Energy transition for the rich and energy poverty for the rest? Mapping and explaining district heating transition, energy poverty, and vulnerability in Czechia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F23%3A00134476" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/23:00134476 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629623001883" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629623001883</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103128" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.erss.2023.103128</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Energy transition for the rich and energy poverty for the rest? Mapping and explaining district heating transition, energy poverty, and vulnerability in Czechia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper considers the planned transformation of the district heating sector as an opportunity to protect households from energy poverty, while also acknowledging the potential for increased susceptibility. We aim to contribute to energy vulnerability research through a two/phased sequential explanatory research design, which is uncommon in energy poverty research. In the first stage, we develop an index to reveal the detailed socio-spatial distribution of urban energy vulnerability in Czechia. This index can be used as a primary tool for targeted regional and local policies. In the second stage, we confirm the validity and disaggregation of the index through local research. In addition, this process uncovers vulnerabilities not captured by the index or that add meaning and depth to known vulnerability factors. We identify multiple pathways of energy vulnerability stemming from socioeconomic and material-technical factors, as well as combinations thereof. Our research shows that urban energy vulnerability is rooted at different levels, ranging from the household to the state, and is influenced both by past deregulation/liberalisation efforts and rising energy prices, which can jeopardize planned projects. Our analysis highlights the crucial role of district heating systems in urban energy vulnerability, their socio-economic fragility, and their inherently political nature.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Energy transition for the rich and energy poverty for the rest? Mapping and explaining district heating transition, energy poverty, and vulnerability in Czechia

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper considers the planned transformation of the district heating sector as an opportunity to protect households from energy poverty, while also acknowledging the potential for increased susceptibility. We aim to contribute to energy vulnerability research through a two/phased sequential explanatory research design, which is uncommon in energy poverty research. In the first stage, we develop an index to reveal the detailed socio-spatial distribution of urban energy vulnerability in Czechia. This index can be used as a primary tool for targeted regional and local policies. In the second stage, we confirm the validity and disaggregation of the index through local research. In addition, this process uncovers vulnerabilities not captured by the index or that add meaning and depth to known vulnerability factors. We identify multiple pathways of energy vulnerability stemming from socioeconomic and material-technical factors, as well as combinations thereof. Our research shows that urban energy vulnerability is rooted at different levels, ranging from the household to the state, and is influenced both by past deregulation/liberalisation efforts and rising energy prices, which can jeopardize planned projects. Our analysis highlights the crucial role of district heating systems in urban energy vulnerability, their socio-economic fragility, and their inherently political nature.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/TK03010086" target="_blank" >TK03010086: Vývoj technicko-ekonomických scénářů pro transformaci českého teplárenství</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Energy Research & Social Science

ISSN

2214-6296

e-ISSN

2214-6326

Svazek periodika

100

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

June

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

1-14

Kód UT WoS článku

000998235100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85159360928