Salma Elmallah
Biographic Data
| ID | 4628350 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Salma Elmallah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Salma |
| FAMILY NAME | Elmallah |
| SIGNATURE | ELMALLAH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7317-4234 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Essentially Indebted
Capital‐intensive energy utilities exist through indebtedness, yet rising household utility debt is routinely framed as distinct from this essential nature of utilities and rather as a problem of consumer irresponsibility or regulatory failure. This paper argues that even sympathetic framings of household utility debt reproduce the moral architecture they seek to contest. Drawing on economic histories and critical economic geographies, we analyze…
Constructing Equity in Urban Climate Mitigation Planning
Though urban climate policy increasingly centers “equity,” the term remains amorphous and is often sidelined for technocratic framings. This paper investigates how cities arrive at equity aspirations and how, if at all, “equity” remakes climate planning processes. Using qualitative case studies in Oakland and San Jose, California, this paper argues that equity is constructed relationally, with consultants at the center. Consultants are positioned…
Under-capacitated and over-powered? Rural austerity and asymmetrical negotiating relationships in US wind energy development
Though rural local governments are central actors in renewable energy development, local governments in the United States (US) remain systematically under-funded. This paper considers what the manifestations of austerity in local governments broadly and rural localities specifically mean for renewable energy development and for energy transitions. Drawing on a survey of 262 elected county officials with experience with wind energy in eight US sta…
Just Energy Transitions
ContentsIntroductionFayola Jacobs, Elise Harrington, and Ward LylesEnergy Poverty in the Global North: Precarity and Participation in Informal CommunitiesSergio Tirado-Herrero, Carolina Yacamán-Och
Halfway up the ladder
Community engagement is a key pathway for incorporating social considerations into the development of utility-scale renewable energy facilities. Prior literature recommends meaningful, early community engagement to both improve siting outcomes and empower the public to participate in decision-making, but there is no recent nor comprehensive understanding of industry experiences with engagement. This study provides a critical contribution by revea…
Frontlining energy justice
We review over 60 “visioning documents” authored by non-profits and frontline community members in the United States. These visions of energy justice – authored by the actors and communities that have historically organized energy justice programming – are largely absent in the energy justice literature, but they provide guidance on research and policy gaps. This article provides a review and thematic coding of visions for a just energy future, w…
After the leases are signed, it's a done deal”
Expanding wind energy deployment to meet climate and policy goals requires willing communities to host wind projects. Wind power acceptance is inextricably linked to perceptions of projects' planning process, but it is less understood what makes wind planning processes more or less fair. Using a mixed-methods case study research design, this paper evaluates the planning process for two state-approved wind farms in Ohio and Minnesota using four an…
Equitable deep decarbonization
Persistent, systemic harms have resulted in inequalities in wealth distribution, energy insecurity, infrastructure reliability, heat island exposure, and preexisting health conditions, all of which have exacerbated climate change driven damages. Efforts to decarbonize our energy system to address the climate crisis must seize the opportunity to reduce inequality. Doing so requires a multidisciplinary approach to assess the tradeoffs between alter…
After the leases are signed, it's a done deal”
Expanding wind energy deployment to meet climate and policy goals requires willing communities to host wind projects. Wind power acceptance is inextricably linked to perceptions of projects' planning process, but it is less understood what makes wind planning processes more or less fair. Using a mixed-methods case study research design, this paper evaluates the planning process for two state-approved wind farms in Ohio and Minnesota using four an…
Frontlining energy justice
We review over 60 “visioning documents” authored by non-profits and frontline community members in the United States. These visions of energy justice – authored by the actors and communities that have historically organized energy justice programming – are largely absent in the energy justice literature, but they provide guidance on research and policy gaps. This article provides a review and thematic coding of visions for a just energy future, w…
Halfway up the ladder
Community engagement is a key pathway for incorporating social considerations into the development of utility-scale renewable energy facilities. Prior literature recommends meaningful, early community engagement to both improve siting outcomes and empower the public to participate in decision-making, but there is no recent nor comprehensive understanding of industry experiences with engagement. This study provides a critical contribution by revea…
Equitable deep decarbonization
Persistent, systemic harms have resulted in inequalities in wealth distribution, energy insecurity, infrastructure reliability, heat island exposure, and preexisting health conditions, all of which have exacerbated climate change driven damages. Efforts to decarbonize our energy system to address the climate crisis must seize the opportunity to reduce inequality. Doing so requires a multidisciplinary approach to assess the tradeoffs between alter…
Constructing Equity in Urban Climate Mitigation Planning
Though urban climate policy increasingly centers “equity,” the term remains amorphous and is often sidelined for technocratic framings. This paper investigates how cities arrive at equity aspirations and how, if at all, “equity” remakes climate planning processes. Using qualitative case studies in Oakland and San Jose, California, this paper argues that equity is constructed relationally, with consultants at the center. Consultants are positioned…
Frontlining energy justice
We review over 60 “visioning documents” authored by non-profits and frontline community members in the United States. These visions of energy justice – authored by the actors and communities that have historically organized energy justice programming – are largely absent in the energy justice literature, but they provide guidance on research and policy gaps. This article provides a review and thematic coding of visions for a just energy future, w…
After the leases are signed, it's a done deal”
Expanding wind energy deployment to meet climate and policy goals requires willing communities to host wind projects. Wind power acceptance is inextricably linked to perceptions of projects' planning process, but it is less understood what makes wind planning processes more or less fair. Using a mixed-methods case study research design, this paper evaluates the planning process for two state-approved wind farms in Ohio and Minnesota using four an…
Equitable deep decarbonization
Persistent, systemic harms have resulted in inequalities in wealth distribution, energy insecurity, infrastructure reliability, heat island exposure, and preexisting health conditions, all of which have exacerbated climate change driven damages. Efforts to decarbonize our energy system to address the climate crisis must seize the opportunity to reduce inequality. Doing so requires a multidisciplinary approach to assess the tradeoffs between alter…
Just Energy Transitions
ContentsIntroductionFayola Jacobs, Elise Harrington, and Ward LylesEnergy Poverty in the Global North: Precarity and Participation in Informal CommunitiesSergio Tirado-Herrero, Carolina Yacamán-Och
Halfway up the ladder
Community engagement is a key pathway for incorporating social considerations into the development of utility-scale renewable energy facilities. Prior literature recommends meaningful, early community engagement to both improve siting outcomes and empower the public to participate in decision-making, but there is no recent nor comprehensive understanding of industry experiences with engagement. This study provides a critical contribution by revea…
Constructing Equity in Urban Climate Mitigation Planning
Though urban climate policy increasingly centers “equity,” the term remains amorphous and is often sidelined for technocratic framings. This paper investigates how cities arrive at equity aspirations and how, if at all, “equity” remakes climate planning processes. Using qualitative case studies in Oakland and San Jose, California, this paper argues that equity is constructed relationally, with consultants at the center. Consultants are positioned…
Under-capacitated and over-powered? Rural austerity and asymmetrical negotiating relationships in US wind energy development
Though rural local governments are central actors in renewable energy development, local governments in the United States (US) remain systematically under-funded. This paper considers what the manifestations of austerity in local governments broadly and rural localities specifically mean for renewable energy development and for energy transitions. Drawing on a survey of 262 elected county officials with experience with wind energy in eight US sta…
Essentially Indebted
Capital‐intensive energy utilities exist through indebtedness, yet rising household utility debt is routinely framed as distinct from this essential nature of utilities and rather as a problem of consumer irresponsibility or regulatory failure. This paper argues that even sympathetic framings of household utility debt reproduce the moral architecture they seek to contest. Drawing on economic histories and critical economic geographies, we analyze…
Economics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (4 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 works) · Environmental economics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public relations (3 works)