Building back better? Reviewing scenarios of a decentralised post-war electricity system in Ukraine
Type
book section
Date Issued
2025
Editor(s)
Sareen, Siddharth
Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg
Per Ove Eikeland
Abstract
In 1976, Amory Lovins suggested a distinction between hard and soft energy paths, referring to scenarios envisioning a future with varying degrees of (de-)centralisation. Almost half a century later, there are still diverging views as to whether the future of energy is going to be centralised or decentralised. An empirical context in which such competing visions are particularly present is Ukraine. With the current, highly centralised infrastructure severely damaged after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine a variety of stakeholders have published documents outlining scenarios for the country’s future energy system. Reviewing 32 such scenarios allows us to disentangle the technological and organisational dimensions of (de-) centralisation and identify incoherences in how they are addressed in expert documents.
Funding(s)
SNF other
Language
English
Keywords
Soft paths
Organisational decentralisation
Technological decentralisation
Market liberalisation
Community energy
Book title
Are low-carbon futures decentralised? Visions and praxis in governing collective electric systems
Publisher
Elgar
Start page
194
End page
210
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Appendix for the Book chapter.pdf
Size
181.48 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
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