Fredrik Envall
Biographic Data
| ID | 4779672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fredrik Envall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fredrik |
| FAMILY NAME | Envall |
| SIGNATURE | ENVALL F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Linköping University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9108-9455 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Experimenting to remain the same: The politics of smart grid pilot projects in the Swedish energy transition
Experiments such as pilot projects and testbeds are a core element in governing sustainability transitions and have become increasingly popular as an instrument of environmental governance more broadly. However, despite its merits in creating diversity and novel configurations which eventually may replace dominant regimes, experimentation does not take place in a 'politics-free space' but is always prone to capture by powerful actors and interest…
Forging green frontiers: The agonistic potential of energy communities
Drawing on Mouffe's theory of agonistic pluralism, we examine the potential of energy communities (ECs) to discursively forge a progressive frontier for green populism. While the European energy transition remains embedded in neoliberal institutions, ECs are increasingly recognized as a means for democratizing energy production and fostering grassroots participation. Through qualitative, action-oriented research on two Swedish EC-initiatives, we …
Twisting like a cabbage worm: The politics of enacting sustainable futures through energy communities
In 2019, the European Union launched a set of eight legislative acts called the Clean Energy Package, which introduced energy communities as a formal actor in its regulatory framework. Often defined as the cooperative production and management of energy through civic engagement, high hopes have been pinned on energy communities to serve as instruments for realizing fundamental ideals of energy democracy. Although it has been recognized that energ…
Situated dynamics of environmental governance in Swedish smart energy experimentation: Tentativeness, demonstration, upscaling
In this article unfolding processes of environmental governance are explored through the case of smart energy experimentation in Sweden. When experimentation merges with place-based dynamics, particular dispositions are shaped, with different implications for environmental politics. In accordance with other researchers’ findings it is illuminated how such dispositions tend to reinforce neoliberal environmental governance arrangements, whereas it …
Gridlocked: Sociomaterial configurations of sustainable energy transitions in Swedish solar energy communities
Local generation of renewable energy in energy communities has long been around, but has recently experienced an upswing. This upswing is partly due to the EU Clean Energy Package (CEP), where energy communities are introduced juridically as formal actors. Within this policy package, various values are attributed to local energy communities, particularly emphasising broadened citizen participation. Also in academic contexts, energy communities ar…
Att energigemenskapa: Energigemenskaper som arena för klimatomställningens praktiker och politik
I denna artikel undersöks energigemenskaper som en arena inom vilken möjligheterna till en mer rättvis och demokratiskt orienterad klimatomställning tar form. Mer specifikt utforskas hur energigemenskaper i Sverige utkristalliseras mot bakgrund av EU:s Ren Energi-paket, där dessa utpekats som ett viktigt verktyg för ett utökat medborgardeltagande och en fördjupad demokratisering. Med avstamp i kritisk samhällsvetenskaplig miljöforskning undersöks…
Technopolitics of future-making: The ambiguous role of energy communities in shaping energy system change
Implementing the EU Clean Energy Package (CEP) and its provisions for strengthening energy communities – the cooperative production and management of energy at local level by citizens, a concept emphasising citizen participation and empowerment – has opened a new arena for contestations over energy futures in Sweden. An aim of CEP is to contribute to just energy transitions through citizen participation and democratisation by using the potential …
Technopolitics of future-making: The ambiguous role of energy communities in shaping energy system change
Implementing the EU Clean Energy Package (CEP) and its provisions for strengthening energy communities – the cooperative production and management of energy at local level by citizens, a concept emphasising citizen participation and empowerment – has opened a new arena for contestations over energy futures in Sweden. An aim of CEP is to contribute to just energy transitions through citizen participation and democratisation by using the potential …
Gridlocked: Sociomaterial configurations of sustainable energy transitions in Swedish solar energy communities
Local generation of renewable energy in energy communities has long been around, but has recently experienced an upswing. This upswing is partly due to the EU Clean Energy Package (CEP), where energy communities are introduced juridically as formal actors. Within this policy package, various values are attributed to local energy communities, particularly emphasising broadened citizen participation. Also in academic contexts, energy communities ar…
Situated dynamics of environmental governance in Swedish smart energy experimentation: Tentativeness, demonstration, upscaling
In this article unfolding processes of environmental governance are explored through the case of smart energy experimentation in Sweden. When experimentation merges with place-based dynamics, particular dispositions are shaped, with different implications for environmental politics. In accordance with other researchers’ findings it is illuminated how such dispositions tend to reinforce neoliberal environmental governance arrangements, whereas it …
Gridlocked: Sociomaterial configurations of sustainable energy transitions in Swedish solar energy communities
Local generation of renewable energy in energy communities has long been around, but has recently experienced an upswing. This upswing is partly due to the EU Clean Energy Package (CEP), where energy communities are introduced juridically as formal actors. Within this policy package, various values are attributed to local energy communities, particularly emphasising broadened citizen participation. Also in academic contexts, energy communities ar…
Att energigemenskapa: Energigemenskaper som arena för klimatomställningens praktiker och politik
I denna artikel undersöks energigemenskaper som en arena inom vilken möjligheterna till en mer rättvis och demokratiskt orienterad klimatomställning tar form. Mer specifikt utforskas hur energigemenskaper i Sverige utkristalliseras mot bakgrund av EU:s Ren Energi-paket, där dessa utpekats som ett viktigt verktyg för ett utökat medborgardeltagande och en fördjupad demokratisering. Med avstamp i kritisk samhällsvetenskaplig miljöforskning undersöks…
Technopolitics of future-making: The ambiguous role of energy communities in shaping energy system change
Implementing the EU Clean Energy Package (CEP) and its provisions for strengthening energy communities – the cooperative production and management of energy at local level by citizens, a concept emphasising citizen participation and empowerment – has opened a new arena for contestations over energy futures in Sweden. An aim of CEP is to contribute to just energy transitions through citizen participation and democratisation by using the potential …
Experimenting to remain the same: The politics of smart grid pilot projects in the Swedish energy transition
Experiments such as pilot projects and testbeds are a core element in governing sustainability transitions and have become increasingly popular as an instrument of environmental governance more broadly. However, despite its merits in creating diversity and novel configurations which eventually may replace dominant regimes, experimentation does not take place in a 'politics-free space' but is always prone to capture by powerful actors and interest…
Forging green frontiers: The agonistic potential of energy communities
Drawing on Mouffe's theory of agonistic pluralism, we examine the potential of energy communities (ECs) to discursively forge a progressive frontier for green populism. While the European energy transition remains embedded in neoliberal institutions, ECs are increasingly recognized as a means for democratizing energy production and fostering grassroots participation. Through qualitative, action-oriented research on two Swedish EC-initiatives, we …
Twisting like a cabbage worm: The politics of enacting sustainable futures through energy communities
In 2019, the European Union launched a set of eight legislative acts called the Clean Energy Package, which introduced energy communities as a formal actor in its regulatory framework. Often defined as the cooperative production and management of energy through civic engagement, high hopes have been pinned on energy communities to serve as instruments for realizing fundamental ideals of energy democracy. Although it has been recognized that energ…
Politics (6 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Energy (signal processing (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic system (3 works) · Energy transition (3 works)