments (GMM) estimation, quantile regression, cointegration panel approach. These estimators were utilized capture different aspects dynamics variables. finds that programs agreements effectively reduce emissions, while advances industrial output tend raise them. Granger causality analyses reveal emissions-led development, technical innovation, are interconnected factors, deployment renewable contributes inter-temporal analysis suggests factors will likely emissions following decade. findings support neoclassical growth theory, new institutional economics, ecological modernization theory. Developing sources region can minimize price fluctuations, strengthen security, align with neutrality agenda. emphasizes need sustainable strategies cooperation foster greener more future.

Язык: Английский

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Solidaric solarities: Governance principles for transforming solar power relations DOI
Siddharth Sareen, Alevgül H. Şorman, Ryan Stock

и другие.

Progress in Environmental Geography, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 2(3), С. 143 - 165

Опубликована: Июль 31, 2023

Solar energy has become the world's cheapest and fastest scaling electricity source. Multiple societal sectors are electrifying, scale pace of change give some hope near-future rapid climate mitigation through solar rollouts despite bleak record to date. Critiques utility-scale development foreground injustices like displacing marginalised groups perpetuating resource inequity. Governance scholars argue for stringent regulations towards just transitions, community research shows that smaller-scale solutions hold promise in being more equitable. Our contribution argues possibility redistributive emancipatory development, drawing from scholarship on governance (institutional configurations, policy mixes cross-sectoral regulation) (comparative geographies with attention context-specificity trans-local connection). We conceptualise operationalise term ‘solidaric solarities’ as modalities harnessing advance empowerment, interconnectedness wealth victims injustices. This focuses political economy issues, where can solidarity historically groups, create affordable distributed future renewable systems. The analysis underpinning this normative orientation leverages secondary scholarly expertise rollouts. offer pragmatic principles informed by values engender solidarity, illuminating potential pathways enable solidaric transitions.

Язык: Английский

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Factors driving the decarbonisation of industrial clusters: A rapid evidence assessment of international experience DOI Creative Commons
Imogen Rattle, Peter Taylor

Energy Research & Social Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 105, С. 103265 - 103265

Опубликована: Сен. 8, 2023

Reducing industrial emissions to achieve net-zero targets by the middle of century will require profound and sustained changes how energy intensive industries operate. Preliminary activity is now underway, with governments several developed economies starting implement policy providing funding support deployment low carbon infrastructure into high emitting clusters. While clusters appear offer scale institutional capacity needed kick-start transition, date there has been little systematic assessment factors that may influence success these initiatives. Drawing from academic grey literature, this paper presents a rapid evidence approaches being used drive development internationally. Many projects are still at scoping stage, but it apparent current initiatives focus on capture technologies, alongside hydrogen as future secondary revenue stream. This model decarbonisation funnels investment large coastal access electricity tends obscure questions about integration technologies other interventions, such material efficiency electrification. The technology also omits importance favourable location shared history culture appears have played in helping progress most advanced initiatives; cannot be easily replicated elsewhere. If low-carbon then greater attention social political dimensions process broader range interventions cluster types than represented projects.

Язык: Английский

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Justice-driven agrivoltaics: Facilitating agrivoltaics embedded in energy justice DOI Creative Commons
Madeline Taylor,

Joe Pettit,

Takashi Sekiyama

и другие.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 188, С. 113815 - 113815

Опубликована: Окт. 13, 2023

Agrivoltaics comprises solar energy generation and agricultural activities co-located to create multi-purpose systems. In 2021, the global agrivoltaics sector was valued at USD $3.6 billion is projected grow $9.3 by 2031. projects have successfully attracted increasing investment research demonstrating technical, economic, scientific rationale advance as a crucial technology achieve net zero emissions goals. The legal framework enabling development varying stages of maturity across different jurisdictions. This study provides first socio-legal applying an justice framework. It comparatively analyses mature sectors, laws, policies in Massachusetts (United States America) Japan functional comparative analysis with New South Wales (Australia) three principal pillars justice; recognition, procedural, distributive justice. demonstrates how can generate for regulatory reform. Such reform facilitate expansion unlock full potential co-locating agriculture.

Язык: Английский

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Where the power lies: Developing a political ecology framework for just energy transition DOI Creative Commons
Dickson Boateng, Julian Bloomer, John Morrissey

и другие.

Geography Compass, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 17(6)

Опубликована: Апрель 18, 2023

Abstract This critical review lays down the fundamentals for rethinking just energy transition. It reviews theoretical perspectives of justice, socio‐technical transitions (STTs), and political ecology presents a plausible useful way to approach low‐carbon transition using Political Ecology as broad framework. framework Sustainable Energy Transition (PESET) addresses power issues associated with transition, while also identifying role inclusivity justice in As studies have primarily focused on Global North extraction production large technologies, this provides more radical means achieve objectives particular relevance application South—a region largely overlooked scholarship where mundane/simple technologies (e.g. Solar Home Systems clean cookstoves) typify processes date. The PESET novel contribution, linking concepts STTs, provide comprehensive framing analysing transitions. thus overarching studies, sustainability transitions, development innovation especially an era globe is moving toward affordable all (Sustainable Development Goal 7).

Язык: Английский

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Energy justice and gaps in sustainable development: A convergence testing and clustering study DOI
Marinko Škare, Yu Qian, Zeshui Xu

и другие.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 192, С. 114166 - 114166

Опубликована: Дек. 25, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Transitioning or tinkering at a net-zero economy? Introducing an assessment framework for industrial cluster decarbonisation in the United Kingdom DOI Creative Commons
Chris Ogwumike, Anderson Akponeware,

Adepeju Oyewole

и другие.

Energy Research & Social Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 110, С. 103459 - 103459

Опубликована: Фев. 9, 2024

Decarbonising industrial clusters globally is crucial in combating climate change and integral to the United Kingdom's ambition of achieving a net-zero economy by 2050. The absence holistic frameworks that provide nuanced understanding broad spectrum mitigation options for decarbonising clusters, coupled with deficiency real-world empirical evaluations, present substantial barrier realising set targets reducing CO2 emissions. increasing fragmentations decarbonisation further exacerbates challenge identifying necessary sufficient actions optimal transitioning. This paper proposes an assessment framework cluster aims address existing gaps, particularly social, economic, environmental impact any deployed technology. Focusing on wide range technologies, sectoral strategies, regional dynamics, proposed driven specific key performance indicators comprehensive human data-driven analytical approach reflects descriptive, diagnostic, prescriptive insights Teesside Kingdom. Following validation framework, findings from 30 in-depth semi-structured interviews, two workshops, focus group meetings literature reveal recognises complex interplay technology decision-making transition clusters. article concludes can assist stakeholders, policymakers, researchers assessing impacts energy transition, which critical policy design while also contributing sustainable goals.

Язык: Английский

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Just trade-offs in a net-zero transition and social impact assessment DOI Creative Commons
Yuwan Malakar, Andrea Walton, Luk Peeters

и другие.

Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 106, С. 107506 - 107506

Опубликована: Апрель 8, 2024

Countries around the world are prioritising net zero emissions to meet their Paris Agreement goals. The demand for social impact assessment (SIA) is likely grow as this transition will require investments in decarbonisation projects with speed and at scale. There be winners losers of these because not everyone benefits same; hence, trade-offs inevitable. SIAs, therefore, should focus on understanding how risks distributed among within stakeholders sectors enable identification that just fair. In study, we used a hypothetical case large-scale hydrogen production regional Australia engaged multi-disciplinary experts identify justice issues transitioning such an industry. Using Rawlsian theory fairness, identified several tensions between different groups (national, regional, local, inter intra-communities) (environmental economic) concerning establishment These disproportionately affected by establishment. We argue principles would practice SIA trade-offs. Further, conceptualise systems approach critical facilitate wider participation, agile process achieving SIA.

Язык: Английский

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