The art of muddling through:spatial planning conditions for citizen energy communities

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العنوان: The art of muddling through:spatial planning conditions for citizen energy communities
المؤلفون: Horlings, Ina, van Kann, Ferry, Soares da Silva, Diogo
المصدر: Horlings , I , van Kann , F & Soares da Silva , D 2023 , The art of muddling through : spatial planning conditions for citizen energy communities . Essay Series Transitions in Planning: Challenges of the 21th Century for Dutch Spatial Planning , InPlanning . https://doi.org/10.17418/TIP.2023.ART.04
بيانات النشر: InPlanning
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: University of Groningen research database
مصطلحات موضوعية: energy transition, energy initiatives, community, decentralisation, area-specific planning
الوصف: This essay focuses on the energy transition as a relevant issue for spatial planning as it has large spatial implications. Particularly against the background of climate change, there is an urgent call for a fundamental change of our energy system. Part of this change is a growing role for citizen initiatives that collectively focus on renewable energy, referred to in this paper as citizen energy communities (CECs). While the role of citizens in energy transition has been discussed in different disciplines, and regional scientists have reflected on citizen participation in community energy production, the role of spatial planning in supporting these bottom-up processes deserves more scholarly attention. We aim to answer the key question: What are spatial planning conditions for energy transition driven by CECs in different institutional contexts? To understand and illustrate these conditions, we use a comparative study of three case studies in three different countries, the Netherlands, Wales (UK), and Portugal. Based on an empirical study and a literature review, which include an analysis of the dilemmas and socio-spatial (mis)matches in the field of energy, we provide recommendations for favourable planning conditions supporting CECs. The results show that CECs build new institutional arrangements and coalitions. The analysis of the cases underpins that the specific geography, the institutional context and involvement of relevant stakeholders are key factors to take into account. Finally, we conclude that in order CECs to flourish, spatial planning should 1) balance top-down goals and area-specific implementation, 2) consider temporality (including long-term visioning and short-term incrementalism or 'muddling through') and 3) pay attention to the impact of the energy transition on multiple spatial scales.
نوع الوثيقة: book
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
Relation: https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/27692d5a-133d-42d5-b442-d988888482af
DOI: 10.17418/TIP.2023.ART.04
الاتاحة: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/27692d5a-133d-42d5-b442-d988888482af
https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/27692d5a-133d-42d5-b442-d988888482af
https://doi.org/10.17418/TIP.2023.ART.04
https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/588374413/4_IP_ESSAY_Horlings_Kann_da_Silva.pdf
https://www.inplanning.eu/categories/5/articles/278?menu_id=essay-series&section_title_for_article=Transitions+in+Planning
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.BE2767AD
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
DOI:10.17418/TIP.2023.ART.04