Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures explores how our dominant carbon and nuclear energy assemblages shape conceptions of participation, risk, and in/securities, and how they might be reengineered to deliver justice and democratic participation in transitioning energy systems. Chapters assess the economies, geographies and politics of current and future energy landscapes, exposing how dominant assemblages (composed of technologies, strategies, knowledge and authorities) change our understanding of security and risk, and how they these shared understandings are often enacted uncritically in policy. Contributors address integral relationships across the production and government of material and human energies and the opportunities for sustainable and democratic governance.
In addition, the book explores how interest groups advance idealized energy futures and energy imaginaries. The work delves into the role that states, market organizations and civil society play in envisioned energy change. It assesses how risks and security are formulated in relation to economics, politics, ecology, and human health. It concludes by integrating the relationships between alternative energies and governance strategies, including issues of centralization and decentralization, suggesting approaches to engineer democracy into decision-making about energy assemblages.
1. Introduction to collection - p. Page xx 2. List of Illustrations - p. Page xxxi 3. List of Tables - p. Page xxxii 4. Introduction to Part I: Energy imaginaries - p. Page xxxii 5. Chapter 1 : Serving in the public interest: Samuel Insull and the public service utility imaginary - p. Page 6 6. Chapter 2 : Governance and sustainability in distributed energy systems - p. Page 15 7. Chapter 3 : Energy democracy’s relationship to ecology - p. Page 21 8. Chapter 4 : Utopias and dystopias of renewable energy imaginaries - p. Page 29 9. Chapter 5 : Technoregions of insurrection: Decentralizing energy infrastructures and manifesting change at scale - p. Page 37 10. Chapter 6 : Assemblages of energy and equity: Rearticulating Illich - p. Page 48 11. Chapter 7 : Re-imagining energy-society relations: An interactive framework for social movement-based energy-society transformation - p. Page 54 12. Chapter 8 : Democratic governance of fossil fuel decline - p. Page 69 13. Chapter 9 : Decentralizing energy systems: Political power and shifting power relations in energy ownership - p. Page 80 14. Chapter 10 : Democratic divergence and the landscape of community solar in the United States - p. Page 91 15. Chapter 11 : The emerging energy future(s) of renewable power and electrochemistry:: Advancing or undermining energy democracy? - p. Page 97 16. Chapter 12 : The future of energy ownership - p. Page 105 17. Introduction to Part II: Energy Futures - p. Page 113 18. Chapter 13 : Energies of resistance? Conceptualizing resistance in and through energy democratization - p. Page 119 19. Chapter 14 : The role of ownership and governance in democratizing energy: Comparing public, private, and civil society initiatives in England - p. Page 128 20. Chapter 15 : Lessons from electric cooperatives: Evolving participatory governance practices - p. Page 141 21. Chapter 16 : Bringing democratic transparency to Karachi’s electric sector - p. Page 148 22. Chapter 17 : Energy literacy: Democratizing energy access initiatives in Papua New Guinea - p. Page 154 23. Chapter 18 : A just development energy transition in India? - p. Page 163 24. Chapter 19 : Community adaptation to microgrid alternative energy sources: The case of Puerto Rico - p. Page 170 25. Chapter 20 : Energy democracy movements in Japan - p. Page 178 26. Chapter 21 : Participatory cartography as a means to facilitate democratic governance of offshore wind power in Brazil☆ - p. Page 184 27. Chapter 22 : Energy democracy cooperatives: Opportunities and challenges - p. Page 192 28. Introduction to Part III: Energy risks - p. Page 203 29. Chapter 23 : Situating energy justice: Storytelling risk and resilience in the Navajo Nation - p. Page 211 30. Chapter 24 : Will electro-mobility encourage injustices? The case of lithium production in the Argentine Puna - p. Page 223 31. Chapter 25 : The limits of authoritarian energy governance: Energy, democracy and public contestation in Turkey - p. Page 231 32. Chapter 26 : Hazard or survival: Politics of nuclear energy in Ukraine and Belorussia through the lens of energy democracy - p. Page 239 33. Chapter 27 : Talking points: Narrative strategies to promote nuclear power in Turkey - p. Page 251 34. Chapter 28 : Fossilizing renewable energy: The case of wind power in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico - p. Page 261 35. Chapter 29 : “Psychic numbing” and the environment: Is this leading to unsustainable energy outcomes in Australia? - p. Page 276 36. Chapter 30 : Deluxe energy: Newly commodified regimes of luxurious energy - p. Page 282 37. Chapter 31 : Does security push democracy out of energy governance? - p. Page 290 38. Chapter 32 : Global energy transition risks: Evaluating the intergenerational equity of energy transition costs - p. Page 299 39. Chapter 33 : Democratizing energy through smart grids? Discourses of empowerment vs practices of marginalization - p. Page 309 40. Chapter 34 : Contested scales of democratic decision-making and procedural justice in energy transitions - p. Page 315 41. Chapter 35 : Mind the gap: Citizens, consumers, and unequal participation in global energy transitions - p. Page 324 42. Chapter 36 : Worse than its reputation? Shortcomings of “energy democracy” - p. Page 330 43. Conclusion: A call to action, toward an energy research insurrection - p. Page 336 44. Index - p. Page 347
Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures explores how our dominant carbon and nuclear energy assemblages shape conceptions of participation, risk, and in/securities, and how they might be reengineered to deliver justice and democratic participation in transitioning energy systems. Chapters assess the economies, geographies and politics of current and future energy landscapes, exposing how dominant assemblages (composed of technologies, strategies, knowledge and authorities) change our understanding of security and risk, and how they these shared understandings are often enacted uncritically in policy. Contributors address integral relationships across the production and government of material and human energies and the opportunities for sustainable and democratic governance.
In addition, the book explores how interest groups advance idealized energy futures and energy imaginaries. The work delves into the role that states, market organizations and civil society play in envisioned energy change. It assesses how risks and security are formulated in relation to economics, politics, ecology, and human health. It concludes by integrating the relationships between alternative energies and governance strategies, including issues of centralization and decentralization, suggesting approaches to engineer democracy into decision-making about energy assemblages.
1. Introduction to collection - p. Page xx 2. List of Illustrations - p. Page xxxi 3. List of Tables - p. Page xxxii 4. Introduction to Part I: Energy imaginaries - p. Page xxxii 5. Chapter 1 : Serving in the public interest: Samuel Insull and the public service utility imaginary - p. Page 6 6. Chapter 2 : Governance and sustainability in distributed energy systems - p. Page 15 7. Chapter 3 : Energy democracy’s relationship to ecology - p. Page 21 8. Chapter 4 : Utopias and dystopias of renewable energy imaginaries - p. Page 29 9. Chapter 5 : Technoregions of insurrection: Decentralizing energy infrastructures and manifesting change at scale - p. Page 37 10. Chapter 6 : Assemblages of energy and equity: Rearticulating Illich - p. Page 48 11. Chapter 7 : Re-imagining energy-society relations: An interactive framework for social movement-based energy-society transformation - p. Page 54 12. Chapter 8 : Democratic governance of fossil fuel decline - p. Page 69 13. Chapter 9 : Decentralizing energy systems: Political power and shifting power relations in energy ownership - p. Page 80 14. Chapter 10 : Democratic divergence and the landscape of community solar in the United States - p. Page 91 15. Chapter 11 : The emerging energy future(s) of renewable power and electrochemistry:: Advancing or undermining energy democracy? - p. Page 97 16. Chapter 12 : The future of energy ownership - p. Page 105 17. Introduction to Part II: Energy Futures - p. Page 113 18. Chapter 13 : Energies of resistance? Conceptualizing resistance in and through energy democratization - p. Page 119 19. Chapter 14 : The role of ownership and governance in democratizing energy: Comparing public, private, and civil society initiatives in England - p. Page 128 20. Chapter 15 : Lessons from electric cooperatives: Evolving participatory governance practices - p. Page 141 21. Chapter 16 : Bringing democratic transparency to Karachi’s electric sector - p. Page 148 22. Chapter 17 : Energy literacy: Democratizing energy access initiatives in Papua New Guinea - p. Page 154 23. Chapter 18 : A just development energy transition in India? - p. Page 163 24. Chapter 19 : Community adaptation to microgrid alternative energy sources: The case of Puerto Rico - p. Page 170 25. Chapter 20 : Energy democracy movements in Japan - p. Page 178 26. Chapter 21 : Participatory cartography as a means to facilitate democratic governance of offshore wind power in Brazil☆ - p. Page 184 27. Chapter 22 : Energy democracy cooperatives: Opportunities and challenges - p. Page 192 28. Introduction to Part III: Energy risks - p. Page 203 29. Chapter 23 : Situating energy justice: Storytelling risk and resilience in the Navajo Nation - p. Page 211 30. Chapter 24 : Will electro-mobility encourage injustices? The case of lithium production in the Argentine Puna - p. Page 223 31. Chapter 25 : The limits of authoritarian energy governance: Energy, democracy and public contestation in Turkey - p. Page 231 32. Chapter 26 : Hazard or survival: Politics of nuclear energy in Ukraine and Belorussia through the lens of energy democracy - p. Page 239 33. Chapter 27 : Talking points: Narrative strategies to promote nuclear power in Turkey - p. Page 251 34. Chapter 28 : Fossilizing renewable energy: The case of wind power in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico - p. Page 261 35. Chapter 29 : “Psychic numbing” and the environment: Is this leading to unsustainable energy outcomes in Australia? - p. Page 276 36. Chapter 30 : Deluxe energy: Newly commodified regimes of luxurious energy - p. Page 282 37. Chapter 31 : Does security push democracy out of energy governance? - p. Page 290 38. Chapter 32 : Global energy transition risks: Evaluating the intergenerational equity of energy transition costs - p. Page 299 39. Chapter 33 : Democratizing energy through smart grids? Discourses of empowerment vs practices of marginalization - p. Page 309 40. Chapter 34 : Contested scales of democratic decision-making and procedural justice in energy transitions - p. Page 315 41. Chapter 35 : Mind the gap: Citizens, consumers, and unequal participation in global energy transitions - p. Page 324 42. Chapter 36 : Worse than its reputation? Shortcomings of “energy democracy” - p. Page 330 43. Conclusion: A call to action, toward an energy research insurrection - p. Page 336 44. Index - p. Page 347
