The Politics of Renewables I

Abstract

The uptake in renewable energies is now attracting attention from researchers in a range of disciplines interested in the links between energy policy and climate change policy, sustainability, social participation, governance, and politics generally. Consequently it is a topic that is emerging from the margins into the mainstream. This panel aims to identify the political and policy processes which variously drive or hinder recourse to a range of renewables in different national / institutional and local / societal settings. It also considers interactions between the different categories of actors, and the consequences for the renewables sector and for society at large. Papers are welcomed which address these topics in one country or comparatively.

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