Energy justice as a search light for gender-energy nexus: Towards a conceptual framework

Feenstra, Mariëlle; Özerol, Gül

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2020.110668

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“…Among socio-demographic factors, the decisive role of gender inequalities has received particular attention [49], with Petrova and Simcock [11] contending that energy poverty is differentially experienced along gender lines, both in terms of "household practices of responding to and resisting energy poverty" (p. 1), and the emotional labour of living in, and responding to, the lack of adequate energy services in the home. Importantly, their research highlights how gendered vulnerabilities-as well as associated forms of political agency and emancipation-surface as a result of household strategies to confront domestic energy deprivation.…”

Section: Energy Poverty In Europe: An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda

Bouzarovski

Thomson

Cornelis³

2021

Energies

102

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This paper scrutinizes existing policy efforts to address energy poverty at the governance scale of the European Union (EU) and its constituent Member States. Our main starting point is the recent expansion of energy poverty policies at the EU level, fuelled by the regulatory provisions of the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package, as well as the establishment of an EU Energy Poverty Observatory. Aided by a systematic and customized methodology, we survey the extensive scientific body of work that has recently been published on the topic, as well as the multiple strategies and measures to address energy poverty that have been formulated across the EU. This includes the principal mitigation approaches adopted by key European and national institutions. We develop a framework to judge the distributional and procedural justice provisions within the recently adopted National Energy and Climate Plans, as an indicator of the power, ability and resolve of relevant institutions to combat the causes and consequences of energy injustice. We also provide a research and policy agenda for future action, highlighting a series of scientific and decision-making challenges in the European and global context.

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Section: Energy Poverty In Europe: An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda

Bouzarovski

Thomson

Cornelis³

2021

Energies

102

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“…First of all, it has been evidenced that effectiveness of energy policies improves when gender is acknowledged, through the optimization of outcomes for all the actors involved in the energy system, as highlighted by some policy design approaches such as women in development, gender in development, transformative approach, intersectional approach and social justice. [20] Women roles in society equips them with an understanding of the cultural and community context, which is useful for introducing behavioural change with regard to energy consumption, starting from the household level. [21,22] Therefore, women empowerment in the energy transition through their enhanced inclusion in energy access and use and through the strengthening of their role in the energy chain and decision making processes, can play a decisive role for addressing the impacts of the sustainable transformation in energy systems on the social, cultural, economic and political contexts they are embedded in.…”

Section: Social Aspects Of Energy Transition: a Gender Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…[21,22] Therefore, women empowerment in the energy transition through their enhanced inclusion in energy access and use and through the strengthening of their role in the energy chain and decision making processes, can play a decisive role for addressing the impacts of the sustainable transformation in energy systems on the social, cultural, economic and political contexts they are embedded in. [20] Nonetheless, for this involvement to be effective and sustainable, energy policies have to be properly implemented, allocations of time and resources between genders should be levered to further include women as participants of the entire energy supply chain, in order to support energy planners and consumers in making informed energy choices and to acknowledge and support women's livelihood priorities. [18,20] Taking into account gender roles and relations in energy policies design might trigger a shift towards energy justice in implementing availability, affordability, sustainability, intra-and inter-generational equity and responsibility in the development of energy system infrastructures.…”

Section: Social Aspects Of Energy Transition: a Gender Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…[20] Nonetheless, for this involvement to be effective and sustainable, energy policies have to be properly implemented, allocations of time and resources between genders should be levered to further include women as participants of the entire energy supply chain, in order to support energy planners and consumers in making informed energy choices and to acknowledge and support women's livelihood priorities. [18,20] Taking into account gender roles and relations in energy policies design might trigger a shift towards energy justice in implementing availability, affordability, sustainability, intra-and inter-generational equity and responsibility in the development of energy system infrastructures. [20] Secondly, when it comes to the already introduced prosumers exploitation, with energy consumers becoming energy producers for their self-consumption and the market, women role can bridge and play as agent of change in the whole energy system.…”

Section: Social Aspects Of Energy Transition: a Gender Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

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Solid-State Hydrogen Storage: Materials, Systems and the Relevance of a Gender Perspective

Em¹,

Barale²,

Corno³

et al. 2021

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This paper aims at addressing the exploitation of solid-state carriers for hydrogen storage, with attention paid both to the technical aspects, through a wide review of the available integrated systems, and to the social aspects, through a preliminary overview of the connected impacts from a gender perspective. As for the technical perspective, carriers to be used for solid-state hydrogen storage for various applications can be classified into two classes: metal and complex hydrides. Related crystal structures and corresponding hydrogen sorption properties are reviewed and discussed. Fundamentals of thermodynamics of hydrogen sorption evidences the key role of the enthalpy of reaction, which determines the operating conditions (i.e. temperatures and pressures). In addition, it rules the heat to be removed from the tank during hydrogen absorption and to be delivered to the tank during hydrogen desorption. Suitable values for the enthalpy of hydrogen sorption reaction for operating conditions close to ambient (i.e. room temperature and 1-10 bar of hydrogen) are close to 30 kJ·molH2 1. The kinetics of hydrogen sorption reaction is strongly related to the microstructure and to the morphology (i.e. loose powder or pellets) of the carriers. Usually, kinetics of hydrogen sorption reaction is rather fast, and the thermal management of the tank is the rate determining step of the processes. As for the social perspective, various scenarios for the applications in different socio-economic contexts of solid-state hydrogen storage technologies are described. As it occurs with the exploitation of other renewables innovative technologies, a wide consideration of the social factors connected to these processes is needed to assess the extent to which a specific innovation might produce positive or negative impacts in the recipient socio-economic system and to explore the potential role of the social components and dynamics in fostering the diffusion of the innovation itself. Attention has been addressed to the gender perspective, in view of the enhancement of hydrogen-related energy storage systems, intended both in terms of the role of women in triggering the exploitation of hydrogen-based storage as well as to the impact of this innovation in their current conditions, at work and in daily life.

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“…Households usually have very different consumption profiles, depending on their composition and occupational habits [3][4][5]. In this sense, the greatest pressures are often borne by one-person households [6] and those headed by women [7,8]. Taking into account the unequal situation of these households in terms of economic income [9], quality of housing [10], and access to energy services [11], resources, and the internet, as well as other factors [12,13], they have had very different experiences depending on their possibilities [14].…”

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Behavior Patterns, Energy Consumption and Comfort during COVID-19 Lockdown Related to Home Features, Socioeconomic Factors and Energy Poverty in Madrid

2021

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During spring 2020, the world was shocked at the imminent global spread of SARS-CoV-2, resorting to measures such as domestic confinement. This meant the reconfiguration of life in an unusual space; the home. However, not all households experienced it in the same way; many of them were vulnerable. A general increase in energy consumption and discomfort in many cases, led these families to suffer the ravages of confinement. This study analyzes the energy and comfort situation for the Madrid (Spain) population, according to the configuration of the homes, the characteristics of the dwellings, the vulnerability index by district, and energy poverty (measured with the 10% threshold of energy expenditure of home incomes). The results show a greater exposure, in confinement, of vulnerable and energy-poor households to scenarios of discomfort in the home, to which they could not respond, while energy consumption inevitably increased. Driven by need, energy-poor homes applied certain saving strategies, mainly resorting to thermal adaptation with clothing. This study shows the risk these households experienced in the face of an extreme situation, and invites reflection on preventive and containment measures that aim to avoid harming the disadvantaged in the future; harm that would also entail serious consequences on the health of their cohabitants.

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Energy justice as a search light for gender-energy nexus: Towards a conceptual framework

Cited by 81 publications

References 73 publications

Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda

Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda

Solid-State Hydrogen Storage: Materials, Systems and the Relevance of a Gender Perspective

Behavior Patterns, Energy Consumption and Comfort during COVID-19 Lockdown Related to Home Features, Socioeconomic Factors and Energy Poverty in Madrid

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