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From waste to fuel: Uncovering the drivers of garbage and plastic burning in Northwest Nigeria 从废物到燃料：揭露尼日利亚西北部垃圾和塑料燃烧的驱动因素

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2026.104547

Bishal Bharadwaj , Tara Gates , Srijani Deb , Ian Gates

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Critical minerals and the shaping of Central Asian economies through the ages 重要的矿物和中亚经济的形成

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104507

Prajakti Kalra , Boram Shin , Siddharth S. Saxena

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Can wind energy help West Virginia off its coal-mining addiction? 风能能帮助西弗吉尼亚州摆脱对煤矿的依赖吗？

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104478

Loïc De Weerdt , Kristopher L. Nichols , Elke U. Weber

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Designing fair and politically viable transport transitions: A framework for transition assistance policies in higher-income countries 设计公平和政治上可行的交通转型：高收入国家转型援助政策框架

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104470

Aaron Maltais , Claudia Strambo , Jindan Gong

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Labor's share of income, income inequality, and CO2 emissions in the world's electricity sector 劳动力收入份额、收入不平等和全球电力行业的二氧化碳排放

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104504

Don Grant , Andrew Jorgenson , Elan Rochell-Share

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Beyond grid connection: A Q-methodology study of stakeholder perspectives on energy poverty in urban Ghana 超越电网连接：加纳城市能源贫困利益相关者视角的q方法研究

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104471

Stephen Sodoke , Ilya Ermolin , Dickson Boateng , Ebenezer Gyampoh Amoah

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Fairing the energy transition: A policy framework for integrating stakeholder concerns in solar energy development 公平的能源转型：在太阳能发展中整合利益相关者关注的政策框架

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104511

L.E. Rielli , J.J.X. Wang

{"title":"Fairing the energy transition: A policy framework for integrating stakeholder concerns in solar energy development","authors":"L.E. Rielli , J.J.X. Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104511","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104511","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ensuring that the energy transition actively accounts for stakeholders' concerns is critical to both addressing and redressing (in)justices. From an energy justice perspective, key aspects – including distributive, procedural, recognitional, and restorative justice – must be duly inscribed across the lifecycles of new renewable energy infrastructures. This article aims to identify the salient stakeholder concerns and propose corresponding policy actions that embed justice principles in the energy transition. It particularly emphasizes on the implications for affected stakeholders groups, namely workers, suppliers, communities, and consumers. Drawing on evidence from ethnographic field observations and semi-structured interviews (<em>n</em> = 47) in solar photovoltaic energy projects in Brazil and Portugal, this Perspective article proposes a framework of structural and practical policy actions that centre the affected stakeholders' concerns, which can be adapted across global geographies. This work contributes to the just energy transitions global agenda by providing practical recommendations for integrating justice into energy policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"131 ","pages":"Article 104511"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790429","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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Kilometre-scale Earth system models to support the renewable energy transition: a combination of storyline methodologies 支持可再生能源转型的公里尺度地球系统模型：故事线方法的组合

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104513

Eulàlia Baulenas , Menno Veerman , Edgar Dolores-Tesillos , Aleksander Lacima-Nadolnik , Carlos Delgado-Torres , Kerstin Haslehner , Arjun Kumar , Albert Soret , Dragana Bojovic

{"title":"Kilometre-scale Earth system models to support the renewable energy transition: a combination of storyline methodologies","authors":"Eulàlia Baulenas , Menno Veerman , Edgar Dolores-Tesillos , Aleksander Lacima-Nadolnik , Carlos Delgado-Torres , Kerstin Haslehner , Arjun Kumar , Albert Soret , Dragana Bojovic","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104513","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104513","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Kilometre-scale Earth system models (km-ESMs) represent a significant advancement in climate modelling, offering unprecedented spatial detail. To ensure their societal relevance, this study explores how combining storyline methodologies can bridge science and decision-making in the context of the renewable energy transition. The study conducted a discourse-based stakeholder mapping and through participatory workshops, three scenario storylines were co-produced reflecting divergent energy futures. These scenarios were implemented through masking km-scale climate simulations. This process facilitated the communication of complex model outputs to non-technical participants, and also fostered reflection on how such information could inform their own and interdependent decision-making within the energy transition. The joint discussions highlighted the trade-offs and synergies between renewable energy production, biodiversity protection, and community empowerment. Stakeholders identified key climate information needs from different perspectives of the renewable energy sector, stressing the value of km-scale resolution data in regional planning and infrastructure resilience. By treating storylines as boundary objects, we demonstrate how local narratives can inform model development and how models can, in turn, support societal processes of relevance. Our results underscore the potential of co-produced, discourse-driven scenario storylines to enhance the usability and impact of emerging climate modelling tools.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"131 ","pages":"Article 104513"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790347","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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Is energy poverty characterized by a gender and migration bias? Microdata evidence from the Netherlands 能源贫困是否以性别和移民偏见为特征？来自荷兰的微数据证据

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104502

Lisanne Visseren , Anika Batenburg , Francesco Dalla Longa , Peter Mulder

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Institutional learning in the energy transition: The case of offshore wind in the United States 能源转型中的制度学习：以美国海上风电为例

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104475

Tyler A. Hansen , Stephanie Lenhart , Aidan T. Muller , Elizabeth J. Wilson

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