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Energy Democracies and Publics in the Making: A Relational Agenda for Research and Practice [PDF]
Frontiers in Communication, 2018 Mainstream approaches to energy democracy and public engagement with energy transitions tend to adopt specific, pre-given meanings of both “democracy” and “publics.” Different approaches impose prescriptive assumptions about the model of participation ...
Jason Chilvers, Helen Pallett
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Wasting Democracy, Fueling Dissent: Refuse-Derived Fuels in Can Sant Joan (Catalonia) [PDF]
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2019 The cement industry is one of the most energy intensive in the world, contributing significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions. The use of refuse-derived fuels (RDF) in cement kilns is increasingly portrayed as a sustainable solution to reduce ...
Sergio Ruiz Cayuela +2 more
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Can Energy Democracy Thrive in a Non-democracy? [PDF]
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2018 This paper argues that energy democracy could manifest in terms of public engagement at the community level, free of state intervention, government fostering, and donor support, even in locations where governments have been in flux from a democracy to a ...
Laurence L. Delina
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Assembling community energy democracies [PDF]
Voluntary Sector Review, 2020 Calls for greater ‘energy democracy’ foresee a greater role for voluntary sector activity – including through community groups’ ownership of energy projects – to help produce more open, participatory and just energy systems. This article offers a novel conceptualisation of democracy through viewing community energy projects as assemblages of ...
Van Veelen, Bregje, Eadson, William
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Proceedings, 2021 To achieve the “well below 2 degrees” targets, a new ecosystem needs to be defined where citizens become more active, co-managing with relevant stakeholders, the government, and third parties. This means moving from the traditional concept of citizens-as-
Rosamaria Olivadese +6 more
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The Strategy of Energy Democracy and Sustainable Development: Policymakers and Instruments [PDF]
Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment, 2022 Energy democracy policymakers pay attention to planning to the formation of energy markets and exchanges of energy regions, diversification of energy resources, especially renewable resources, and global challenges due to greenhouse gas emissions.
M. Esmaeili Shayan +3 more
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Energy democracy in Lesotho: Prioritising the participation of rural citizens
Cogent Social Sciences, 2022 When projects are exclusionary, they are bound to fail because they are void of a collective sense of belonging and ownership. The government of Lesotho has been stridently pursuing renewable energy initiatives to augment the hamstrung monopoly provider ...
Seroala Tsoeu-Ntokoane +2 more
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Mapping energy citizenship in the south of Europe
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 The adoption of new global approaches in the field of energy democratization requires inquiring into how people act to shape the energy system. This is where the concept of energy citizenship (ENCI) appears as a constellation of actors that enable and/or
Adina Claudia Dumitru +5 more
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The heterogeneous effect of democracy, economic and political globalisation on renewable energy [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 This paper summarises the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on international cooperation’s role in combatting climate change and its impacts.
Lyulyov Oleksiy +3 more
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Energy justice, democracy and deforestation
Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 This paper contributes to the debate on the determinants of deforestation, a menace that is posing threat to sustainable development particularly in tropical developing regions. Specifically, the paper focuses on the effect of energy justice and democratization.
Alex O. Acheampong +1 more
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