Preferences and perceived barriers to pursuing energy sovereignty and renewable energy: A tribal nations perspective
Preferences and perceived barriers to pursuing energy sovereignty and renewable energy: A tribal nations perspective
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DOI：
10.1016/j.erss.2023.102967
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发表时间：
2023-02-02
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Tiwari，Shardul
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作者：
Lee，Don;Schelly，Chelsea;Tiwari，Shardul
本文对有关能源系统的社会接受(SA)和公众对可再生能源(RE)转变的看法的文献提出了两点贡献。第一个贡献是方法论，认识到更有效和更具包容性的参与形式始于建立互惠关系和合作研究伙伴关系，将能源正义的原则付诸实施。采用这些方法论建议，我们通过与部落成员在明确互惠的研究上合作，进行了合作、包容和公平的研究设计和参与实践。在这项工作中，部落成员和非部落研究人员进行了长达一年的合作，制定了一种方法，在一个可访问和具有文化相关性的社区活动中调查受访者，以了解向可再生能源过渡的偏好和感知的障碍。第二个贡献是经验性的。结果表明，加强能源主权的能源解决方案的共同优先事项，即社区控制和能源服务供应的所有权。它们还表现出对可再生能源过渡障碍的广泛认识，同时也表明了对过渡挑战的一些潜在误解。这项研究强调，SA研究需要超越询问哪些技术得到公众支持以及这些技术应该放置在哪里，以考虑如何组织规划流程、协作、参与、开发、所有权和利益的获取和透明度，以及如何从根本上重新配置，以实现向脱碳能源系统的公正过渡。
This paper proposes two contributions to the literature on the social acceptance (SA) of energy systems and public perceptions of renewable energy (RE) transitions. The first contribution is methodological, recognizing more effective and inclusive forms of engagement begin with building reciprocal relationships and collaborative research partnerships operationalizing the tenets of energy justice. Employing these methodological recommendations, we conducted a collaborative, inclusive, and equitable research design and engagement practice by collaborating with Tribal members on research with expressly mutual benefits. In this work, a years-long collaboration of Tribal members and non-Tribal researchers developed a methodology to survey respondents at an accessible and culturally relevant community event to learn about preferences and perceived barriers to transitioning to RE. A second contribution is empirical. The results suggest shared priorities for energy solutions that enhance energy sovereignty, i.e., community control and ownership of energy services provisioning. They also demonstrate widespread awareness regarding barriers to a RE transition and simultaneously, some potential misperceptions about the challenges to transition. This study reinforces the need for SA research to move beyond asking what technologies receive public support and where those technologies should be sited to consider how access and transparency in planning processes, collaboration, engagement, development, ownership, and benefits are organized and can be radically reconfigured to enable the just transition to a decarbonized energy system.