Community-based energy systems are gaining traction among policymakers and
practitioners as promising models for implementing a low-carbon energy transition. As a …

Energy transition is increasingly regarded as a promising opportunity for the economic
development of rural areas. This possibility is associated with the siting and (co-) ownership …

Path development and path creation are prevalent concepts in efforts to understand regional
economic change and innovation. A recent focus has been on 'green'path development …

Growing emphasis on finance as key to decarbonization requires social science research
that critically attends to the emergent and diverse forms taken by carbon finance. First, we …

Community renewable energy (CRE) represents a growing empirical and academic turn
towards community‐based sustainability and climate change interventions. This paper …

Deep decarbonisation of extractive and foundational industries will involve widespread
social and economic change. Research on previous industrial restructuring has …

While sustainability statements crowd national and urban visions, unjust implementation of
lower-carbon energy infrastructures for climate mitigation manifests in contexts of marginal …

This introductory chapter lays out a critical approach to the social acceptance of renewable
energy infrastructures. In doing so, it first explains and discusses the relevance and …

Abstract Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) emerged in response to an identified
lack of social science energy scholarship. The first publication in this journal asked 'What …

Deep civic engagement in energy transitions has been limited and unique to specific
political economic contexts. This study develops a generic policy mix enabling civic energy …