Developing transdisciplinary approaches to community energy transitions: An island case study
Developing transdisciplinary approaches to community energy transitions: An island case study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.erss.2018.07.013
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发表时间：
2018-11
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Eimear Heaslip;F. Fahy
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作者：
Eimear Heaslip;F. Fahy
在能源规划中，技术方法和定量数据往往是评估能源需求和制定可行方案以满足社区能源需求的关键组成部分。设计和实施一个跨学科的研究方法，社区能源规划，试图结合联合收割机传统的能源工程技术与深入的定性（传统的社会科学）的方法，可以提出具有挑战性的方法论问题，在理论和实践中。本文讨论了社区能源规划的跨学科方法框架的设计和发展。聚焦在爱尔兰西部的一个岛屿社区，本文然后研究了这个框架的实施，通过深入的焦点小组和以问题为中心的访谈，以通知技术能源计划方案的设计，采用混合微电网系统设计软件产生的定性数据。结果部分概述了一些丰富的背景和具体的地方，能源相关的经验证据，并讨论了发展的三个能源情景的岛屿。最后，根据与会者对这一进程的意见，最后的讨论反思了采用跨学科方法进行社区能源规划的可能性和挑战，以期为能源规划人员、决策者和今后在这一领域开展研究的研究人员提供宝贵的见解。
Within energy planning, technical methods and quantitative data are often key components in assessing energy demand and developing feasible scenarios to meet communities’ energy needs. Designing and implementing a transdisciplinary research approach to community energy planning, which attempts to combine conventional energy engineering techniques with in-depth qualitative (conventional social sciences) approaches, can pose challenging methodological questions in theory and practice. The paper discusses the design and development of a transdisciplinary methodological framework for community energy planning. Focussing on an island community in the west of Ireland, the paper then examines the implementation of this framework which generated qualitative data through in-depth focus groups and problem-centred interviews to inform the design of technical energy plan scenarios, employing hybrid micro-grid system design software. The results section outlines some of the rich context and place specific, energy related empirical evidence that was generated and discusses the development of three energy scenarios for the island. Finally, drawing on participants’ observations on the process, the concluding discussion offers a reflection on the possibilities and challenges of employing a transdisciplinary approach to community energy planning with a view to providing valuable insights for energy planners, policy makers and researchers embarking on future research in this space.