The Role of Energy Initiatives in the Energy Transition, A Comparative Study of Two Local Energy Initiatives in Skåne
(2024) EOSK12 20241Department of Economic History
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Transitioning away from fossil fuels is prominent to stay within the 1.5-degree limit outlined in the Paris Agreement. For this to occur, the socio-technical energy system needs to become more flexible and support decentralized systems. One way to do this, as advocated by the European Union as well, is to support local energy initiatives. This paper examines how different local energy initiatives in Skåne, one bottom-up initiated by the citizens, and one top-down initiated and operated by an energy company, can contribute to the energy transitions at different geographical scales. To do this, semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed with the frameworks Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) and the Multi-Scalar MLP. The paper revolves... (More)
- Transitioning away from fossil fuels is prominent to stay within the 1.5-degree limit outlined in the Paris Agreement. For this to occur, the socio-technical energy system needs to become more flexible and support decentralized systems. One way to do this, as advocated by the European Union as well, is to support local energy initiatives. This paper examines how different local energy initiatives in Skåne, one bottom-up initiated by the citizens, and one top-down initiated and operated by an energy company, can contribute to the energy transitions at different geographical scales. To do this, semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed with the frameworks Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) and the Multi-Scalar MLP. The paper revolves around how the initiatives influence and are influenced by different geographical scales during its operation, and how each amplifies to contribute to the energy transition in different ways. The results demonstrate that the bottom-up initiative interacts with the local scale the most, whereas the top-down initiative has more transnational interactions. This shows that the bottom-up initiative contributes by stabilizing and scaling deep, meaning to change norms, increase the number of members, and continue with its vision for enhancing the transition. Contrary, the top-down initiative is scaling up and spreading, meaning that the initiative is spread to other contexts and more networking and advocating for a different system is conducted. Contributions of this paper include policy implications of at which scales appropriate policies can be implemented, as well as a larger understanding of the diversity of local energy initiatives in Sweden. (Less)
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- Skoog, Linnea LU
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- EOSK12 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- energy transition, energy communities, local energy initiatives, multi-level-perspective, socio-technical systems
- language
- English
- id
- 9170381
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abstract = {{Transitioning away from fossil fuels is prominent to stay within the 1.5-degree limit outlined in the Paris Agreement. For this to occur, the socio-technical energy system needs to become more flexible and support decentralized systems. One way to do this, as advocated by the European Union as well, is to support local energy initiatives. This paper examines how different local energy initiatives in Skåne, one bottom-up initiated by the citizens, and one top-down initiated and operated by an energy company, can contribute to the energy transitions at different geographical scales. To do this, semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed with the frameworks Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) and the Multi-Scalar MLP. The paper revolves around how the initiatives influence and are influenced by different geographical scales during its operation, and how each amplifies to contribute to the energy transition in different ways. The results demonstrate that the bottom-up initiative interacts with the local scale the most, whereas the top-down initiative has more transnational interactions. This shows that the bottom-up initiative contributes by stabilizing and scaling deep, meaning to change norms, increase the number of members, and continue with its vision for enhancing the transition. Contrary, the top-down initiative is scaling up and spreading, meaning that the initiative is spread to other contexts and more networking and advocating for a different system is conducted. Contributions of this paper include policy implications of at which scales appropriate policies can be implemented, as well as a larger understanding of the diversity of local energy initiatives in Sweden.}},
author = {{Skoog, Linnea}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The Role of Energy Initiatives in the Energy Transition, A Comparative Study of Two Local Energy Initiatives in Skåne}},
year = {{2024}},
}