Explaining inclusivity in energy transitions
Local and community energy in Aotearoa New Zealand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7445247 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Berka (0000-0002-9274-6808, corresponding author), Anna L Berka, Julie Macarthur (0000-0002-9782-5070), Julie L MacArthur, Claudia Gonnelli |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Pages | 165-182 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2210-4224 • E-ISSN: 2210-4232 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.eist.2020.01.006 |
| OpenAlex | W3003060236 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 73 |
© 2020 The Authors International literature on citizen, local and community energy (LCE) has grown exponentially but has focussed on European and North American context. This paper contributes to understanding inclusivity in country-specific energy transition pathways, setting out an empirical analysis of grassroots energy innovation practices in a country that has to date followed an incumbent-led energy transition pathway – Aotearoa (New Zealand). A groundswell of emerging LCE initiatives face protracted feasibility stages and high failure rates, primarily due to lack of market access and risk exposure, and a lack of policy co-ordination and streamlining, with no popularised articulation of a collective energy transition strategy as such. Barring changes in discourse, regulation, and institutional arrangements, future LCE development is likely to be oriented primarily to accommodate utility-scale renewable energy through energy efficiency and demand side management. Within this unsupportive regime context however, we observe uniquely resourced forms of LCE, and identify strategies and policies for a more inclusive pathway. Our findings reveal the limits of grassroots agency and the dependence of wider diffusion of LCE on an enabling institutional context, suggesting there are understudied transition pathways in which opportunities for LCE are relatively constrained
Agency (philosophy · Aotearoa · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Empirical research · Energy transition · Geography · Grassroots · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Energy and Environment Impacts · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Law
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Re-defining the rules of the game
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A systematic review of social innovation and community energy transitions
Advancing local energy transitions
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Reconciliation through renewable energy? A survey of Indigenous communities, involvement, and peoples in Canada
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COPs and ‘robbers?’ Better understanding community energy and toward a Communities of Place then Interest approach
Settler colonialism lock-in
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Pride of ownership
Something old, something new, something green
Not paid to dance at the powwow
Public participation in the development of electricity grid infrastructure
Unsettling transitions
Community Renewable Energy Ecologies (CREE)
Mutual Learning Exercises (MLEs) for collaborative problem framing
Mind the gap
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Diversity in transition
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Carbon reduction, ‘the public’ and renewable energy
Community energy
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Participation in Transition(s)
The Evolving Localism (and Neoliberalism) of Urban Renewable Energy Projects
Synapses in the Network
Grassroots innovations for sustainable development
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Regime Resistance against Low-Carbon Transitions
| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |