Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Life of a Vision: Power and Energy Justice in the Mediterranean Region

博士论文研究：愿景的生命：地中海地区的电力和能源正义

• 批准号: 1256464
• 负责人: Edward Hackett
• 金额: $ 1.8万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-03-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1256464&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Life; Vision

This project will study the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii), a unique German corporation with 56 shareholder and partner companies, which envisions building 40 large-scale solar and wind power plants in North Africa that will be connected to an integrated transmission network in the Mediterranean region to provide sustainable and affordable electricity for Europe and North Africa. Desertec is immense in scale and ambition, demanding attention both in its own right and as a model for similar enterprises in other regions. This research will analyze how stakeholders envision and design a regional sustainable energy system. The project employs mixed field methods to analyze discursive and social changes within time and context and their underlying power dynamics. The research will trace the vision?s evolution from its inception, couched in terms of a broader discourse on Mediterranean energy integration; through its institutionalization with Dii's founding; to its present proof-of-concept as construction begins in Morocco. Methods include fieldwork in Germany and Morocco, interviews, and document analysis.The Desertec Foundation?s broader vision seeks to provide 90% of the world's population with renewable energy from deserts. This vision, which is being mobilized in the Mediterranean by powerful companies and decision-makers, demands systematic study. This project will offer cross-cultural perspectives on energy justice and articulate energy discourses in North Africa, an understudied and dynamic region. Second, it will enable Dii to anticipate injustices arising from its design and design process while they are still malleable. Third, it will offer lessons for best practices from European clean energy development to contribute to U.S. plans for renewable energy innovation. Results will be disseminated through meetings with U.S. and Mediterranean policymakers and Dii members, analysis written for the Desertec Knowledge Platform, and an energy justice memo to the U.N. Sustainable Energy for All Initiative.

该项目将研究德国的一家独特的公司，拥有56家股东和合作伙伴公司，该公司设想在北非建造40座大型太阳能和风力发电厂，这些发电厂将连接到地中海地区的综合输电网络，为欧洲和北非提供可持续和负担得起的电力。Eschatec的规模和雄心都很大，不仅自身需要关注，也需要作为其他地区类似企业的典范。本研究将分析利益相关者如何设想和设计一个区域可持续能源系统。该项目采用混合场方法来分析时间和背景下的话语和社会变化及其潜在的权力动态。研究会追踪影像吗从一开始的演变，在地中海能源一体化的更广泛的话语方面，通过其与Dii的成立制度化的措辞;到目前的概念验证，因为建设开始在摩洛哥。研究方法包括在德国和摩洛哥的实地考察、访谈和文献分析。更广泛的愿景是为世界90%的人口提供来自沙漠的可再生能源。这一愿景正被地中海地区强大的公司和决策者动员起来，需要进行系统的研究。该项目将提供关于能源正义的跨文化观点，并阐明北非这一研究不足和充满活力的地区的能源话语。其次，它将使Dii能够预测其设计和设计过程中产生的不公正，而它们仍然是可塑的。第三，它将为欧洲清洁能源发展的最佳实践提供经验教训，为美国的可再生能源创新计划做出贡献。研究结果将通过与美国和地中海政策制定者和Dii成员的会议、为联合国可持续能源知识平台撰写的分析以及向联合国人人享有可持续能源倡议提交的能源正义备忘录进行传播。