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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism |
| Editors | Magnus Boström, Michele Behavior, Peter Oosterveer |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780190629038 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2018 |
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Keywords
- prosumers
- low-carbon electricity system
- smart metering
- solar panels
- home batteries
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Energy Devices and Political Consumerism in Reconfigured Energy Systems. / Kloppenburg, S.; van Vliet, B.J.M.
The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism. ed. / Magnus Boström; Michele Behavior; Peter Oosterveer. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
TY - CHAP
T1 - Energy Devices and Political Consumerism in Reconfigured Energy Systems
AU - Kloppenburg, S.
AU - van Vliet, B.J.M.
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - This chapter discusses political consumerism in the context of a transformation towards a low-carbon electricity system. Over the past decades, deregulation, liberalisation, and privatisation have opened up spaces for Western consumers to influence the greening of energy provision and consumption via the market. Electricity system reconfiguration means a growing diversity of home-based energy devices that engage consumers with energy in new and altered ways. With the use of smart meters, solar panels, and home batteries, passive energy users change into prosumers and comanagers of the grid. To understand the power of consumers in coshaping low-carbon electricity systems, the chapter shows the need to consider the politics of intermediation and technology. The chapter concludes that energy devices afford new individual and collective forms of engaging with energy, which opens up room for political consumerism not only in relation to energy production and consumption but also with regards to digital technologies and information flows.
AB - This chapter discusses political consumerism in the context of a transformation towards a low-carbon electricity system. Over the past decades, deregulation, liberalisation, and privatisation have opened up spaces for Western consumers to influence the greening of energy provision and consumption via the market. Electricity system reconfiguration means a growing diversity of home-based energy devices that engage consumers with energy in new and altered ways. With the use of smart meters, solar panels, and home batteries, passive energy users change into prosumers and comanagers of the grid. To understand the power of consumers in coshaping low-carbon electricity systems, the chapter shows the need to consider the politics of intermediation and technology. The chapter concludes that energy devices afford new individual and collective forms of engaging with energy, which opens up room for political consumerism not only in relation to energy production and consumption but also with regards to digital technologies and information flows.
KW - prosumers
KW - low-carbon electricity system
KW - smart metering
KW - solar panels
KW - home batteries
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DO - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190629038.013.45
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780190629038
BT - The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism
A2 - Boström, Magnus
A2 - Behavior, Michele
A2 - Oosterveer, Peter
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford
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