Watt sense of community? A human geography agenda on energy communities
Energy communities can potentially advance just transitions towards low-carbon systems by devolving energy production and consumption to local scales. During vibrant debates on evolving energy geographies for more than a decade, human geographers have engaged with conceptualization and emergent models of energy communities in generative ways. We argue for a research agenda where these understandings of space, place and scale enhance research on energy communities. Three points hold particular importance and relevance for this agenda: (a) Pluralising understandings of energy communities, (b) Spatializing perspectives on the potential of energy communities to advance just transitions, and (c) Contextually situating technological-energy innovation strategies.
Authors
- Tomas Moe Skjølsvold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6965-756X)
- Bård Torvetjønn Haugland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2385-416X)
- Shayan Shokrgozar
- Oluf Langhelle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5583-8359)
- Benjamin Ronald Silvester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6098-4556)
- Mathias Lindkvist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1453-528X)
- Huiwen Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4764-6867)
- Håvard Haarstad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2791-9282)
- Siddharth Sareen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0826-7311)
- Mateusz Stopa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9286-5073)
- Jelena Popović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6618-4306)
- Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1838-3834)
- Gerald Taylor Aiken
- Micol Pezzotta
- Lea Sasse
Institutions
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Fridtjof Nansen Institute (NO)
- Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LU)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- University of Stavanger (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Progress in Environmental Geography
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/27539687241287795
- Citations
- 16
- Primary Topic
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 18.11
Funders
- Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe
- Norges Forskningsråd
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
- HORIZON EUROPE Climate, Energy and Mobility