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China's rise, public opinion, and growing interventionism in South America's electricity industry

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103927

Ariel.A. Casarin , Angel Saz-Carranza

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Lithium dreams, local struggles: Navigating the geopolitics and socio-ecological costs of a low-carbon future

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103952

Muhammad Sikandar Ali Chaudary

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Electrifying company cars? The effects of incentives and tax benefits on electric vehicle sales in 31 European countries

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103914

Hendrik Schub , Patrick Plötz , Frances Sprei

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Staying cool at home: Cooling practices, barriers, and possibilities for disabled people's experiences of managing summer heat in Aotearoa New Zealand

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103895

Rachel Kowalchuk Dohig , Kimberley Clare O'Sullivan , Angela-Marie Desmarais , Sarah Bierre

{"title":"Staying cool at home: Cooling practices, barriers, and possibilities for disabled people's experiences of managing summer heat in Aotearoa New Zealand","authors":"Rachel Kowalchuk Dohig , Kimberley Clare O'Sullivan , Angela-Marie Desmarais , Sarah Bierre","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2024.103895","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2024.103895","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drawing on results from a novel online qualitative survey, we explore the experiences of disabled people residing in Aotearoa New Zealand during the summer months, considering how individuals manage home temperature, how well their dwellings support their thermal needs, and any barriers to preferred cooling practices. Disabled people are disproportionately impacted by climate change, while at the same time facing poor quality, inaccessible and inappropriate housing and high rates of energy poverty. Some members of the community also have physical thermoregulation needs requiring specific indoor temperatures. It is therefore important that the voices of disabled people are prioritised when considering policy responses to changing cooling practices and needs in a warming environment. Data from an online qualitative survey were analysed using thematic analysis to determine key themes: “Just getting through”; ‘Control over the home space’; and ‘Access and inclusion.’ These themes address participants' extensive efforts to maintain thermal comfort due to the significant risks of unhealthy thermal environments, the interpersonal dynamics at play within households, and the barriers to accessing the wider built environment due to poor thermal conditions. These findings assert the need for more research and practice to support the thermal wellbeing of disabled people in Aotearoa New Zealand, year-round. Our study demonstrates the usefulness of qualitative survey as a method for environmental health research, especially as an accessible way for disabled people to participate in research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 103895"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143142017","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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Recycling energy landscapes: Addressing the sustainable legacy of the world's largest enterprise

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103906

Martin J. Pasqualetti , Richard C. Smardon

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Embracing sufficiency to accelerate the energy transition

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103907

Fabian Dablander , Colin Hickey , Maria Sandberg , Carina Zell-Ziegler , John Grin

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The retrofit puzzle: Connecting practices, retrofit measures, and performance outcomes through socio-technical evaluations

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103924

Luis Eduardo Medrano-Gómez, Paola Boarin, Alessandro Premier

{"title":"The retrofit puzzle: Connecting practices, retrofit measures, and performance outcomes through socio-technical evaluations","authors":"Luis Eduardo Medrano-Gómez, Paola Boarin, Alessandro Premier","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.103924","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.103924","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Post-Occupancy Evaluations (POEs) have historically adopted a technocentric approach often lacking theoretical frameworks to support deeper analyses. Socio-technical POEs involve theories and methods that support the understanding of both technical and social aspects of building performance and the interaction between occupants and buildings. Researchers have recognised residential building retrofitting as a complex socio-technical issue that requires consideration of how physical arrangements support sustainable practices, rather than a technical issue that is easily addressed by installing technology and relying on rational choices. However, no review studies have explicitly investigated socio-technical POEs in retrofitted residential buildings. This study addressed the gap in current research by conducting a systematic review to identify investigative aspects such as suitable methodological and theoretical frameworks, social and technical parameters, benefits, barriers, gaps in knowledge, and future research that can guide researchers in conducting socio-technical POEs. The results showed that although the field of socio-technical POE of retrofitted dwellings is under-researched, it has allowed to identify issues during the retrofit process while uncovering occupant practices, needs, and preferences that impact the performance of buildings. The challenges and limitations of this approach are concerned with access to data, reliability and accuracy of self-reported data, and transferability of findings. The barriers preventing the adoption of this approach are related to the complexity of the evaluation, resources, interdisciplinarity, and regulatory issues. A gap persists on the impact of practices and behaviours on the performance of retrofitted homes, and more research is needed to grow the body of evidence of socio-technical POE.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 103924"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143142105","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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The ontological dimension of energy security in Guatemala: Towards energy systems from below and with the Earth

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103926

B.A. Gálvez-Campos

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Local energy autarky: What it means and why it matters

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103920

Imad Antoine Ibrahim, Franziska Baack, Ewert Aukes, Lisa Sanderink, Frans Coenen, Florian Helfrich, Athanasios Votsis, Thomas Hoppe

{"title":"Local energy autarky: What it means and why it matters","authors":"Imad Antoine Ibrahim, Franziska Baack, Ewert Aukes, Lisa Sanderink, Frans Coenen, Florian Helfrich, Athanasios Votsis, Thomas Hoppe","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.103920","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.103920","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The concept of energy autarky, namely self-sufficient energy production and consumption, gained traction as states and other actors seek alternatives to centralised energy systems and conventional energy sources. This led to discussions about the potential for achieving autarky at various territorial levels, including national, regional, local, and even city district or household. While studies on autarky at the national level exist, the connotations of autarky at the local community level remain underexplored. This paper addresses this knowledge gap by exploring the connotations local communities and stakeholders attach to the state of autarky in local energy systems. Five connotations are identified from the literature, illustrated and reflected upon using a multiple-case study research approach, with six illustrative cases from Denmark, the Netherlands, and India. Results show that energy autarky is a context-dependent concept and that local community members attribute different connotations to it, some of which overlap. Additionally, challenges to autarky in local energy systems follow from local contextual conditions, leading to varying degrees to which communities achieve or even pursue autarky.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 103920"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143141713","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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“We don't have time”: How imaginaries of urgent energy system change marginalise locally driven pathways

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103888

Sam Unsworth , Helene Ahlborg , Sofie Hellberg

{"title":"“We don't have time”: How imaginaries of urgent energy system change marginalise locally driven pathways","authors":"Sam Unsworth , Helene Ahlborg , Sofie Hellberg","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2024.103888","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2024.103888","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this empirical study we examine the characteristics of energy systems change for Rwanda envisioned by actors seeking to drive transitions who are based both within and outside the country. We rely on empirical data from interviews (<em>N</em> = 62) and observations. We focus on electricity and cooking services as domains which actors including the Rwandan government are seeking to transform. Our study proposes two sociotechnical imaginaries of change. The first envisions rapid, large-scale and private sector-led adoption of externally developed technologies and priorities, aligning with global sustainability agendas. The second envisions a more gradual pathway co-produced by local actors. The first imaginary's dominance has material implications. It frames Rwanda as a recipient of technology from transnational actors, who co-produce the imaginary along with the government. From a critical standpoint, the first imaginary assigns a passive role to users and rural actors while prioritizing transnational actors in urban areas, reproducing coloniality. The second imaginary similarly adheres to modernist ideals of technoscientific advance and economic catch up. Nonetheless, making room for the second imaginary and actors who challenge the first imaginary may avoid transitions in Rwanda inevitably favouring externally developed technologies and knowledges. Promisingly, certain alternative perspectives imagine transitions with characteristics which disturb the coloniality and adherence to modernity perceptible in the two imaginaries. We invite transnational actors to reflect over their participation in the stabilisation and destabilisation of place-specific energy systems change imaginaries. From a policy perspective, we highlight tensions between ambitions to implement rapid energy transformations and to innovate technologies domestically.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 103888"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143142071","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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