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{"title":"Corrigendum to “Green façades, colonial shades? A critical inquiry into the global justice implications of the European Union's hydrogen and carbon management strategies”, [Energy Res. Soc. Sci. 129 (2025) 104378]","authors":"Alberto Boretti","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104570","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104570","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 104570"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146174629","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":"Conceptualising social value in net zero governance: The case of Bristol City Leap","authors":"Caroline Bird ,&nbsp;Emilia Melville ,&nbsp;Jack Nicholls ,&nbsp;Colin Nolden","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104571","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104571","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Social value is an important tool in public sector procurement, allowing the inclusion and valuing of elements beyond those directly procured, such as local jobs and environmental enhancements. In the UK, the Public Sector (Social Value) Act 2012 and the Public Procurement Act 2023 have enabled procurement reflecting wider co-benefits. This paper examines how social value has been codified in the public procurement of city-scale net zero energy infrastructure and services using the case study of Bristol City Leap, an innovative 20-year £1bn public-private partnership. We analyse the evolution of social value from its roots in value theory, to practical implementation in the governance of energy transitions, exploring how business efficiency logics relate to more participatory approaches to achieving co-benefits. Social value within the procurement of net zero energy investments can enable better alignment of private finance with public sector objectives. Our findings however suggest that social value frameworks relying on quantification and financial proxies risk missing the more qualitative measure of value that can bring deeper and more nuanced outcomes. Long-term contracts for comprehensive municipal clean energy governance, such as BCL, provide greater scope for more meaningful social value through the development of local supply chains, longer term jobs, co-productive relationships with local voluntary and social enterprises and participatory processes. We conclude that a hybrid approach could maximise social value outcomes. While it is too soon to fully evaluate, nevertheless this is a significant case study for understanding social value in urban energy transitions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 104571"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146174631","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":"‘Are we part of the equality?’: Reimagining gender equality of energy transition","authors":"Ellen Fungisai Chipango","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104598","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104598","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While gender equality has become a rallying cry in energy transition, it remains contested. At the heart of this contestation is the question: equality of what—available energy resources or the opportunity to use them? Through a qualitative feminist political ecology study of the Zingondi Resettlement, I analyse the intersectional factors shaping energy access. Using the Capabilities Approach, I illustrate how differently situated individuals have differing needs. The study finds that technological shifts alone do not guarantee gender equality, particularly for those unable to use energy technologies in ways they value. For that reason, <em>capability equality</em> must precede gender equality, as without it, apparent progress can mask persistent inequalities. Achieving gender equality in energy transitions requires policies that are capability-based, gender-responsive, and address structural barriers, guided by gender-disaggregated data.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 104598"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146175264","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 landlord - property manager - tenant trilemma: Exploring the decision-making processes in decarbonising the rental housing market","authors":"Katharina Reidl","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104602","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104602","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The building sector is responsible for one third of carbon emissions globally. To reach NetZero targets, decarbonisation efforts must be accelerated. In societies with a large proportion of rental housing, the decision to retrofit lies in the hand of landlords. Depending on regulation, finances but also personal values, landlords are thus largely responsible to invest in advancing building energy efficiency. This focus can overlook tenants' needs. Described as the landlord-tenant dilemma, literature has long described the issue but overlooked a third influence on investment decision-making, namely property managers. Their relationship with both sides offers valuable insights in the needs and perspectives of landlords and tenants. This study comprises semi-structured interviews in Switzerland to investigate the interplay of landlords, property managers and tenants in the energy-efficient retrofit of buildings. The results show that property management is a valuable point of contact for policy makers, as they provide landlords with retrofit investment options and are in charge of applying for subsidies. Further, they receive insights from tenants and have a better assessment of needs inside the building. Policy makers should address them with coherent subsidy schemes, regulations and emphasise the importance of long-term investment returns of energy efficiency and renewable energy retrofits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 104602"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146174633","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, camera, behaviour change: Mass media as a tool for mainstreaming sustainability","authors":"D. Nilsson ,&nbsp;L. Romanach ,&nbsp;E. Frederiks ,&nbsp;Chi-Hsiang Wang ,&nbsp;J. Gardner","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104551","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104551","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is an urgent need for scalable interventions that can shift societal norms and human behaviour to address the global sustainability crisis. With its extensive reach and cultural influence, mass media is a critical yet underutilised tool in this effort. This paper presents a novel, real-world study to explore the effectiveness of promoting residential energy efficiency through a reality-style television show. Behavioural science principles were embedded throughout the 8-part television series, with a longitudinal mixed-method design used to evaluate the potential impact on viewers over time. Statistical analysis of the results suggested that watching the show was positively associated with an increase in viewers' self-reported desire for homes with an energy star rating above the minimum standard, with this effect strengthening based on the amount of content viewed. Qualitative insights from semi-structured focus group discussions also supported this potential positive influence of the TV series. Overall, this study demonstrates a practical, real-world example of how combining behavioural science with entertainment and mass media can support behaviour change, while also providing a framework to inform the design of future interventions to promote sustainable behaviours at scale.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 104551"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146078827","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":"No empty land: Comparing distributional outcomes of solar parks across land tenure regimes in India","authors":"Sukanya Khar ,&nbsp;Kaveri Iychettira","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104544","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104544","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Large-scale solar park development has accelerated in India over the last decade, with multiple 500 MW<strong>+</strong> parks being built as part of the country's effort to decarbonise its electricity system. These projects require thousands of acres of contiguous land. However, land is a socially embedded resource with no ‘empty’ land available that does not already serve some purpose. Drawing on field research and qualitative interviews across three sites—Bhadla and Fatehgarh in Rajasthan, and Pavagada in Karnataka—we analyse the distributional injustices that accompany large-scale solar park development. We compare two land tenure arrangements: private agricultural land and government-owned land that local communities use for farming and grazing. Using the social-ecological systems framework, we conceptualise these tenure arrangements in terms of inequalities in land ownership, the importance of the resource to different socio-economic groups, and the property regimes under which solar parks are developed. We find, first, that ownership of private agricultural land in Karnataka enables farmers to claim monetary compensation. This is in contrast with solar parks in Rajasthan, where the absence of land-use records and formal titles prevents some farmers and agropastoral groups from accessing any monetary benefits. Second, agropastoral groups and landless households—often from marginalised caste groups—are disadvantaged across all cases, as they lose access to common property resources for livestock rearing as well as to private farmland for wage labour. These findings highlight how diverse land tenure systems shape, and often deepen, unequal distributional outcomes from India's solar transition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 104544"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146079437","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":"Community power in practice: Socioeconomic factors associated with adoption and outcomes of Community Choice Aggregations in California's San Francisco Bay Area","authors":"Sara Lopez","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104555","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104555","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines patterns of adoption and outcomes associated with Community Choice Aggregations (CCAs) in the San Francisco Bay Area and focuses on how customer participation and electricity rates are correlated to race and income. CCAs are often promoted as tools for advancing clean energy access, yet limited research has examined whether participation and rate outcomes vary across socioeconomic contexts. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study combines bivariate correlation and regression analysis with qualitative insights from interviews with six industry professionals representing CCAs, the local investor-owned utility (PG&amp;E), and a regional trade association (CalCCA). The results suggest that CCAs generally provided higher renewable energy content at lower electricity rates than the investor-owned utility, particularly at the baseline 50% renewable energy tier. At the 100% renewable energy tier, total electricity rates were typically modestly higher. Customer participation rates were positively associated with both racial diversity and median household income, although interview participants emphasized that variation in customer awareness, trust, and understanding of CCAs also shapes decisions to opt-out from CCA enrollment. Overall, the findings show no evidence to suggest that automatic CCA enrollment at the 50% renewable energy tier systematically disadvantaged historically marginalized groups based on race or income. Instead, the results suggest broadly equitable access to more renewable electricity across the region and highlight the importance of public education, community engagement, and institutional trust in sustaining participation and supporting an inclusive clean energy transition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 104555"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146079440","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":"Proposing a value-sharing mechanism for wind power: Impacts of benefit-sharing and community engagement on acceptance and environmental awareness","authors":"Kyungmin Lee ,&nbsp;Sun-Jin Yun ,&nbsp;Ji Yong Myeong","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104537","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104537","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As governments increasingly promote installing wind power plants, conflicts with residents have emerged. Some wind farm villages implement financial benefit-sharing schemes and organize public hearings, yet empirical evidence on the effectiveness of such mechanisms remains limited. This study examines whether financial benefit-sharing and community participation are associated with residents' acceptance of wind turbines and with environmental awareness. We propose a Value-sharing Mechanism (VSM) framework by comparing villages with different benefit-sharing types and participation levels. A survey of 95 residents from three wind farm villages in Jeju Island, South Korea, classified as utility-focused, benefit-focused, and participation-focused models, was conducted. The Kruskal-Wallis test, correlation analysis, and linear regression were employed to assess the relationships among perception of benefit-sharing, community engagement, local acceptance, and environmental awareness. Results indicate that both benefit-sharing and community engagement are positively associated with local acceptance, but not with environmental awareness. These findings inform theoretical insights through the lens of commons theory and may inform practice for designing self-governing sustainable renewable energy projects under the VSM framework.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 104537"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146039081","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":"Between efficiency and democracy: Explaining support and resistance towards energy transition and prosumer solutions in Polish and Czech housing cooperatives","authors":"Jan Frankowski ,&nbsp;Joanna Mazurkiewicz ,&nbsp;Soňa Stará ,&nbsp;Aleksandra Prusak ,&nbsp;Wojciech Bełch ,&nbsp;Michal Nesládek ,&nbsp;Tomáš Vácha ,&nbsp;Krzysztof Niedziałkowski","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104519","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104519","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The decarbonisation of multi-family buildings is crucial for Europe's energy transition, yet the role of collective forms of housing governance in this process remains poorly understood. This paper examines how institutional dynamics shape energy investments in Poland and Czechia, two countries with distinct post-socialist housing transformation patterns. Using institutional theory and 61 semi-structured interviews with policymakers and cooperative representatives, we demonstrate that housing cooperatives are structurally positioned to adopt renewable energy technologies primarily as top-down, techno-economic projects aimed at reducing costs. These initiatives rarely develop into participatory or resident-driven models. The potential for collective energy action is further constrained by financial, managerial, and regulatory barriers, as well as the erosion of community structures under ongoing socio-demographic changes. Where energy transition occurs, it tends to follow a centralised, efficiency-driven logic that restricts deeper resident engagement. Experiences with more advanced prosumer solutions illustrate the difficulties of translating both top-down and individually oriented frameworks into cooperative settings shaped by distinct legal, organisational, and cultural conditions. By integrating institutional theory with cooperative studies, the paper shows how path-dependent governance and conflicting logics limit bottom-up energy initiatives in multi-family housing. These findings raise critical questions about the prospects of energy communities within housing cooperatives under current socio-regulatory conditions, highlighting structural barriers that must be addressed if housing cooperatives and similar forms of collective housing are to play a meaningful role in Europe's emerging energy community frameworks, as well as in the residential energy transition in general.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 104519"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145981399","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":"Comparing two court rulings on Shell's carbon emissions with climate-policy science","authors":"Jeroen van den Bergh ,&nbsp;Jan Paul van Soest","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104568","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2026.104568","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In November 2024, a ruling by a Dutch Court of Appeal overturned a 2021 District Court verdict concerning the obligations of the oil and gas company Shell to reduce its carbon emissions. This perspective article examines the scientific basis of the differing arguments in the two court rulings, with a particular focus on the effectiveness of emissions-reduction strategies. To this end, we first summarize the reasoning in both rulings and identify their key points of divergence. Subsequently, we assess which ruling aligns more closely with the scientific literature on climate policy. Our analysis zooms in on four issues: the public-good nature of climate mitigation and the problem of free-riding; the aim and impact of the European Union's Emissions Trading System; the treatment of Scope 3 emissions generated by end users of Shell's products; and the roles of companies versus the state in achieving emissions reductions. We conclude that the Court of Appeal's ruling is more consistent with current scientific insights about effective climate policy than the earlier District Court decision. This is not to deny that companies like Shell will have to fundamentally transform – or otherwise eventually disappear – on the path to a zero‑carbon economy. But such change is most likely to occur as the outcome of a systemic policy approach that delivers steady and substantial emissions reductions across all sectors and jurisdictions. We therefore argue that a more effective legal strategy is to pursue legal action against governments that fail to implement policies in line with internationally agreed climate targets.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 104568"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146078839","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}