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Energy transition in Alpine local communities. Public response to changes towards low carbon energy systems.
This research defines the public response to changes towards low carbon energy systems. The findings support regional and local energy planners in order to accelerate the energy transition in the Alpine local communities, compatibly with their resources and specificities. Energy transition is a long-term change process of the energy system towards low carbon features (i.e., more energy production from renewable sources, higher energy efficiency). From a technological point of view, energy system is an integrated system including several energy sources, technologies, and products for energy production, distribution, and consumption. From a social point of view, local population's choices and actions determine the time and the features of energy transition at regional and local scales. Indeed, energy system is not only technology matter. Socio-energy and territorial approaches underline the importance of features and relationships between energy, society, and space. Based on the interactions between energy, society, and space, this research delineates an analytical framework and an applied definition of socio-energy system at local and translocal scale. Through a systematic literature review of 168 scientific publications, this research defines the list of dimensions and key aspects that shape an energy system at regional and local scales by means of local population's choices. This research uses these dimensions to analyse the socio-energy systems and their variation within a regional territory. The transformation of these dimensions into variables is the basis for the cluster analysis applied to the South Tyrol case study (Italy). This analysis defines eight different socio-energy systems within this regional territory. Each socio-energy system has its own specificities and resources to take into consideration in the energy planning for accelerating the energy transition. With the aim to propose recommendations on how to use social and territorial specificities as levers for wider achievement of energy targets ...
Energy transition in Alpine local communities. Public response to changes towards low carbon energy systems.
This research defines the public response to changes towards low carbon energy systems. The findings support regional and local energy planners in order to accelerate the energy transition in the Alpine local communities, compatibly with their resources and specificities. Energy transition is a long-term change process of the energy system towards low carbon features (i.e., more energy production from renewable sources, higher energy efficiency). From a technological point of view, energy system is an integrated system including several energy sources, technologies, and products for energy production, distribution, and consumption. From a social point of view, local population's choices and actions determine the time and the features of energy transition at regional and local scales. Indeed, energy system is not only technology matter. Socio-energy and territorial approaches underline the importance of features and relationships between energy, society, and space. Based on the interactions between energy, society, and space, this research delineates an analytical framework and an applied definition of socio-energy system at local and translocal scale. Through a systematic literature review of 168 scientific publications, this research defines the list of dimensions and key aspects that shape an energy system at regional and local scales by means of local population's choices. This research uses these dimensions to analyse the socio-energy systems and their variation within a regional territory. The transformation of these dimensions into variables is the basis for the cluster analysis applied to the South Tyrol case study (Italy). This analysis defines eight different socio-energy systems within this regional territory. Each socio-energy system has its own specificities and resources to take into consideration in the energy planning for accelerating the energy transition. With the aim to propose recommendations on how to use social and territorial specificities as levers for wider achievement of energy targets ...
Energy transition in Alpine local communities. Public response to changes towards low carbon energy systems.
Balest, Jessica (author) / Pettenella, Davide / Balest, Jessica / Secco, Laura / Pisani, Elena
2019-03-07
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Electronic Resource
English
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Renewable energy technologies in the Alpine landscape and local communities’ perception of change
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