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Sustainable Energy Transition

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 6732

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Seoyong Kim

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Department of Public Administration, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
Interests: risk perception; environmentalism; climate change; energy transition; human action and behavior; energy preference; psychometric paradigm; environmental assessment; public understanding of science; environmental justice; cultural theory
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Fukushima nuclear accident and climate change have changed the structure of energy systems around the world, redirecting us towards a transition to sustainable energy. Such a transition, of course, is expected to be difficult in that it requires not only changes in macrolevel energy transition technologies but also in economic, political, sociocultural, and policy systems. At the same time, energy transition calls for changes in individual actors’ values, attitudes, and behaviors. For a successful implementation of the energy transition system, engineering and social approaches should be considered simultaneously, and various levels, i.e., individuals, groups, societies, and nations, should be taken into consideration, while technological, economic, political, and sociocultural changes should be carried out.

This Special Issue focuses on social research topics as well as scientific and technological research topics on energy transition. In terms of science and technology, it will give a priority to issues, theories, practices, and solutions related to the innovation of key energy transition technologies. In terms of the social element, it focuses on individuals, groups, and organizational issues at the microlevel and social and national institutions, systems, and structures at the macrolevel.

The Special Issue welcomes submissions addressing theories, methodologies, and practices related to energy transition. Original papers are welcome.

Prof. Seoyong Kim
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • energy transition
  • law, institution, structure on energy issues
  • power sector transformation
  • new technology for new energy
  • energy efficiency and performance
  • low carbon economy
  • new energy system models and data
  • new energy planning
  • climate change
  • public opinion
  • individuals’ values, attitudes, and behaviors
  • environmental action
  • risk communication
  • renewable energy
  • nuclear energy
  • fossil energy

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Place Attachment in Land Use Changes: A Phenomenological Investigation in Residents’ Lived Experiences with a Renewable Energy Project Deployment
by Samiha Mjahed Hammami and Heyam Abdulrahman Al Moosa
Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 8856; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13168856 - 08 Aug 2021
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Despite growing interest in issues of place attachment and land use changes, scholars of renewable energy have tended to overlook the ways that people–place relations affect local acceptance/opposition of renewable energy projects. We address this gap drawing on the concept of customer experience [...] Read more.
Despite growing interest in issues of place attachment and land use changes, scholars of renewable energy have tended to overlook the ways that people–place relations affect local acceptance/opposition of renewable energy projects. We address this gap drawing on the concept of customer experience to capture the meaning of place attachment in a specific context of climate change adaptation (e.g., proposals to site large-scale low-carbon energy technologies such as wind farms) and deepening understanding of the role of place attachment in shaping community responses to the local siting of renewable energy technologies. This research adopts a phenomenological approach that focuses on exploring the residents’ experiences with the local place where they live (a village in Northeast Tunisia) as well as the meanings they attribute to the project. Results show that according to the evaluation of change, whether the renewable energy project enhances or disrupts the different aspects of place experience, residents will exhibit respectively either positive or negative emotions and attitudes and will take action accordingly either by supporting or protesting the project. Full article
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An Enabling Framework to Support the Sustainable Energy Transition at the National Level
by Marina Blohm
Sustainability 2021, 13(7), 3834; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13073834 - 31 Mar 2021
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The world is fighting against the impacts of the climate crisis. Although the technical feasibility of 100% renewable energy systems was already verified by a variety of research studies, there were still more than 200 GW of unsustainable new coal power capacity under [...] Read more.
The world is fighting against the impacts of the climate crisis. Although the technical feasibility of 100% renewable energy systems was already verified by a variety of research studies, there were still more than 200 GW of unsustainable new coal power capacity under construction at a global level in 2018. To achieve the required carbon neutrality, current energy systems need to be transformed toward sustainable energy. The review of the literature has shown that several barriers for carbon-neutral technologies exist, which currently impede the sustainable transition. This paper focuses on the development of an enabling framework to overcome existing barriers to facilitate sustainable and carbon-neutral technologies at the national level. Additionally, it should support decision makers to consider all underlying criteria of this urgently needed energy transition. The criteria of such an enabling framework can be classified in 11 categories, which are (1) environmental and ecological protection; (2) society, culture, and behavior; (3) equity and justice; (4) knowledge; (5) energy markets; (6) energy policy; (7) legal requirements; (8) finance; (9) institutions; (10) infrastructure; and (11) clash of interests. Even though some criteria differ from country to country, a strong governmental support for the transition is always required to be successful. Full article
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