Frontiers of 'green' accumulation in Europe marginal regions: understanding renewable transitions in the European capitalism to build energy democracy

欧洲边缘地区“绿色”积累的前沿：了解欧洲资本主义的可再生能源转型以建立能源民主

• 批准号: ES/X006751/1
• 负责人: Samadhi Lipari
• 金额: $ 12.74万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX006751%2F1
• 关键词: Frontiers; green; accumulation; Europe; marginal

The energy sector is responsible for the largest share of carbon emissions at the global scale. Day by day, its reliance on fossil fuels exacerbates the climate crisis. Transitions to renewable energy are therefore a vital sociotechnical process for the fate of humanity and the other earth's inhabitants. Yet, decarbonisation is not the only aim transitions serve in capitalist societies. Based on privatised renewable sources and equally private -yet publicly subsidised- investment, they work as major levers for capital accumulation. This duality inescapably affects any project seeking to organise transitions democratically.This fellowship will consolidate the innovative understandings of capitalism's greening processes that my research generated. It will also advance a wide range of theoretical and analytical contributions which can play a pivotal role in the development of more just, equitable and culturally appropriate renewable transitions. The fellowships will build on my research which investigated capital accumulation around renewable energy in Europe's marginal regions. It analysed the under-explored relationship between the 'green' as an accumulation opportunity and its leveraging as a legitimation framework, by combining comprehensive theoretical elaborations and empirical observations from case studies of two renewable energy systems: the generation of wind energy in southern Italy and agricultural biogas in eastern Germany.My research revealed that, in both case studies, the alignment of renewable transitions to neoliberal governance principles drew corporate capitals' attention to ecosystem flows (renewable sources) and spaces that had long been of negligible or null interest to investment strategies. Only a few decades ago, hardly would sources such as the wind force in South Italy or the capacity of east Germany's soil to produce energy crops -alongside the rural spaces giving access to them- have aroused investors' appetites.This structural change pushed two semi-peripheral regions of the European capitalism closer to the core of energy policies and markets, with several implications. The arrival of large capitals,facilitated by favourable regulations, prompted a deep reorganisation of the socioeconomic fabric and democratic life at multiple scales, affecting local communities' capacity to self-determine their development paths.iFurthermore, subsidisation policies and low land prices combined into a powerful driver for speculative investors targeting renewable subsidies to extract financial rent.The ensuing pressure towards land acquisitions increased conflicts around land. It also reduced the possibility for local communities to capture and redistribute financial and non-financial profits from renewable energy projects in the territories they inhabited.Through this fellowship, I will advance my research by translating it into formats and transposing it into realms that can speak to and engage with different audiences.In furthering our comprehension of how capital accumulation and socioeconomic marginality interplay with transitions governance,I will strengthen international discussions towards energy democracy.To this end, I will implement a programme of activities tailored to reinforce my professional profile and networks across academia and beyond it, towards civil society organisations, social coalitions, and public institutions, generating academic,policy and social impact systematically. While I will enrich specialised debates through publications in high-ranking journals and follow-up research, I will offer instruments to policy and political practice by disseminating my research through a multi-mode web platform, a report, a podcast, and an international workshop.An extensive wealth of knowledge will so be available to scientific communities, practitioners, policy makers and activists dedicated to rendering renewable transitions, and the provision of essential services,more genuinely democratic.

能源部门负责全球范围内最大的碳排放量。日复一日，它对化石燃料的依赖加剧了气候危机。因此，向可再生能源的过渡是人类和另一个地球居民命运的重要社会技术过程。然而，脱碳并不是资本主义社会中唯一的目标过渡。基于私有化的可再生能源和同样私人的公开补贴的投资，它们是资本积累的主要杠杆。这种双重性不可避免地会影响任何寻求民主组织过渡的项目。该奖学金将巩固对我的研究产生的资本主义绿化过程的创新理解。它还将推进广泛的理论和分析贡献，这些贡献可以在更公正，公平和文化上适当的可再生过渡的发展中发挥关键作用。这些奖学金将基于我的研究，该研究调查了欧洲边际地区可再生能源周围的资本积累。它通过结合了两个可再生能源系统的案例研究来结合全面的理论精明和经验观察，从而分析了“绿色”之间的“绿色”之间的不足探索的关系，并将其作为合法框架的利益分析。治理原则吸引了公司首都对生态系统流（可再生资源）的关注以及长期以来对投资策略的利益忽略不计或无效的空间。仅仅几十年前，诸如意大利南部的风力之类的资源或东德土壤产生能源作物的能力 - 以及乡村空间的范围内 - 引起了投资者的胃口。这种结构性变化推动了两个半近端的欧洲资本主义，与能源政策和市场的核心息息相关。有利法规促进的大型首都的到来促使人们对社会经济结构和民主生活进行了多种规模的重组，影响了当地社区的能力，从而自决其发展道路的能力。规范，补贴政策和低土地价格，以朝着越来越多的投资者置于越来越多的投资者，以跨越型投资者，以置于越来越多的投资者，以置于越来越多的投资者。 土地。它还减少了当地社区在他们所居住的领土上可再生能源项目中捕获和重新分配财务和非财务利润的可能性。通过这一团契，我将通过将其转化为与不同的听众交流并促进我们对资本累积的理解的领域来推进我的研究，并将其转换为领域。为此，我将实施一项量身定制的活动计划，以加强我在学术界及其超越其的专业知名度和网络，向民间社会组织，社会联盟和公共机构进行量身定制的活动计划，从而系统地产生学术，政策和社会影响力。虽然我将通过高级期刊和后续研究的出版物来丰富专业辩论，但我将通过通过多模式网络平台，报告，播客和国际研讨会来传播我的研究，为政策和政治实践提供工具。真正的民主。