Making space for environmental justice in renewable energy planning

IF 6.9 2区 经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Leire Urkidi Azkarraga, Mikel Gurrutxaga
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Abstract

Against the backdrop of the energy transition, the development of renewable energies implies risks and imbalances that could be mitigated by taking proper spatial planning approaches. The Territorial Sectoral Plan for Renewable Energies of the Basque Country (Spain) aims to organize the deployment of large-scale projects for multiple energy sources, on rural, non-developable land and on a regional scale. Plans of this kind are scarce in Europe and almost nonexistent in Spain. In the article, we analyze the drafting process of the Territorial Sectoral Plan using a combination of methods, in order to identify the perceived injustices of the plan and to discuss them within the multi-dimensional environmental justice framework. In this case, the key perceived injustices are linked to: (1) the misrecognition of rural communities and mountain areas as a key axis of inequality—related to disrupted attachment to place; (2) the corporate and mercantilist nature of the current energy system; (3) the conflict between mitigation objectives and adaptation functions/capabilities; and (4) the absence of multi-scalar decision-making processes and the limited scope of participation. Furthermore, this article provides a series of normative proposals regarding spatial planning for renewable energies in similar contexts. The study concludes that the intersection between spatial energy planning and environmental justice could constitute a fertile research field in the quest for fair energy transitions.
在可再生能源规划中为环境正义留出空间
在能源转型的背景下,可再生能源的发展意味着风险和不平衡,而采取适当的空间规划方法可以缓解这些风险和不平衡。巴斯克地区(西班牙)的 "可再生能源地区部门计划 "旨在组织在农村、不可开发土地和地区范围内部署多种能源的大型项目。此类计划在欧洲很少,在西班牙几乎不存在。在这篇文章中,我们采用多种方法分析了 "国土部门计划 "的起草过程,以确定该计划中存在的不公正现象,并在多维环境正义框架内对其进行讨论。在这种情况下,主要的不公正现象与以下方面有关:(1) 农村社区和山区被误认为是不平等的关键轴心,这与对地方的依恋遭到破坏有关;(2) 当前能源系统的企业和重商主义性质;(3) 减缓目标与适应功能/能力之间的冲突;(4) 缺乏多尺度决策过程以及参与范围有限。此外,本文还就类似情况下的可再生能源空间规划提出了一系列规范性建议。研究得出结论,空间能源规划与环境正义之间的交叉可以成为寻求公平能源过渡的一个肥沃的研究领域。
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Energy Research & Social Science
Energy Research & Social Science ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-
CiteScore
14.00
自引率
16.40%
发文量
441
审稿时长
55 days
期刊介绍: Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles examining the relationship between energy systems and society. ERSS covers a range of topics revolving around the intersection of energy technologies, fuels, and resources on one side and social processes and influences - including communities of energy users, people affected by energy production, social institutions, customs, traditions, behaviors, and policies - on the other. Put another way, ERSS investigates the social system surrounding energy technology and hardware. ERSS is relevant for energy practitioners, researchers interested in the social aspects of energy production or use, and policymakers. Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) provides an interdisciplinary forum to discuss how social and technical issues related to energy production and consumption interact. Energy production, distribution, and consumption all have both technical and human components, and the latter involves the human causes and consequences of energy-related activities and processes as well as social structures that shape how people interact with energy systems. Energy analysis, therefore, needs to look beyond the dimensions of technology and economics to include these social and human elements.
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