The application of municipal renewable energy policies at community level in Denmark: A taxonomy of implementation challenges

Petersen, J. Westerink

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2017.12.029

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“…The authors further conclude that navigating the national institutional framework of policies and regulation is challenging to most municipalities; a viewpoint further emphasised by Krog [34]. Municipalities are an important part of implementing national renewable energy strategies, but to enable this, an institutional framework supporting this development and reducing the gap between national and local policy must be formulated at a centralised level beforehand [15].…”

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“…These challenges include a shift in focus for municipal planning which previously revolved around heat planning, and in particular planning of district heating systems [15], to planning for the transition of the entire energy system including the interrelations of diverse energy sectors such as electricity, heating, cooling, transportation, buildings, industry, and waste management [16,17]. Particularly in countries with district heating, waste management constitutes significant potential for energy recovery, as the district heating infrastructure enables large-scale heat recovery and utilisation of excess heat [18].…”

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Designing Tools for Energy System Scenario Making in Municipal Energy Planning

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Energy planning increasingly revolves around the use of tools for energy system modelling and analysis with a view to generating scenarios to show implications and possibilities for decision makers. Municipalities engage in the transition to renewable energy systems through the formulation of strategies and goals at a local level despite often lacking appropriate tools and resources to conduct the needed complex analyses. Tools for energy system analyses have traditionally been designed either with the scope of national energy systems or detailed project-specific analysis in mind, leaving municipal planners in a state of flux. This study aims to identify important specifications and critical design principles for future energy system modelling tools designed for municipal planners. Through a qualitative case-oriented approach, this study investigates the planning practices of four municipalities. It is found that future tools for municipal planning purposes need to combine the need for systematic analyses with concrete and implementable initiatives while balancing analytical complexity with operational simplicity.

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“…We claim that attaining energy targets is similar to other agendas in spatial planning. However, as abstract and relatively new agenda (Islar & Busch, 2016), energy is often considered with lower priority than classic spatial concerns, leading to required competencies often not being at disposal (Petersen, 2018). To analyse planning instrument choices and market effects we have to consider the roles of planning entities, public-private interactions in urban development, and how these are influenced by the institutional contexts of urban development projects.…”

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“…While urban energy strategies are typically formulated at city scale, the implementation relies to a large extent on aligning activities at community scale to city scale targets (Petersen, 2018). Here, urban development projects can be a strategic tool to govern energy mitigation policies (Rydin, 2010).…”

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Implementing energy policies in urban development projects: The role of public planning authorities in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands

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Heurkens

2018

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Governing climate mitigation is complex, as the recurring gap between policy intentions and actions exhibits. Interventions at the urban scale represent an opportunity to implement energy policy targets. Urban development projects can function as carrier to implement innovative energy solutions as 'by-product'. To do so, planners must proactively and strategically deploy planning instruments to influence market behaviour, since project realization relies heavily on public-private interaction. This paper explores how local planning authorities use a variety of planning instruments in urban development projects that assist in implementing both planning and energy policy targets. To understand how planning instruments can be deployed deliberately to implement energy policy targets and why a specific instrument mix was chosen, this paper presents a cross-comparison of three urban development projects from Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, which all successfully implemented innovative energy solutions. Results show that contextual differences in the processes entail the use of specific instruments to implement energy policy targets. However, the deployed instrument types, enabling factors and involved governmental levels in the technology-open processes showed a similar pattern across all three cases.

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“…Many argue that cities are the most important actors at reaching climate goals, as the urban areas are consuming roughly two thirds of global primary energy consumption [5], [6]. Although in countries like Latvia, where around a half of the population is living outside big cities, energy planning and energy management in rural areas is crucial for meeting climate goals.…”

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Assessment of the Implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans at Local Level. Case Study of Latvia

Jēkabsone

Kamenders

Rošā

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Environmental and Climate Technologies

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The need for sustainable energy management at the municipal level is growing, in order to meet EU climate goals. Multiple initiatives have been launched to support municipalities in energy planning and strategy development process. Despite available support, research shows mixed results about implementation of plans and strategies. This research paper analyses what targets municipalities set, how they monitor implementation of their sustainable energy action plans (SEAPs) and searches for the most important factors that have enabled or hindered the implementation of local SEAPs at Latvia. The article shows that, in some cases, there is evidence that SEAP development is a project-based activity, supported by external experts. From municipal personnel point of view, it is a project that ends with approved SEAP, but not a part of their future daily routine. Eventually implementation of the plan is difficult, because municipalities lack experience in daily management of energy data, distribution of responsibilities and implementation of procedures. Municipalities also tend to exclude important stakeholders in their SEAPs, like, private sector, household sector and transport sector, which lead to lower targets and lower achievements in GHG reduction.

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The application of municipal renewable energy policies at community level in Denmark: A taxonomy of implementation challenges

Cited by 42 publications

References 45 publications

Designing Tools for Energy System Scenario Making in Municipal Energy Planning

Designing Tools for Energy System Scenario Making in Municipal Energy Planning

Implementing energy policies in urban development projects: The role of public planning authorities in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands

Assessment of the Implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans at Local Level. Case Study of Latvia

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