The case for islands’ energy vulnerability: Electricity supply diversity in 44 global islands

Ioannidis, Alexis; Chalvatzis, Konstantinos; Li, Xin; Notton, Gilles; Stephanides, Phedeas

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2019.04.155

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“…The second perspective of territorial effects on energy poverty has paid attention to climatic and geographical conditions that generate differentiated energy poverty expressions, such as in the case of islands (Wolf et al, 2016;Surroop et al, 2018;Ioannidis et al, 2019;Lozano et al, 2019). An emphasis has been made regarding how altitude (Katsoulakos and Kaliampakos, 2016;Papada and Kaliampakos, 2016), temperature (Puzzolo et al, 2016;Kerimray et al, 2018;Besagni and Borgarello, 2019), and climatic variability (Ioannidis et al, 2019) relate to different energy needs that households can have. Similarly, literature has stressed the importance of daily (Puzzolo et al, 2016) and seasonal variability (Puzzolo et al, 2016;Pollard et al, 2018) of these conditions.…”

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Territorial Energy Vulnerability Assessment to Enhance Just Energy Transition of Cities

Calvo

Amigo

Billi

et al. 2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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Energy poverty is a crucial concept in current global energy policy, both for the importance of securing equitable access to high-quality energy services to all human populations and to advance toward a just energy transition to a decarbonized economy. Nonetheless, one of the limitations of this concept due to its focus at the household scale, it has tended to omit relevant energy conditions at a territorial scale, which can also be a dimension of significant deprivation (e.g., transportation, schools, hospitals, public services, industrial uses among others.). On the other hand, energy services are highly dependent on context: on the geographic, ecological, technical, economic, and sociocultural conditions. This context-dependency determines the range of energy and technological alternatives available in a territory. Hence, a conceptual framework is required to better understand the starting point to a just energy transition, capable of integrating the complexity of socio-techno-ecological systems. To fill this gap, we present a framework based on the concept of Territorial Energy Vulnerability (TEV), defined as the propensity of a territory to not guarantee equitable access—in quantity and quality—to resilient energy services that allow the sustainable human and economic development of its population. That is a greater probability of inequity in access to energy services or a significant impacts derived from socio-natural risks that make it incapable of guaranteeing a sustainable and resilient provision of these services. Built on state-of-the-art conceptualizations of risk, we develop an indicator-based framework on vulnerability understood as the combination of sensitivity and resilience characteristics of socio-techno-ecological systems. Sensitivity relates to economic, demographic, infrastructure, technology, culture, and knowledge characteristics of socio-techno-ecological components. Meanwhile, resilience is presented in a three-dimensional framework based on flexibility, register, and self-transformation capacity of socio-techno-ecological systems. An application of this framework is developed using three case studies: Arica, Los Andes and Coyhaique, all Chilean cities with diverse ecological, technical, economic, and sociocultural conditions that shape territorial vulnerability. Using this framework as a diagnostic tool, the development of a just energy transition could adapt existing concepts of energy poverty and decarbonization pathways into context-specific guidelines and policies.

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Territorial Energy Vulnerability Assessment to Enhance Just Energy Transition of Cities

Calvo

Amigo

Billi

et al. 2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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“…Non-interconnected island territories figure prominently in such ambitious plans; the rapidly emerging concepts of the 'green' or 'smart' island provide new ways of looking at the role energy plays in everyday life and at the evolving relationship between energy utilities and consumers, and their emergence may create further opportunities for a sustainable energy transition [3,4]. Indicatively, the 'Political Declaration on Clean Energy for EU Islands' moves beyond stultifying accounts focusing on the environmental, economic and supply problems encountered in isolated energy systems [5,6]. In doing so, it asserts that:…”

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The social perspective on island energy transitions: Evidence from the Aegean archipelago

Stephanides

Chalvatzis

et al. 2019

Applied Energy

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Multiple (inter)national networks and research consortia attempt to capitalise on their emerging experience of integrated smart and green energy solutions by contributing towards the sustainable energy transition of non-interconnected island communities. However, past research at an international level suggests that local opposition might undermine otherwise promising transition plans. In order to minimise the problems of technological transfers, it is, thus, imperative to embark on an early-stage exploration of public attitudes towards such innovations. In light, however, of the routine exclusion of social issues in island energy studies, we present timely data from the first-ever questionnaire survey conducted across the islands of the Aegean Sea. In doing so, we uncover the widespread acceptability of green energy solutions developed as part of the internationally acclaimed TILOS ("Technology Innovation for the Local Scale, Optimum Integration of Battery Energy Storage") Horizon 2020 project. Simultaneously, though, we draw on the outputs of our unique end-user segmentation analyses and argue that only certain islanders are likely to accept the full replication of the TILOS energy model in their communities. Numerous personal/demographic factors influence the likelihood of accepting specific sustainable energy technologies and, subsequently, only a group of individuals who are young, male, knowledgeable and concerned about the environment are expected to support the proposed technological transition. In turn, we argue that these findings should inform future interventions and research with the ultimate aim of supporting efforts to "green" the Aegean archipelago and other non-interconnected islands at an international level.

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“…A territory such as the Comoros represents a significant opportunity for the deployment of new energy policies that encourage the integration of RES. Unlike monolithic energy governance models, such as those in Europe, the consequences of urgent decisions that must be made in the Comoros will quickly affect the territory [55]. Thus, the Union of the Comoros urgently needs to diversify its energy mix with RES.…”

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Comoros’s energy review for promoting renewable energy sources

Praene¹,

Fakra²,

Benard³

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Renewable Energy

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At present, energy represents a key element in the social and economic development of a territory. This is particularly true for fragile territories that are not interconnected, such as small island states. As is true for many of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) worldwide, the energy situation of the Comoros is substantially based on fossil fuel imports. The socioeconomic development of this archipelago is overwhelmingly dependent on energy security from sustainability, availability and affordability perspectives. As a forward-looking response to energy vulnerability, the deployment of renewables to diversify the generation of electricity appears to be an essential prerequisite for guaranteeing a sustainable future. Nevertheless, despite a high potential for renewable energy, only 3.8% of the electricity supply in the Comoros is provided by hydropower. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the energy situation throughout the Comoros and focuses on renewable energy opportunities to facilitate the supply of green power. This study ultimately shows that renewable energies are rarely exploited despite the powerful potential of different resources. Finally, this paper attempts to provide recommendations for the Comoros to pursue a more sustainable future.

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The case for islands’ energy vulnerability: Electricity supply diversity in 44 global islands

Cited by 57 publications

References 60 publications

Territorial Energy Vulnerability Assessment to Enhance Just Energy Transition of Cities

Territorial Energy Vulnerability Assessment to Enhance Just Energy Transition of Cities

The social perspective on island energy transitions: Evidence from the Aegean archipelago

Comoros’s energy review for promoting renewable energy sources

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