DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111361
论文题名: The EU's Clean Energy strategy for islands: A policy perspective on Malta's spatial governance in energy transition
作者: Kotzebue J.R. ; Weissenbacher M.
刊名: Energy Policy
ISSN: 03014215
出版年: 2020
卷: 139 语种: 英语
中文关键词: Energy transition
; EU energy policy
; Renewable energy
; Small island states
; Spatial governance
英文关键词: Economic and social effects
; Fossil fuel deposits
; Fossil fuels
; Public policy
; Renewable energy resources
; Energy transitions
; EU energy policies
; Renewable energies
; Small island
; Spatial governance
; Investments
; alternative energy
; energy policy
; European Union
; governance approach
; policy approach
; renewable resource
; small island state
; Malta [Southern Europe]
英文摘要: The European Union has more than 2200 inhabited islands. Many keep relying on fossil fuel-based energy systems, even though they are endowed with renewable energy resources (RES) and have access to gradually improving renewable energy technologies. In May 2017 the EU Commission and 14 member states with island territories signed the so-called “Valletta Declaration” in Malta's capital. The declaration states that islands can be favorable for innovative solutions and investments in local renewable energy production, given the abundance of various RES. However, the island nation of Malta features very low renewable energy shares within the EU. The Energy transition theory in the field of sustainable transition studies explains social and technological system-wide evolution and innovation, but only few scholars have focused on spatial governance in islands’ energy transition. Malta's urbanization rate is about 95%, which creates a spatially extreme situation. The policy perspective clarifies the role of spatial governance in Malta's energy transition from a fossil fuel-based to a non-fossil fuel-based country. A theoretical spatial governance framework guides the analysis. The perspective highlights that Malta's centralized and hierarchical spatial governance structure creates an environment, in which the spatial situation is used to argue against small and de-centralized renewable technologies. © 2020 Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/167280
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作者单位: Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 55, Hamburg, 20146, Germany; Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Malta, First Floor, Regional Building, Triq l-Imhallef Paolo Debono, Msida, Malta
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Kotzebue J.R.,Weissenbacher M.. The EU's Clean Energy strategy for islands: A policy perspective on Malta's spatial governance in energy transition[J]. Energy Policy,2020-01-01,139