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{"title":"Reinforcing positive energy districts for community resilience: A literature review and framework proposal","authors":"Le Ding,&nbsp;Senhong Cai,&nbsp;Zhonghua Gou","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104199","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104199","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) advance energy efficiency and renewable integration but often overlook community energy resilience amid climate uncertainties. This study proposes a theoretical framework to address this gap, developed through a structured literature review and validated via a real-world case study. A systematic review of PED and energy resilience literature synthesizes methodologies—qualitative analysis, simulation modeling, resilience metrics—to identify gaps in existing approaches. Building on this, we design a structured framework integrating climate adaptability, multi-energy systems, and iterative resilience enhancement. The framework guides stakeholders through four phases: (1) defining PED boundaries using energy consumption patterns, (2) optimizing renewable capacity and storage, (3) simulating resilience under extreme weather via 3D and climate models, and (4) refining infrastructure using performance data. To demonstrate practical applicability, the framework is tested in a pilot case study. Initial parameters (building footprints, PV coverage, energy demand) inform baseline resilience assessments. Simulations of extreme climate scenarios reveal vulnerabilities, prompting targeted upgrades (e.g., expanded PV capacity, grid-enclosure measures). Post-intervention data show measurable resilience improvements, validating the framework's ability to balance renewable optimization with climate adaptation. By unifying literature-derived theory and empirical validation, this work shifts PED design from static energy targets to dynamic, resilient systems. The framework equips policymakers with actionable steps to future-proof communities, emphasizing energy security and renewable potential. It serves as a critical reference for urban decarbonization, bridging academic rigor and practical implementation to address escalating climate challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104199"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144510687","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}

{"title":"Navigating French post-nuclear trajectories: lessons from Fessenheim's redevelopment pathways","authors":"Belinda Ravaz ,&nbsp;Pierre-Henri Bombenger ,&nbsp;Massimiliano Capezzali ,&nbsp;Teva Meyer","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104157","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104157","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As with any industry, nuclear installations have a limited lifespan. This is generally around forty years, although there is debate about the possibility of extending the operation of the reactors. In any case, such facilities are bound to shut down eventually. They will have to be dismantled, and their territory redeveloped. However, little attention has been paid to the issues of dismantling and the future use of these sites. The aim of this article is to develop an analytical framework to answer the following questions: What factors influence the redevelopment trajectories of post-nuclear sites? And how do they interact? We consider three redevelopment possibilities: brownfield, greenfield and multi-scale redevelopment. This latter category includes the redevelopment of a post-nuclear territory on a site larger than the original power plant site. Our analytical framework is based on the concept of trajectory. We consider that the choice of redevelopment, which we call spatial configuration, depends on a number of factors, perceived as strategic resources by different actors, and related to each other over a period of time. To illustrate this, we apply our analytical framework to the redevelopment of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant in France. Its application has enabled us to make our framework more flexible to adapt it to local specificities. However, the analysis of the redevelopment trajectories of nuclear power plants with fundamentally different characteristics is essential to better understand the interrelationships that lead to the choice of a particular type of redevelopment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104157"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144510685","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}

{"title":"Lights out, decisions on: How households adapt to power outages across regions and events","authors":"Utkarsh Gangwal ,&nbsp;Rithika Dulam ,&nbsp;Shangjia Dong ,&nbsp;Rachel A. Davidson ,&nbsp;James Kendra ,&nbsp;Bradley Ewing ,&nbsp;Adam Andresen","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The capacity to adapt to disturbances is a distinguishing feature of a resilient system. A number of recent power outages have forced households to adapt to service disruptions. Households adapt to power outages in various ways, yet most existing research focuses on a single event in a specific location. This study expands the scope by analyzing four datasets to examine household adaptations across different events and locations: general outages in Los Angeles, California (CA); the 2022 North American winter storm in North Carolina (NC) and New York (NY); the 2021 Texas (TX) winter storm; and hypothetical future events in the first three locations. Using mixed logit models that integrate revealed preference (RP) and stated preference (SP) data, the study investigates household adaptation behavior across regions and events. The analysis addresses three key questions: (1) How common are different adaptations? (2) Which household adaptations tend to occur together, and which do not? (3) How do adaptations vary with household characteristics, outage duration, and geographic location? Results show that, as outage duration increases, people are more likely to consider multiple relocation adaptations and/or use a generator. Some household characteristics affect adaptation differently depending on location. For example, more prepared individuals are more likely to go to hotels in NC but less likely in CA. This study leverages mixed logit models in a novel way to estimate adaptation behavior during power outages. The models can estimate the percentage of people implementing adaptations with sufficient accuracy for practical purposes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104162"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144500912","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}

{"title":"Beyond violence: Building equity and safety in Canada's industrial energy resource work camps","authors":"Emma Barnes","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104193","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104193","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research study explores the relationship between industrial work camps and sexualized violence in Canada. Based on qualitative interviews with individuals working in these environments and subject matter experts, it aims to shed light on the challenges faced by women in industrial work camps and provide recommendations for effective mitigation measures. This study strives to contribute to systemic change in these environments by addressing gaps in safety and equity. The study also aims to inform policymakers, industry leaders, and workers on practical ways to enhance safety and well-being in these work camps.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104193"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144489371","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}

{"title":"The prepay “poverty premium”: Perspective on Australia's Northern Territory prepayment tariff","authors":"Bradley Riley ,&nbsp;Michael Klerck ,&nbsp;Francis Markham ,&nbsp;Thomas Longden ,&nbsp;Vanessa Napaltjari-Davis ,&nbsp;Simon Quilty ,&nbsp;Jimmy Frank-Jupurrurla","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104189","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104189","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The affordability of prepaid electricity - in common use in jurisdictions where the proportion of Indigenous Australians living remotely is greatest and Indigenous poverty rates are uniquely high (above 40 %) - represents an exceptional yet under examined aspect of the nation's energy transition. Here we explore a previously overlooked element of the prepaid electricity system in Australia's remote and regional Northern Territory (NT): how it disproportionately burdens high consumption households with a “poverty premium”. Our findings reveal financial disparities arising from the application of two discrete electricity payment types operating throughout the Territory since 1998: the prepayment tariff versus the residential tariff plus fixed daily supply charge. By appraising three decades of NT Electricity Pricing Orders (EPOs) we highlight the mechanism by which prepay households using more than a threshold rate of electricity - that has varied over time - are penalized financially. Using known rates of household energy consumption, we demonstrate that while a subset of households are better off, prepay imposes an annual premium of AUD$57–$253 on those with higher consumption (26-48kWh daily in 2018/19) - homes that incongruously experience both an elevated risk of disconnection during temperature extremes and greater energy expenses than all other Territorians. Our perspective complicates the trope that prepay is a fairer way to distribute energy costs in Australia's most remote jurisdiction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104189"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144489370","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}

{"title":"Industrial matchmaking: A self-assessment and planning framework and a roadmap approach for industrial symbiosis","authors":"Melanie Knoebl ,&nbsp;Lucía Ventura ,&nbsp;Johannes Lindorfer ,&nbsp;Ignacio Martín Jimenez","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104185","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Industrial symbiosis plays an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and optimizing resource efficiency within industrial systems. This study introduces a comprehensive methodology to facilitate the transition from the conceptualization of industrial symbiosis initiatives to their practical implementation, focusing on a roadmap process and an innovative self-assessment and planning tool. The research explores the question: <em>How can a newly introduced methodology and the roadmap methodology contribute to the effective planning and deployment of industrial symbiosis activities, particularly in terms of stakeholder engagement and alignment of shared goals?</em> The roadmap methodology enables the identification of potential synergies among industrial actors by guiding them through the strategic planning required to foster collaboration, resource exchange, and environmental sustainability. The self-assessment and planning tool further supports this process by offering a framework for evaluating current system performance and outlining future actions, focusing on industrial symbiosis, industrial–urban symbiosis, and the circular economy. This integrated approach, developed as part of the CORALIS and H4C Europe project, is designed to ensure that industrial symbiosis ecosystems can effectively align their objectives with shared goals, minimise risks, and maximise the symbiotic benefits. Through a case study and practical applications, this study illustrates how these tools contribute to developing actionable plans for sustainable industrial collaboration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104185"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144480692","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}

{"title":"Risk management in sustainable indigenous energies in the Mexican southeast: Towards new resilience routes for Mayan communities to climate change","authors":"Gertrudis Guzmán ,&nbsp;Amina El Mekaoui ,&nbsp;Marcela Torres Wong ,&nbsp;A.J. Cetina-Quiñones ,&nbsp;A. Bassam ,&nbsp;Jesús Ignacio Castro-Salazar","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104194","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104194","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study analyzes the formation and development of indigenous energy communities by implementing renewable energy systems in four Mayan communities in Yucatan, Mexico (Yaxunah, San José Tipceh, Ixil, and Sotuta). The research introduces the concept of “Mayan communities at risk” as a new framework for understanding socio-technical challenges in local energy transitions, transforming the traditional conception of risk from a barrier into a fundamental asset for energy community success. Through a risk management process, the study identified and categorized risks across four dimensions: academic-technical, environmental, social-cultural, and political-economic. The methodology combined qualitative techniques, including participatory and emotional workshops, local ethnographies, participatory observation, and in-depth interviews emphasizing the importance of tsikbal (dialogue) knowledge construction and energy system management. Results reveal how the erosion of traditional values and social cohesion, environmental challenges, and political-economic pressures create complex risk landscapes that require holistic management approaches in energy communities. The study documents successful risk management mechanisms in energy systems, including emotional support strategies, strengthening indigenous self-governance in system operation, and forming local energy promoter groups predominantly led by women. Community strengthening strategies, particularly in Ixil and Sotuta, successfully fostered social responsibility in energy management and challenged traditional dependency patterns. The research highlights how integrating traditional Mayan knowledge with technical innovation in energy systems creates more resilient and sustainable energy communities. These findings contribute to understanding how indigenous energy communities can positively impact climate change mitigation while preserving their cultural heritage and strengthening their social fabric through a comprehensive socio-technical risk management approach.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104194"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144480695","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}

{"title":"Integrated modelling and ontologies of energy futures: The decarbonisation of maritime transport","authors":"Alex Gould,&nbsp;Anna Finiguerra","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104195","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104195","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) represent an increasingly prominent tool in the governance of energy transitions. While scholars have often pointed to the dissonance between IAMs and the empirical realities they claim to project, studies of how integrated energy modelling interacts with the power relations of energy governance have been relatively scarce. Drawing on literature in Science and Technology Studies, this article explores how IAMs function in the broader relations of power and expertise that govern energy transitions, focusing on the transition to alternative fuels in maritime transport as an illustrative case. More specifically, the article demonstrates that integrated energy modelling anchors and is embedded in broad and complex structures of practices through which ontologies of energy futures are created. It shows that existing literature has adopted too narrow a perspective on the ways integrated energy modelling enacts power relations, concluding that the practices through which models are constructed and reach their audiences should be collapsed together into a single analytical frame.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104195"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144480696","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}

{"title":"Enhancing building resilience in cold climates: Integrating heat pump technologies with renewable energy","authors":"Hanlong Wan ,&nbsp;Jian Zhang ,&nbsp;Yunho Hwang","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104168","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104168","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ensuring grid stability becomes increasingly critical for effective heating in cold climates. However, natural disasters, especially during winter, pose significant threats to grid stability, impacting the reliability of air-source heat pumps. Current studies predominantly focus on resilience at the grid level, with limited attention given to source-side resilience, such as the integration of renewable energy sources and storage solutions into heating systems. This paper delves into the literature on renewable-powered heat pumps to assess their potential in enhancing building resilience in U.S. cold climate zones. By leveraging renewable sources—solar, geothermal, and water—in conjunction with heat pump technology and supported by thermal or battery storage, this approach aims to provide a dependable solution for maintaining indoor heating during grid failures. Our analysis begins with a review of various renewable energy sources suitable for heat pumps, followed by an exploration of their application in cold climate regions across the U.S., and discussions on potential integration strategies with heat pump systems. This study highlights the advantages and suitability of solar irradiance and geothermal resources, emphasizing the importance of tailored, site-specific assessments to maximize energy efficiency and resilience. Additionally, it outlines the economic and environmental considerations necessary for implementing such systems and identifies potential challenges and areas for future research to facilitate the broader integration of renewable energy in heating solutions for enhanced resilience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104168"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144472365","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}

{"title":"First Nations at the forefront: The changing landscape of clean energy agreements in Australia","authors":"Lily O'Neill ,&nbsp;Kathryn Thorburn","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104183","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104183","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The clean energy transition has the potential to be very beneficial for the Australian First Nations people on whose Country much of it will occur. This paper documents results of interviews with legal and financial experts who have very particular insight into the contents of benefits agreements currently being negotiated with First Nations groups for large scale clean energy developments – agreements which are conventionally confidential. The results of our analysis give reason for cautious optimism in this space, confirming that First Nations people in Australia have the legal ability to veto clean energy projects on Country. We note the wider impacts of this emergent power of veto, which makes consent more valuable to developers, but also might encourage developers to avoid First Nations Country altogether. We further observe that as First Nations groups become key stakeholders, or co-owners, in these kinds of development, they also can become exposed to significant financial risk. The need to access excellent advice for First Nations groups in Australia who are navigating these projects – as developers, co-owners, shareholders, board members and contractors – is more urgent than ever.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104183"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144365237","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}