Planning Policy of Renewable Energy
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 1606
Special Issue Editors
Interests: landscape democracy; public regulation; energy policy; energy planning; citizen involvement; ethics; sustainability; biodiversity; global regulation
Interests: public regulation; community energy; smart energy systems; district heating; renewable energy sources
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: energy communities; civic energy; socio-technical acceptability; social acceptance; regional energy systems; renewables; foresight
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In December 2015, representatives of 196 countries adopted the Paris Agreement at the COP21 conference, with the goal of maintaining the human-caused temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, and below 1.5 degrees if possible. Fulfillment of this goal is a major global goal, and implies substantial investments in renewable energy technology and infrastructure.
In order to make the transition from fossil fuels to green technologies as efficient, equitable and transparent as possible, both policy and extensive planning efforts are needed, including the setting of immediate and long-term goals; the establishment of appropriate short-term and long-term mixes of resources and technologies through energy system analyses; the development of planning tools and instruments; the identification of potentially affected stakeholders; and the instigation of inclusive decision-making procedures.
Any mix of renewable energy sources and technologies will have major impacts on people, environments and landscapes. In many instances, locals may feel that their concerns are ignored, and that their influence on decisions is almost non-existent, leading to delays and even cancellations of renewable energy projects due to local conflicts. The question we hope to answer with this Special Issue is how a resilient and efficient green energy system can be developed with due respect to the affected people and their landscapes.
For this Special Issue, we invite papers that deal with some or all of these topics either a) by using general theoretical models, b) systematically, e.g., by presenting and applying useful analytical tools, c) from a planning perspective, e.g., by presenting and critically analysing the possibilities and obstacles resulting from the uses of legal and planning instruments, or d) by presenting and critically analysing key case studies. Papers that include several of these approaches are also welcome.
Dr. Finn Arler
Dr. Karl Sperling
Dr. Kristian Borch
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable energy
- strategic energy planning
- strategic landscape planning
- combining a variety of energy resources and technologies
- energy systems analysis
- fairness, equity and transparency
- democracy
- citizen involvement
- landscape character assessment
- socio-technical foresight
