The relative importance of social and institutional conditions in the planning of wind power projects

Agterbosch, Susanne; Meertens, Ree M.; Vermeulen, Walter J.V.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2007.10.010

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“…Motives for distributed generation achieved specifically through LLCEIs include environmental (e.g., carbon reduction, energy saving); economic (lower energy bill, local economic regeneration, job creation); and social drivers (community cohesion, social and civic gratification) [4,16,18,48,[53][54][55][56]. Furthermore, LLCEIs enable the involvement of the local public in the development process and the impact of low-carbon energy installations, which have been suggested to positively affect the acceptance of such projects [57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64]. In order to conceptualize the role of LLCEIs in the development, ownership and operation of the energy system, we refer to Watson's [65] 'co-provision'.…”

Section: The Role Of Llceis In Governing Low-carbon Energy Transitionsmentioning

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Modes of Governing and Policy of Local and Regional Governments Supporting Local Low-Carbon Energy Initiatives; Exploring the Cases of the Dutch Regions of Overijssel and Fryslân

Warbroek

Hoppe

2017

Sustainability

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Recent scholarly attention shows increasing involvement of local low-carbon energy initiatives (LLCEIs) in governance and policy, in particular in relation to innovations regarding low-carbon energy and energy efficiency. The future perspective of active citizenship in the production of locally generated low-carbon energy is largely dependent on the existing institutional and policy frameworks and settings. Subnational governments, in particular, can have a prominent role in this process by engaging in institutional adaptation and policy innovation. The central research question of this paper is: In what ways do local and regional governments innovate in governing to respond to the emergence of LLCEIs? The research question is answered by comparing two case studies: the Dutch regions of Overijssel and Fryslân. We have conceptualized a meta-governing approach of experimentation, characterizing the innovations in governing that emerge when governments respond to the emergence of LLCEIs. We specifically focus on two capacities that subnational governments can use to enhance their governing capacity vis-à-vis LLCEIs and which substantiate the experimental meta-governance mode: institutional adaptation and policy innovation. We then formulated hypotheses that specify the expected policy innovations and institutional adaptations employed vis-à-vis LLCEIs. Data collection involved in-depth interviews and use of secondary data. The results show that a balancing process of authoritative and enabling modes of governing particularly characterized the type of policy innovations that were developed and the institutional adaptations that took place. Both provinces govern LLCEIs at arm's length and issue significant capacity-building strategies that vary in terms of their conditions. Municipalities, however, incline towards impromptu and opportunistic responses, some of them having lasting effects by patching up existing institutional settings, others having more of an episodic character. The results will further the understanding of subnational low-carbon policy and governance innovation processes vis-à-vis the role of LLCEIs.

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Section: The Role Of Llceis In Governing Low-carbon Energy Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modes of Governing and Policy of Local and Regional Governments Supporting Local Low-Carbon Energy Initiatives; Exploring the Cases of the Dutch Regions of Overijssel and Fryslân

Warbroek

Hoppe

2017

Sustainability

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“…Other motivations found in the literature are religious [49], ecological [36], belief, and (maturing) technology [7]. Various authors note economic incentives as a reason to participate in or initiate LEIs [7,10,12,50,51]. Motivations related to ecology and self-sufficiency are also mentioned in various studies [10,36,43,51].…”

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Local Governments Supporting Local Energy Initiatives: Lessons from the Best Practices of Saerbeck (Germany) and Lochem (The Netherlands)

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Abstract:The social dimension of the transition to a low carbon economy is a key challenge to cities. The establishment of local energy initiatives (LEIs) has recently been attracting attention. It is of great importance to draw lessons from best practices when LEIs have been facilitated by local governments and made a substantial contribution to greening local energy systems. The main research questions in this paper are: What lessons can be drawn from successful local low carbon energy transition cases, and which strategies proved successful to support LEIs? We have used analytical notions from the Strategic Niche Management (SNM) and grassroots innovation literature to analyze two best-practice cases: Saerbeck (Germany) and Lochem (The Netherlands). Data collection involved a set of fourteen in-depth interviews and secondary data. The results show that three key factors from SNM (building networks, managing expectations, and facilitation of learning) are of great importance. However, to a great degree it is also strategic, community serving, responsive, reflexive leadership and proper process management by public officials that spurred success, which would not have been possible without close OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 1901 interaction and mutual trust between local government and representatives of the local communities.

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“…Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) have been used with good results in Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain, among many others [3,7,9,10,25,26]. Other incentives, elsewhere, have focused on financial incentives such as Green Certificates [7,10] or Net Metering [21].…”

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Diffusion of renewable energy technologies: The need for policy in Colombia

Jímenez

Franco

Dyner

2016

Energy

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The relative importance of social and institutional conditions in the planning of wind power projects

Cited by 117 publications

References 13 publications

Modes of Governing and Policy of Local and Regional Governments Supporting Local Low-Carbon Energy Initiatives; Exploring the Cases of the Dutch Regions of Overijssel and Fryslân

Modes of Governing and Policy of Local and Regional Governments Supporting Local Low-Carbon Energy Initiatives; Exploring the Cases of the Dutch Regions of Overijssel and Fryslân

Local Governments Supporting Local Energy Initiatives: Lessons from the Best Practices of Saerbeck (Germany) and Lochem (The Netherlands)

Diffusion of renewable energy technologies: The need for policy in Colombia

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