Whose transition? A review of citizen participation in the energy system

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dc.contributor.authorDunphy, Niall P.
dc.contributor.authorLennon, Breffní
dc.contributor.funderHorizon 2020 Framework Programme
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T15:25:18Z
dc.date.available2023-08-08T12:44:06Zen
dc.date.available2023-08-09T15:25:18Z
dc.date.issued2022-12en
dc.date.updated2023-08-08T11:44:09Zen
dc.description.abstractWriting in the late 1980s, Jon Fiske describes reality as “always encoded [and most especially] by the codes of our culture”. The energy transition is one of the latest sets of realities that comes with its own encoded messaging and nomenclatures. Citizens are increasingly expected to actively participate in the energy domain and play their part in transitioning to low-carbon energy systems. Terms like “energy citizen” have been used to describe (the accepted forms of) this participation, typically in quite prescriptive and rather limited roles, such as active consumer and prosumer. However, as with other manifestations of citizen-consumer ideals, where the framing is presented as the embodiment of freedom, the vagueness of such terms lock citizens out of what could potentially be a transformative conceptualization for transitioning to more equitable and empowering energy experiences. This chapter will examine how under-theorized and contested concepts like the “energy citizen” are already framing our collective experience(s) of the energy transition and asks for whom is the emerging energy system designed?
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dc.identifier.citationDunphy, N.P. and Lennon, B. (2022) ‘Whose transition? A review of citizen participation in the energy system’, in K. Araújo (ed)., Routledge Handbook of Energy Transitions, 1st edn. London: Routledge, pp. 430–444. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003183020-30
dc.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003183020-30en
dc.identifier.endpage444
dc.identifier.startpage430
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14806
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.ispartofRoutledge Handbook of Energy Transitions
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::RIA/101022791/EU/Energy Citizens for Inclusive Decarbonization/ENCLUDE
dc.rights© 2022. This chapter has been made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectEnergy
dc.subjectCitizenship
dc.subjectCitizen participation
dc.titleWhose transition? A review of citizen participation in the energy system
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
dc.typeBook chapter
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