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Go slow to go fast? A review of the impacts of permitting on large-scale solar project development 慢走快走？审查许可对大型太阳能项目发展的影响

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104318

Eric O'Shaughnessy, Robi Nilson, Joseph Rand

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“Identifying thirteen core themes in energy and social science research” “确定能源与社会科学研究的13个核心主题”

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104282

Benjamin K. Sovacool

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Actors networks in energy transitions: Controversies and possible paths in the Brazilian electricity sector 能源转型中的行动者网络：巴西电力部门的争议和可能的路径

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104310

Gabriela Almeida Marcon Nora , Anete Alberton , Diego Hernando Florez Ayala

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Defensive, reactive, or proactive? A critical review and conceptual framework of the role of incumbent firms in sustainability transitions 防御，被动，还是主动？对现有企业在可持续性转型中的作用的批判性审查和概念框架

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104256

Rabab Saleh

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Opening up energy: toward more coherent research into transitions 开放能量：对过渡进行更连贯的研究

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104316

Larry Lohmann

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Clean energy finance must urgently confront novel technology bankability gaps, systemic risks in emerging economies, and a historic shift in infrastructure spending 清洁能源金融必须紧急应对新技术的可融资性差距、新兴经济体的系统性风险以及基础设施支出的历史性转变

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104337

Sabah Abdullah , Jeff Brown , Chris Greig , Kaveri Iychettira , Kasparas Spokas , Maroof Syed , Kurt Waltzer

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Solar cities: A case study analysis of city-level enablers of expanded solar energy access 太阳能城市：扩大太阳能获取的城市层面推动者的案例研究分析

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104321

Eric O'Shaughnessy , Angelica Chavez Duckworth , Samantha Houck , Galen Barbose

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Uplifting winds: The surprisingly positive community-wide impact of wind energy installations on property values 上升的风：风力发电装置对整个社区的物业价值产生了令人惊讶的积极影响

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104331

Ben Hoen , Eric Brunner , David Schwegman

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Missing the mark: Avoiding community misengagement in large-scale solar development 错失良机：避免社区对大规模太阳能开发的误用

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104338

Douglas L. Bessette , Joseph Rand , Ben Hoen , Robi Nilson , Jacob White , Karl Hoesch , Sarah B. Mills

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Mapping green communities: Resources for measuring grassroots environmental organizing in Japan 绘制绿色社区：衡量日本基层环境组织的资源

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104232

Timothy Fraser , Pinar Temocin

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