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Fostering a fair and inclusive energy transition in the Netherlands is a major challenge, particularly in areas that already carry spatial and social burdens related to renewable energy production. The implementation of Regional Energy Strategies in Overijssel leads to substantial uses of space for energy production, including publicly valued landscapes. Investments in infrastructure for renewable energy affect social justice: benefits of such investments are not equally distributed among socio-economic groups or rural and urban residents.
The project’s objective is to develop longer term, socially and spatially just governance arrangements for renewable energy systems at a regional scale, emphasising the role of citizen initiatives and participation. We base our contributions on investigations of social and spatial justice implications of renewable energy policies and projects developed in the Netherlands, and joint knowledge generation on the dynamics and fairness of citizen-participation in planning as well as in daily operations of new energy systems. The study targets users and enablers of renewable energy generation (wind, solar) initiatives, heat distribution networks and energy storage.
We will deliver: a conceptual framework and a tool for assessing the spatial and social justice implications of regional energy strategies in Overijssel; governance arrangement designs for fair and inclusive social-spatial distribution of energy systems.
We employ methods of site visits and interviews, study of literature and policy documents, action research methods such as interactive tool building (mapping) and knowledge co-creation sessions with students, users, enablers and policy makers concerning renewable energy generation, distribution and storage.
The project’s objective is to develop longer term, socially and spatially just governance arrangements for renewable energy systems at a regional scale, emphasising the role of citizen initiatives and participation. We base our contributions on investigations of social and spatial justice implications of renewable energy policies and projects developed in the Netherlands, and joint knowledge generation on the dynamics and fairness of citizen-participation in planning as well as in daily operations of new energy systems. The study targets users and enablers of renewable energy generation (wind, solar) initiatives, heat distribution networks and energy storage.
We will deliver: a conceptual framework and a tool for assessing the spatial and social justice implications of regional energy strategies in Overijssel; governance arrangement designs for fair and inclusive social-spatial distribution of energy systems.
We employ methods of site visits and interviews, study of literature and policy documents, action research methods such as interactive tool building (mapping) and knowledge co-creation sessions with students, users, enablers and policy makers concerning renewable energy generation, distribution and storage.
Status | Active |
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Effective start/end date | 1/09/20 → … |
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