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Are Low-Carbon Futures Decentralised?: The Governance of Collective Electricity Systems

Are Low-Carbon Futures Decentralised?: The Governance of Collective Electricity Systems


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This insightful book examines the role of the electricity grid and cognate infrastructures in driving the low-carbon transition, addressing the key question: are low-carbon futures decentralised? Featuring chapters by renowned international experts, the book explores decentralisation as both a governance manoeuvre and infrastructural innovation, reflecting on the relationship between emergent data infrastructures and electricity systems. It sheds light on how the governance of collective electricity systems is changing in favour of rapid low-carbon electrification, providing insights into transition tensions and electrical outages across diverse contexts. Chapters discuss the concept of building structurally variable power systems and illustrate how distributed energy will affect existing power supplies, showcasing how institutional technologies are designed for decentralised energy governance. They also evaluate decentralisation versus centralisation in the electricity sector, demonstrating the transformative impact of distributed energy systems on polycentric grids. Are Low-Carbon Futures Decentralised? is an essential resource for students and academics in energy, geography, economics, governance and transitions. Its practical insights into sustainable development will greatly benefit geographers, political scientists and development researchers.

Table of Contents:
Contents 1 Are low-carbon futures decentralised? Directional flows in the changing governance of collective electricity systems 1 Siddharth Sareen, Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg and Per Ove Eikeland PART I CONCEPTUAL AND ANALYTICAL APPROACHES 26 2 Designing institutional technologies for decentralised energy governance 27 Viktor Bukovszki and Michael Mrissa 3 Quantum transformation of electrical systems: the potential for decentralisation of infrastructures, governance, and organisational structures 38 Boris Kantsepolsky 4 Transition tensions: transmission lines in visions of European Union decentralisation 50 Daniel Wuebben 5 The concept of building a structurally variable power system 61 Sergii Saukh 6 How distributed energy will affect the existing power system 76 Fereidoon Sioshansi 7 Weather, shifting demands and conflict: analysing electric outages across the European Union and Ukraine 86 Thomas Ptak and Julie Brooks 8 Regional energy hubs with integrated hydrogen in the Netherlands: an exploratory design perspective 96 Mahshid Hasankhani 9 Scale, governance and net zero: decentralisation versus centralisation in electricity 107 Michael Pollitt 10 Transformation to a polycentric grid with distributed energy systems 122 Maarten Wolsink PART II NATIONAL AND SUB-NATIONAL CASE STUDIES 133 11 Citizen participation in the electricity system: a reflection on energy democracy in Swedish energy communities 134 Jenny Palm 12 Energy infrastructure planning for positive energy city districts: the sector-coupling pathways for the new city district of Dietenbach in Freiburg, Germany 145 Arian Mahzouni 13 Decentralised energy management in households through event-driven tariffs and smart meters: a German case study 156 Claudius Kübler, Jiayin Fu and Matthias Grandel 14 Halfway to decentralisation? Understanding the energy paradigm shift in Italy 171 Giada F.P. Coleandro 15 Designing a multi-level organisational model for implementing sustainable energy communities in Colombia 181 Georg Heinemann, Ana María Ramírez Tovar and Pasha Alidadi 16 Building back better? Reviewing scenarios of a decentralised post-war electricity system in Ukraine 194 Nadiya Kostyuchenko, Cristian Pons-Seres de Brauwer, Adrian Rinscheid and Rolf Wüstenhagen 17 Centralisation and decentralisation of Norwegian utilities 211 Kjersti Aarrestad and Jørgen Bjørndalen 18 ‘Future-gazing’: how floating offshore wind can revitalise European large energy-intensive industries 224 Julian Gregory 19 Electric futures in Türkiye: decentralisation, regulatory trends, and carbon tax implications 235 Mine Sertsöz 20 Conclusion: three overarching themes for understanding decentralisation in future low-carbon electricity systems 244 Per Ove Eikeland, Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg and Siddharth Sareen

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Edited by Siddharth Sareen, Per Ove Eikeland and Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

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‘The words “governance” and “decentralisation” appear frequently in discussions of energy transitions and energy and climate policy but are often deployed unreflectively and carelessly. This book masterfully brings together more than 30 world-leading scholars to explore both topics with unmatched depth of insight coupled with a rich breadth of topics, from the quantum level all the way to how people envision collective global futures. Seminal reading for students and decision makers alike.’ ‘Decentralised electricity systems may be critical for decarbonisation, but the path is strewn with difficulties. This important book reveals possibilities for new forms of governance as well as for novel system topologies and digital controls. It offers a wide-ranging and thought-provoking exploration of this challenging topic.’ ‘This volume offers a wealth of inter-disciplinary and case-study perspectives on electricity decentralisation. It offers clear and concise discussions of the significance of digitalisation, sector coupling and storage technologies for enhancing energy security, and the role that citizen participation can play in democratising electricity systems.’


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781035355181
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 280
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1035355183
  • Publisher Date: 19 Aug 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Governance of Collective Electricity Systems


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