Participatory methods in energy system modelling and planning – a review

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dc.contributor.authorMcGookin, Connor
dc.contributor.authorÓ Gallachóir, Brian P.
dc.contributor.authorByrne, Edmond P.
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderESB Networksen
dc.contributor.funderNational Science Foundationen
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-27T10:52:55Z
dc.date.available2022-10-27T10:52:55Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2022-10-27T10:27:12Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a systematic review of participatory methods used in energy system modelling and planning. It draws on a compiled database of fifty-nine studies at a local, regional, and national level detailing analysis on full energy systems down to sectors, modes, and single technologies. The initial aim of the paper is to consolidate and present this growing body of literature, providing a clear understanding of which stakeholder groups have been engaged and what methods have been used to link stakeholder engagement with quantitative analysis. On from this, the progress to date in democratising key decision-making processes is discussed, reflecting on the benefits and challenges of a participatory approach, as well as highlighting gaps within the current body of literature. During the review, two differing spatial levels at subnational (cities, municipalities, or regions) and national scale emerged as separate groups for analysis. A clear distinction between the two groups was the motivation for involving stakeholders. At a subnational level, researchers hoping to build local capacity to bring about real-world change engaged with community representatives, whereas national level studies concerned with generating more impactful energy policy measures involved industry, policymaking, and academic experts. One key finding from the review was that only ten out of the fifty-nine studies reviewed noted some form of collaboration with non-academic stakeholders, and moreover 36% of studies involved just a single interaction with participants. This indicates a lack of progress to date in process democratisation within energy system modelling and planning research.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUS-Ireland R, D & D Partnership Programme, Science Foundation Ireland, National Science Foundation (Grant number 16/US-C2C/3290)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMcGookin, C., Ó Gallachóir, B. P. and Byrne, E. P. (2021) 'Participatory methods in energy system modelling and planning – a review', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 151, 111504, (14pp). doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111504en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rser.2021.111504en
dc.identifier.endpage14en
dc.identifier.journaltitleRenewable and Sustainable Energy Reviewsen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/13792
dc.identifier.volume151en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Research Centres/12/RC/2302/IE/Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) - The SFI Centre for Marine Renewable Energy Research/en
dc.rights© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectParticipatoryen
dc.subjectTransdisciplinaryen
dc.subjectEnergy system modellingen
dc.subjectEnergy planningen
dc.subjectEnergy scenariosen
dc.titleParticipatory methods in energy system modelling and planning – a reviewen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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