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Creating energy citizenship through material participation. [PDF]
Soc Stud Sci, 2018 Transitions towards low-carbon energy systems will be comprehensive and demanding, requiring substantial public support. One important contribution from STS is to highlight the roles of citizens and public engagement.
Ryghaug M +2 more
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Energy Citizenship in Energy Transition: The Case of the Baltic States
SustainabilityThe governance of energy systems is undergoing a transformative shift, vital to advancing the energy transition. Understanding the dynamics of energy citizenship and the factors that influence citizen engagement in energy matters is critical for driving ...
Jänis Brizga, Raimonds Ernšteins
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Energy platforms and the future of energy citizenship
Energy Research and Social Science, 2023 Energy platforms involve citizens in the energy system by creating and orchestrating virtual energy collectives that can support energy system governance. In such an energy collective, households pool their resources to engage in energy trading, collective self-consumption, or grid balancing.
Sanneke Kloppenburg
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Empowering energy citizenship among the energy poor
Energy Research and Social Science, 2022 Nives Della Valle
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Energy Research and Social Science, 2023 Energy citizenship is an emerging concept in policy and practice. Yet scientific theorising around energy citizenship is scarce, and rarely bundled in interdisciplinary discourse. In this article, we present an interdisciplinary definition of energy citizenship as people's rights to and responsibilities for a just and sustainable energy transition ...
Karen R. S. Hamann +18 more
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A conceptual typology of energy citizenship
Energy Research and Social ScienceEnergy citizenship is viewed as playing an essential role in the transition towards sustainable energy systems on a national and global scale. However, as a social science concept it is rather fuzzy and insufficiently elaborated. This paper proposes a conceptual typology of energy citizenship that aims for a balance between various competing ...
Martina Schäfer +2 more
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Energy citizenship: Accounting for the heterogeneity of human behaviours within energy transition
Energy Policy, 2023 According to the European Green Deal, achieving energy transition, which aims to establish a shift towards a more sustainable and low-carbon energy system, requires the active participation of citizens. Consequently, the concept of energy citizenship has
L F Schlindwein, C Montalvo
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Buildings, 2022 It is commonly assumed by the projects demonstrating concepts for positive energy districts in cities across Europe that citizens want and need to be involved in the development of these concepts as an essential condition for positive energy districts to
Mark van Wees +11 more
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Citizen or consumer? Reconsidering energy citizenship
Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 2020 The transition to more sustainable energy systems has set about redefining the social roles and responsibilities of citizens. Implicit in this are expectations around participation, though the precise contours of what this might mean remain open. Debates
Breffni Lennon +2 more
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Material energy citizenship through participation in citizen-financed photovoltaic projects
Energy, Sustainability and SocietyBackground Citizens are recognized as key actors in the energy system’s transformation by assuming novel roles beyond being mere energy consumers. Participation in renewable energy projects increases societal support and renders the decarbonization of ...
Fabienne Sierro, Yann Blumer
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