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Decarbonising heating and cooling: Barriers and opportunities facing aquifer thermal energy storage in the United Kingdom

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104006

Ting Liu, Richard Hanna, Yiannis Kountouris

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Does energy access impact refugees' human capital development? A case study of Myanmar refugees in Thailand's camps

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104008

Shwe Yi Myint Myat, Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen

{"title":"Does energy access impact refugees' human capital development? A case study of Myanmar refugees in Thailand's camps","authors":"Shwe Yi Myint Myat, Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Most refugees live in poor living conditions and lack clean energy. While previous studies have focused on basic humanitarian needs, limited attention has been given to energy access and human capital in prolonged refugee settings, particularly in non-signatory host countries like Thailand. This study addresses this gap by examining refugees' energy access and its impact on human capital development through a case study of Myanmar refugees in Thailand's Umpiem Mai (UPM) and Ban Mai Nai Soi (BMN) camps. Data collection was made through field observation, 25 semi-structured interviews, 202 household surveys and 20 key informant interview. Multi-Tier Framework was applied to analyze households' energy access, quantitative statistical analysis was used for the survey data, and thematic analysis was applied to the interview data. The findings revealed that in BMN, most households have Tier 0 electricity access. UPM is grid-connected but classified as Tier 1 due to high electricity rates. Both camps' cooking access is Tier 3. The streetlighting tier of BMN is Tier 0 and UPM is Tier 3. Consequently, UPM has superior human capital compared to BMN. Energy access is found to be affected by income, occupation and geographical location of the refugees. However, there have been limited humanitarian assistance from the United Nations (UNs), International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs), and governments regarding energy access for refugees in these camps. This research calls for urgent attention to the energy access of refugees by international organizations to ensure basic human rights and moral obligations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 104008"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sámi perspectives on energy justice and wind energy developments in Northern Norway

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104004

Aniek Blokzijl , Elisabet Dueholm Rasch

{"title":"Sámi perspectives on energy justice and wind energy developments in Northern Norway","authors":"Aniek Blokzijl , Elisabet Dueholm Rasch","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article uses a relational ontology lens to analyze how Sámi reindeer herders in Northern Norway experience wind energy developments and energy justice. While most research on just energy transitions tends to focus on distribution, procedural and recognition justice, decolonial environmental justice scholars have argued that this approach fails to fully capture how energy (in)justice is perceived by Indigenous peoples. Our study builds on these insights and explores how Sámi relational ontologies shape their perceptions of energy justice. Building on ethnographic fieldwork - including participant observation and interviews conducted in Guovdageaidnu - we seek to answer the question: How does relational ontology shape Sámi reindeer herders' perceptions of justice in the transition towards renewable energy? We conclude that for Sámi reindeer herders, a just energy transition not only depends on distributional, procedural and recognition justice, but that their perceptions of what is “just” in energy transitions also revolve around: 1) other-than-humans 2) multiple ways of being in the world 3) diverse ways of knowing 4) temporality and 5) historical processes of dispossession. By unravelling why Sámi perceive wind developments as unjust, this article shows how the transition towards renewable energy can deepen already existing injustices and that embracing alternative ontologies could pave the way for an energy transition that is also considered just by Indigenous peoples. In so doing, the article contributes to the emerging literature that analyses energy justice through an ontological lens.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 104004"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Staying put or pulling out? How mini grid developers use business model innovation to overcome challenges and barriers in Kenya

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104005

Mbeo Ogeya , Solomon Ogara , Margrethe Holm Andersen

{"title":"Staying put or pulling out? How mini grid developers use business model innovation to overcome challenges and barriers in Kenya","authors":"Mbeo Ogeya , Solomon Ogara , Margrethe Holm Andersen","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Using a sustainable business model innovation framework, this paper employs a case study approach to investigate why private mini grid developers have remained resilient and competitive in Kenya's electricity market despite changing market and policy conditions. Although mini grids in Kenya date back to the 1970s, significant rural mini grid development by the private sector began post-2010. These developments have encountered numerous technical, systemic, and social challenges. This study examines the reasons behind their resilience, competitiveness, and sustainability by interviewing five prominent mini grid developers, collectively representing 87 % of privately owned mini grid sites in Kenya.</div><div>The analysis reveals how private mini grid developers have exploited innovative approaches within the mini grid electricity product-service systems. It found that private sector mini grids have effectively utilized business model innovation to deliver and capture value. The primary service provided is sustainable electricity for domestic and productive uses to residential and institutional customers, though many developers have also benefited from supplementary products. Over the years, they have leveraged transformative innovations such as smart meters and the Internet of Things to enhance productivity and efficiency. Additionally, the relationship between users and mini grid developers has improved, boosting their competitiveness. Through innovative payment and billing methods, developers have reduced the financial burden on users, decreasing disconnection rates while increasing income. Thus, the paper argues that sustainable business model innovation is key to their ability to navigate shifting competition and policy pressures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 104005"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Closing the gap: Integrating behavioral and social dynamics through a modular modelling framework for low-energy demand pathways 缩小差距：通过低能耗需求途径模块化建模框架整合行为和社会动态

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103988

Leila Niamir , Felix Creutzig

{"title":"Closing the gap: Integrating behavioral and social dynamics through a modular modelling framework for low-energy demand pathways","authors":"Leila Niamir , Felix Creutzig","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.103988","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.103988","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Demand-side pathways play a key role in achieving the 1.5-degree target and enhancing human well-being. Achieving this requires establishing a systematic bridge between social sciences and climate-energy-economy assessment tools, such as models. The IPCC's sixth assessment report faced challenges in providing robust demand-side scenarios, primarily due to the intricate nature of this challenge and existing knowledge gaps. Nevertheless, it emphasizes the urgent need for a more thorough examination of demand-side pathways. Policymakers and stakeholders are in dire need of improved decision support tools capable of anticipating demand-side interventions, especially behavioral and social interventions, and guide the planning of low-energy demand pathways. In this perspective, we comprehensively assess the drivers of change in the transition toward low-energy demand. We categorize these drivers into behavioral and socio-cultural factors, technological and infrastructural design and adoption, and institutional settings. Moreover, we propose a modular architecture and a complementary modelling framework that facilitates nuanced, policy-relevant scenario exploration. Such exploration is essential for translating scientific insights into actionable measures. Additionally, we call for a comprehensive community effort to co-create and co-develop this modular and complementary modelling platform.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 103988"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Different energy poverty issues, different engagement behaviors? An empirical analysis of citizen groups in Europe 不同的能源贫困问题，不同的参与行为？对欧洲公民团体的实证分析

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104003

Bianca Grozea-Bănică, Vera Miguéis, Lia Patrício

{"title":"Different energy poverty issues, different engagement behaviors? An empirical analysis of citizen groups in Europe","authors":"Bianca Grozea-Bănică, Vera Miguéis, Lia Patrício","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Engagement in the ongoing energy transition is particularly challenging for energy-poor citizens. As such, there is a pressing need for a better understanding of their experiences and for strategies that enable their engagement. In this study, we identify different groups of citizens based on their energy poverty issues and examine their engagement behaviors (seeking information, proactive managing, sharing feedback, helping others, and advocating). Using cluster analysis and multiple correspondence analysis, we analyzed a sample of 915 citizens from eight European cities participating in a Horizon2020 EU project (Alkmaar-NL, Bari-IT, Celje-SI, Évora-PT, Granada-ES, Hvidovre-DK, Ioannina-GR, Újpest-HU). Several groups of citizens reported either multiple energy issues, a single issue (energy bills, insulation, cooling, heating), or no issues, and the statistical tests showed significant differences across these groups in terms of engagement in seeking information, helping, and advocating. Moreover, we identified that certain groups tend to have specific levels of engagement (high, medium, low) and that sharing feedback generally has a low level of engagement. Overall, this study provides empirical insights into how energy-poor citizens exercise agency through engagement behaviors and offers actionable insights for designing measures to mitigate energy poverty in complementarity with technical and economical solutions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 104003"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Roadblocks of polarization: Interpretive mechanisms of opposition to a speed limit policy on German highways

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104009

Lotte Grünwald, James Patterson

{"title":"Roadblocks of polarization: Interpretive mechanisms of opposition to a speed limit policy on German highways","authors":"Lotte Grünwald, James Patterson","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Social polarization can generate opposition to climate policy action but how exactly this occurs is often assumed rather than explicated. Unpacking this influence is important for understanding why oppositional responses to climate policy arise among mass publics. We analyze interpretive mechanisms by which social polarization leads to policy opposition in response to a proposed speed limit on highways in Germany. We employ an abductive process-tracing approach to posit and empirically scrutinize possible interpretive mechanisms of opposition, drawing on secondary data from multiple arenas of public discourse: news media (newspapers), online debate (internet forum posts), and political representation (plenary minutes, party programs, resolutions, public statements by representatives). We find evidence of three interpretive mechanisms by which policy opposition arises, each of which can occur through more than one pathway: 1) skepticism over policy intentions, 2) defense of values, and 3) unrecognized needs and dependencies. This demonstrates how multiple interpretive mechanisms can operate simultaneously, and the need to disentangle them when explaining policy opposition. Moreover, it suggests an opportunity to proactively address interpretive aspects in policy making (e.g., by giving greater attention to how meanings become attached to policies), while also underscoring the deep socio-cultural embeddedness of climate policy action.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 104009"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Incumbency and sustainability transitions: A systematic review and typology of strategies

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104000

Rabab Saleh , Georgeta Vidican Auktor , Alexander Brem

{"title":"Incumbency and sustainability transitions: A systematic review and typology of strategies","authors":"Rabab Saleh , Georgeta Vidican Auktor , Alexander Brem","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104000","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104000","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The role of incumbent firms in sustainability transitions is gaining more attention, with rapidly rising evidence of their proactive role in the change. Nevertheless, debates continue to focus on their defensive and resisting role. Studies that review the existing knowledge on incumbents' interaction with sustainability transitions are lacking. Therefore, this research applies a systematic literature review to introduce a synthesised approach to differentiate between incumbents' proactive and defensive strategies. Further, it examines these strategies more closely and proposes a level-based typology that includes organisational and management, technology development, industry and markets, and institutional. It argues that this classification has implications for scholarship, policymaking and management and highlights avoiding the sectoral bias in empirical evidence on proactive and defensive strategies and how addressing the four-level strategies by which incumbents interact with sustainability transitions contributes to creating policies and strategies that enforce an incumbent-led transition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 104000"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143510025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Participation as a pathway to procedural justice: A review of energy initiatives across eight European countries

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103982

Sharayu Shejale , Mallory Xinyu Zhan , Marlyne Sahakian , Remina Aleksieva , Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu , Victoria Bogdanova , Barbara Cardone , Julia Epp , Benjamin Kirchler , Andrea Kollmann , Lucia Liste , Chiara Massullo , Karl-Ludwig Schibel

{"title":"Participation as a pathway to procedural justice: A review of energy initiatives across eight European countries","authors":"Sharayu Shejale , Mallory Xinyu Zhan , Marlyne Sahakian , Remina Aleksieva , Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu , Victoria Bogdanova , Barbara Cardone , Julia Epp , Benjamin Kirchler , Andrea Kollmann , Lucia Liste , Chiara Massullo , Karl-Ludwig Schibel","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.103982","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.103982","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The engagement of citizens in the energy transition through a variety of energy initiatives is an important component of a just energy transition. Through analyses of 378 energy initiatives, along with 81 interviews with energy professionals across eight European countries, including Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, and Türkiye, we examine how and in what ways these initiatives address justice outcomes. Specifically, we look at citizen participation as an avenue to procedural justice, which may enable forms or distributional and recognitional justice as well. We critically examine the different forms of citizen engagement put forward by such initiatives, classifying such initiatives into three types: i) demand side action, ii) supply side action and iii) political action. While all forms of engagement are instrumental, the latter two attach greater importance to collective actions and the political agency of individuals. For demand side actions, we find that people tend to be reduced to economic actors subject to top-down directives, given agency in the privacy of their homes through atomized, individual action. Supply side initiatives, like energy communities, may encourage increased citizen involvement, yet they may not fully reflect the ideals of collective political action. Direct participation in shaping energy policies is found to be an avenue towards procedural justice. Yet, it can also exclude female, non-white, lower-income populations unless processes are put into place for fairer representation. Finally, our analysis points to the potential of initiatives that move towards more political and collective actions to deliver energy justice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 103982"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143510026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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When homeowners lose momentum after an energy audit: Barriers to completing weatherization in the United States Midwest 当房主在能源审计后失去动力时：美国中西部完成耐候性改造的障碍

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103979

Claire McKenna , Carina Gronlund , Diana Hernández , Parth Vaishnav

{"title":"When homeowners lose momentum after an energy audit: Barriers to completing weatherization in the United States Midwest","authors":"Claire McKenna , Carina Gronlund , Diana Hernández , Parth Vaishnav","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.103979","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.103979","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Home weatherization could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve residents' health and comfort. However, uptake in disadvantaged communities, which could benefit the most, is low. Here we assess barriers to weatherization in owner-occupied single-family homes in Michigan. We interview the heads of 40 households, each of which received comprehensive energy assessments (CEA). Half the households in our study have below-median incomes; 40% are energy insecure; 43% need additional heating or cooling for medical conditions; and 53% have children. Our sample allows us to assess the energy justice implications of weatherization in a way that past studies have not done. We describe the steps households took towards retrofits in the year following the CEA. By describing four pathways to weatherization, we identify factors that catalyze the uptake of the audit's recommendations and factors that hinder uptake. Half the participants took no steps towards weatherization, often because the CEA showed that the benefits of doing so did not justify the costs. But the other half engaged with the recommendations of the audit, taking steps towards implementing them. Cost-conscious households attempted some of the recommended changes on their own but often failed to complete them upon facing technical difficulties or by underestimating the scarcity of their time. Our findings suggest a form of energy poverty trap: weatherization is often out of reach for those who would benefit the most from it. One solution is for policymakers to build capacity for “do-it-yourself” (DIY) weatherization by providing region-specific guidance for common interventions like air sealing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 103979"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143488321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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