David Rudolph
Biographic Data
| ID | 1284701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Rudolph |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Rudolph |
| SIGNATURE | RUDOLPH D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technical University of Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9602-7122 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Grabbing the wind? Assetisation of land and enclosure of wind rights in the Outer Hebrides
This paper explores how land gains momentum as a contested resource for wind farm developments by disentangling intertwined processes of ‘wind grabbing’; that is, the processes of appropriating land for obtaining rights to utilise and capture value from wind energy. Based on empirical insights from territorial struggles over the development of rival wind farm projects in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, the paper sheds critical light on the relation…
From the “Right to Energy” to the “Right to the Countryside” and Back Again: Contextualizing Rural Energy Transitions
Rural areas as well as their interlinkages with urban agglomerations have gained increasing attention as the main sites where the current energy transformation toward the use of renewable energy is taking place. Due to this, contestations over transitions and emancipatory efforts to transform energy infrastructures cannot be detached from the structural conditions of rural areas and their entanglements with other spatial scales. In this sense, su…
Solar–water nexus: On local implications of the procurement and deployment of the first floating solar photovoltaics project in Indonesia
The possibility of deploying floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) systems on water bodies is increasingly promoted as a promising alternative to contested land acquisitions and land use conflicts associated with conventional solar projects, especially in countries of the Global South. In light of this assertion, the paper unpacks emerging issues at the solar–water nexus and explores territorial manifestations of procurement and deployment practices …
Making space for community energy: Landed Property as Barrier and Enabler of Community Wind Projects
Renewable energy infrastructures, such as wind and solar farms, require land on which they can be deployed. While politics and conflicts over accessing land for renewables are well documented, the role, conditions and potential agency of landownership have been often overlooked or oversimplified as a powerful terrain in the field of renewables development. In this paper, we explore the relationship between landed property and community renewable …
The rise of 'infrastructural populism: Urban infrastructure and right-wing politics
Right-wing populism has become increasingly embedded in contemporary political systems. It poses challenges not only for societies but also for geographical analysis. This review article develops a fresh perspective through examining how right-wing populists are engaging with urban infrastructure. Examining the literature on populism and urban infrastructure we outline 'infrastructural populism', a general heuristic to understand an emerging agen…
Different pasts, contested presents and desired futures: Local narratives and identities in the co-production of a shared wind energy ownership model
Previously, local actors have often had a stake in renewable energy projects through cooperative ownership and other variants of community energy configurations. However, the increase in project size and necessary investments as well as policy shifts towards auctions and “local energy” have made it difficult for communities to obtain a stake in such developments, while also increasing the potential for controversies. This article investigates the…
The question of ‘sustainable’ technology: From socio-ecological fixes to transformations
This short contention discusses the role of sustainable technology within the energy transition to address climate change. It argues that the current modes of expanding sustainable or renewable energy technologies and associated infrastructures by profit-driven developers in the Global North provide limited socio-ecological fixes to environmental crisis, while largely reproducing the political-economic status quo of fossil capitalism. The fetish …
The landrush of wind energy, its socio-material workings, and its political consequences: On the entanglement of land and wind assemblages in Denmark
Challenges of deploying wind farms on land are often associated with the notion of local acceptance. For developers, however, the socio-material practicalities of identifying appropriate sites and gaining access to land for building large wind farms has become an increasingly challenging endeavour. This paper illustrates how the commodification of wind energy cannot happen without the assetisation of land. Dis-assembling the valuation processes a…
Ländliche Entwicklung auf der Basis erneuerbarer Energien: Emanzipatorische Potenziale zwischen radikaldemokratischer und neoliberaler Logik
Ländliche Regionen erlangen verstärkt Bedeutung als Schauplätze der Energiewende, wobei eine dezentrale Nutzbarmachung von erneuerbaren Energien oftmals als Chance für die Entwicklung strukturschwacher Räume angesehen wird. Anhand eines Beispiels von umkämpften Windparkprojekten in Schottland argumentieren wir, dass das emanzipatorische Potenzial stark vom gemeinschaftlichen Eigentum an den Infrastrukturen der Energieversorgung geprägt ist, währe…
A critical approach to the social acceptance of renewable energy infrastructures: Going beyond green growth and sustainability
Conceptualizing rural energy transitions: Energizing rural studies, ruralizing energy research
Making Space for Wind Farms: Practices of Territorial Stigmatisation in Rural Denmark
While issues of siting wind farms have often revolved around their local resistance, finding adequate locations and gaining access to land for large wind energy projects has become an increasingly significant challenge for developers, in particular in small countries with relatively mature wind energy sectors, such as Denmark. By drawing on the case of “Outskirts‐Denmark”, this paper focuses on how existing territorial stigma of rural areas is co…
Community benefits from offshore renewables: The relationship between different understandings of impact, community, and benefit
This paper presents the findings of a research project evaluating community benefit models for offshore renewables. We identify and analyse UK and international case studies of different forms of community benefit, and provide evidence of how such benefits are delivered. In particular we consider the key relationship between the identification of communities, perception of impact, and the apportionment of benefits. In doing so, we develop a range…
Spoiled darkness? Sense of place and annoyance over obstruction lights from the world’s largest wind turbine test centre in Denmark
Conceptualizing rural energy transitions: Energizing rural studies, ruralizing energy research
The landrush of wind energy, its socio-material workings, and its political consequences: On the entanglement of land and wind assemblages in Denmark
Challenges of deploying wind farms on land are often associated with the notion of local acceptance. For developers, however, the socio-material practicalities of identifying appropriate sites and gaining access to land for building large wind farms has become an increasingly challenging endeavour. This paper illustrates how the commodification of wind energy cannot happen without the assetisation of land. Dis-assembling the valuation processes a…
Making Space for Wind Farms: Practices of Territorial Stigmatisation in Rural Denmark
While issues of siting wind farms have often revolved around their local resistance, finding adequate locations and gaining access to land for large wind energy projects has become an increasingly significant challenge for developers, in particular in small countries with relatively mature wind energy sectors, such as Denmark. By drawing on the case of “Outskirts‐Denmark”, this paper focuses on how existing territorial stigma of rural areas is co…
Spoiled darkness? Sense of place and annoyance over obstruction lights from the world’s largest wind turbine test centre in Denmark
The rise of 'infrastructural populism: Urban infrastructure and right-wing politics
Right-wing populism has become increasingly embedded in contemporary political systems. It poses challenges not only for societies but also for geographical analysis. This review article develops a fresh perspective through examining how right-wing populists are engaging with urban infrastructure. Examining the literature on populism and urban infrastructure we outline 'infrastructural populism', a general heuristic to understand an emerging agen…
The question of ‘sustainable’ technology: From socio-ecological fixes to transformations
This short contention discusses the role of sustainable technology within the energy transition to address climate change. It argues that the current modes of expanding sustainable or renewable energy technologies and associated infrastructures by profit-driven developers in the Global North provide limited socio-ecological fixes to environmental crisis, while largely reproducing the political-economic status quo of fossil capitalism. The fetish …
Making space for community energy: Landed Property as Barrier and Enabler of Community Wind Projects
Renewable energy infrastructures, such as wind and solar farms, require land on which they can be deployed. While politics and conflicts over accessing land for renewables are well documented, the role, conditions and potential agency of landownership have been often overlooked or oversimplified as a powerful terrain in the field of renewables development. In this paper, we explore the relationship between landed property and community renewable …
Community benefits from offshore renewables: The relationship between different understandings of impact, community, and benefit
This paper presents the findings of a research project evaluating community benefit models for offshore renewables. We identify and analyse UK and international case studies of different forms of community benefit, and provide evidence of how such benefits are delivered. In particular we consider the key relationship between the identification of communities, perception of impact, and the apportionment of benefits. In doing so, we develop a range…
Solar–water nexus: On local implications of the procurement and deployment of the first floating solar photovoltaics project in Indonesia
The possibility of deploying floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) systems on water bodies is increasingly promoted as a promising alternative to contested land acquisitions and land use conflicts associated with conventional solar projects, especially in countries of the Global South. In light of this assertion, the paper unpacks emerging issues at the solar–water nexus and explores territorial manifestations of procurement and deployment practices …
Community benefits from offshore renewables: The relationship between different understandings of impact, community, and benefit
This paper presents the findings of a research project evaluating community benefit models for offshore renewables. We identify and analyse UK and international case studies of different forms of community benefit, and provide evidence of how such benefits are delivered. In particular we consider the key relationship between the identification of communities, perception of impact, and the apportionment of benefits. In doing so, we develop a range…
Spoiled darkness? Sense of place and annoyance over obstruction lights from the world’s largest wind turbine test centre in Denmark
Conceptualizing rural energy transitions: Energizing rural studies, ruralizing energy research
Making Space for Wind Farms: Practices of Territorial Stigmatisation in Rural Denmark
While issues of siting wind farms have often revolved around their local resistance, finding adequate locations and gaining access to land for large wind energy projects has become an increasingly significant challenge for developers, in particular in small countries with relatively mature wind energy sectors, such as Denmark. By drawing on the case of “Outskirts‐Denmark”, this paper focuses on how existing territorial stigma of rural areas is co…
Ländliche Entwicklung auf der Basis erneuerbarer Energien: Emanzipatorische Potenziale zwischen radikaldemokratischer und neoliberaler Logik
Ländliche Regionen erlangen verstärkt Bedeutung als Schauplätze der Energiewende, wobei eine dezentrale Nutzbarmachung von erneuerbaren Energien oftmals als Chance für die Entwicklung strukturschwacher Räume angesehen wird. Anhand eines Beispiels von umkämpften Windparkprojekten in Schottland argumentieren wir, dass das emanzipatorische Potenzial stark vom gemeinschaftlichen Eigentum an den Infrastrukturen der Energieversorgung geprägt ist, währe…
A critical approach to the social acceptance of renewable energy infrastructures: Going beyond green growth and sustainability
The question of ‘sustainable’ technology: From socio-ecological fixes to transformations
This short contention discusses the role of sustainable technology within the energy transition to address climate change. It argues that the current modes of expanding sustainable or renewable energy technologies and associated infrastructures by profit-driven developers in the Global North provide limited socio-ecological fixes to environmental crisis, while largely reproducing the political-economic status quo of fossil capitalism. The fetish …
The landrush of wind energy, its socio-material workings, and its political consequences: On the entanglement of land and wind assemblages in Denmark
Challenges of deploying wind farms on land are often associated with the notion of local acceptance. For developers, however, the socio-material practicalities of identifying appropriate sites and gaining access to land for building large wind farms has become an increasingly challenging endeavour. This paper illustrates how the commodification of wind energy cannot happen without the assetisation of land. Dis-assembling the valuation processes a…
Different pasts, contested presents and desired futures: Local narratives and identities in the co-production of a shared wind energy ownership model
Previously, local actors have often had a stake in renewable energy projects through cooperative ownership and other variants of community energy configurations. However, the increase in project size and necessary investments as well as policy shifts towards auctions and “local energy” have made it difficult for communities to obtain a stake in such developments, while also increasing the potential for controversies. This article investigates the…
Making space for community energy: Landed Property as Barrier and Enabler of Community Wind Projects
Renewable energy infrastructures, such as wind and solar farms, require land on which they can be deployed. While politics and conflicts over accessing land for renewables are well documented, the role, conditions and potential agency of landownership have been often overlooked or oversimplified as a powerful terrain in the field of renewables development. In this paper, we explore the relationship between landed property and community renewable …
The rise of 'infrastructural populism: Urban infrastructure and right-wing politics
Right-wing populism has become increasingly embedded in contemporary political systems. It poses challenges not only for societies but also for geographical analysis. This review article develops a fresh perspective through examining how right-wing populists are engaging with urban infrastructure. Examining the literature on populism and urban infrastructure we outline 'infrastructural populism', a general heuristic to understand an emerging agen…
From the “Right to Energy” to the “Right to the Countryside” and Back Again: Contextualizing Rural Energy Transitions
Rural areas as well as their interlinkages with urban agglomerations have gained increasing attention as the main sites where the current energy transformation toward the use of renewable energy is taking place. Due to this, contestations over transitions and emancipatory efforts to transform energy infrastructures cannot be detached from the structural conditions of rural areas and their entanglements with other spatial scales. In this sense, su…
Solar–water nexus: On local implications of the procurement and deployment of the first floating solar photovoltaics project in Indonesia
The possibility of deploying floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) systems on water bodies is increasingly promoted as a promising alternative to contested land acquisitions and land use conflicts associated with conventional solar projects, especially in countries of the Global South. In light of this assertion, the paper unpacks emerging issues at the solar–water nexus and explores territorial manifestations of procurement and deployment practices …
Grabbing the wind? Assetisation of land and enclosure of wind rights in the Outer Hebrides
This paper explores how land gains momentum as a contested resource for wind farm developments by disentangling intertwined processes of ‘wind grabbing’; that is, the processes of appropriating land for obtaining rights to utilise and capture value from wind energy. Based on empirical insights from territorial struggles over the development of rival wind farm projects in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, the paper sheds critical light on the relation…
Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (11 works) · Business (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Electrical engineering (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Physics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 works)