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Why energy democracy can enhance landscape democracy in the energy transition: some reflections on the Italian case

open access: greenRi-vista: Ricerche per la Progettazione del Paesaggio, 2019
The energy transition towards renewable energy sources is unavoidable in order to reduce gas emissions by 40-70% within 2050 (Paris, 2015). In the last two decades, we assisted at frequent oppositions and block to the installation of renewable energy ...
Paolo Picchi
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What Is Sustainable Energy Democracy in Law?

open access: gold, 2021
Energy democracy has emerged in the context of the clean energy transition and decentralization as an element of that transition. It has emerged relatively recently in Europe and in the United States and has started to raise a number of questions in the area of social sciences and law.
Ruven Fleming, Kaisa Huhta, Leonie Reins
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Negotiating energy democracy in practice: governance processes in community energy projects [PDF]

open access: yesEnvironmental Politics, 2018
ABSTRACTThere is a growing ‘energy democracy’ (ED) movement which regards the transition to renewable energy as an opportunity for socio-economic transformation, as well as technological innovation. The literature on ED tends to associate greater democratic control of energy systems with increased community control over the means of energy generation ...
Bregje van Veelen
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Energy communities and the transition to energy democracy

open access: green
In Griechenland sind energiegemeinschaften seit 2018 gesetzlich anerkannt. Die zusammenarbeit zwischen dem staat und den energiegemeinschaften ist jedoch umstritten. Diese dissertation befasst sich mit den politischen implikationen in griechischen energiegemeinschaften und deren auswirkungen auf deren transformationspotenzial.
Leventis, Ektoras
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Assembling community energy democracies [PDF]

open access: yesVoluntary 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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Towards Energy Citizenship for a Just and Inclusive Transition: Lessons Learned on Collaborative Approach of Positive Energy Districts from the EU Horizon2020 Smart Cities and Communities Projects

open access: yesProceedings, 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]

open access: yesIranica 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

open access: yesCogent 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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Routledge Handbook of Energy Democracy

open access: green, 2021
Andrea M. Feldpausch‐Parker   +3 more
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