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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2024 United KingdomPublisher:SAGE Publications Authors:Hayato Koga;
Hayato Koga
Hayato Koga in OpenAIRESaska Petrova;
Saska Petrova
Saska Petrova in OpenAIREStefan Bouzarovski;
Stefan Bouzarovski
Stefan Bouzarovski in OpenAIRECommunity-based energy governance (CEG) is increasingly seen as reconfiguring existing socio-environmental power dynamics, contributing to just and democratic energy transitions. Despite its perceived “positive” implications, CEG has often been instrumentalized, undermining its potential to transform the spatialities of the existing energy system more democratic. By critically reviewing how the concept of community is mobilized regarding CEG, we seek to delineate how this mobilization entails a degree of romanticization. We then offer an alternative conceptualization of community by drawing upon a post-foundational understanding of space and community, particularly theorizations by Jean-Luc Nancy. We argue that understanding CEG through his ontology of “being-with,” which demands a world where every singularity can expose itself, can create a space for the political. In other words, this ontological understanding reconceptualizes CEG as a contingent political disruptibility of the existing order, rather than merely an institution, or politics. This provides a fundamental guideline to avoid instrumental appropriations of the concept of community and grounds more critical conceptualizations of community in energy and environmental geographies. Furthermore, it guides us to understand energy democracy through CEG as a disruptive political sequence of democratization, instead of an institution that is often instrumentalized with a scaling-up discourse.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2024 United KingdomPublisher:SAGE Publications Authors:Hayato Koga;
Hayato Koga
Hayato Koga in OpenAIRESaska Petrova;
Saska Petrova
Saska Petrova in OpenAIREStefan Bouzarovski;
Stefan Bouzarovski
Stefan Bouzarovski in OpenAIRECommunity-based energy governance (CEG) is increasingly seen as reconfiguring existing socio-environmental power dynamics, contributing to just and democratic energy transitions. Despite its perceived “positive” implications, CEG has often been instrumentalized, undermining its potential to transform the spatialities of the existing energy system more democratic. By critically reviewing how the concept of community is mobilized regarding CEG, we seek to delineate how this mobilization entails a degree of romanticization. We then offer an alternative conceptualization of community by drawing upon a post-foundational understanding of space and community, particularly theorizations by Jean-Luc Nancy. We argue that understanding CEG through his ontology of “being-with,” which demands a world where every singularity can expose itself, can create a space for the political. In other words, this ontological understanding reconceptualizes CEG as a contingent political disruptibility of the existing order, rather than merely an institution, or politics. This provides a fundamental guideline to avoid instrumental appropriations of the concept of community and grounds more critical conceptualizations of community in energy and environmental geographies. Furthermore, it guides us to understand energy democracy through CEG as a disruptive political sequence of democratization, instead of an institution that is often instrumentalized with a scaling-up discourse.
The University of Ma... arrow_drop_down The University of Manchester - Institutional RepositoryArticle . 2025Data sources: The University of Manchester - Institutional Repositoryadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2025 United KingdomPublisher:Elsevier BV Funded by:EC | POWER UP, EC | LocalRESEC| POWER UP ,EC| LocalRESAuthors:Koga, H.;
Koga, H.
Koga, H. in OpenAIREBouzarovski, S.;
Bouzarovski, S.
Bouzarovski, S. in OpenAIREPetrova, S.;
Petrova, S.
Petrova, S. in OpenAIRECommunity-based energy governance (CEG), in which citizens or communities play a central role, has attracted sufficient attention in the context of efforts to achieve a democratic and just energy transition. Despite this surge of interest, however, a crucial limitation of the CEG literature is that its conceptualisation relies mainly on the analyses of case studies and literature from North Western Europe. To address this geographic bias, this paper conducts a rigorous review of Japanese debates on CEG, shedding new light on how the first-hand experience of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011 has led to new dialogues, based on its domestic interdisciplinary traditions to tackle environmental pollution in Japan. The analysis shows that the challenges addressed by CEG can vary across geographical contexts. CEG in Japan has, first and foremost, been understood as an alternative to the “exogenous” or “colonial” regional development underlying the Japanese energy system. Here, community has been approached as a starting point to address the geographical economic disparity that exists in the existing energy system, by attaining “endogenous development” and “energy autonomy”. The analysis, therefore, provides an alternative perspective for the critical scrutiny of dominant approaches towards CEG in “Western” tradition, while pointing to the need for further in-depth inquiry into the articulation of CEG in Japan and beyond.
Renewable and Sustai... arrow_drop_down Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsArticle . 2025 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYData sources: CrossrefThe University of Manchester - Institutional RepositoryArticle . 2025Data sources: The University of Manchester - Institutional RepositoryRenewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsArticle . 2024 . Peer-reviewedData sources: European Union Open Data Portaladd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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more_vert Renewable and Sustai... arrow_drop_down Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsArticle . 2025 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYData sources: CrossrefThe University of Manchester - Institutional RepositoryArticle . 2025Data sources: The University of Manchester - Institutional RepositoryRenewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsArticle . 2024 . Peer-reviewedData sources: European Union Open Data Portaladd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
You have already added works in your ORCID record related to the merged Research product.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
You have already added works in your ORCID record related to the merged Research product.All Research productsarrow_drop_down <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>'); document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://beta.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=10.1016/j.rser.2024.114994&type=result"></script>'); --> </script>
For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2025 United KingdomPublisher:Elsevier BV Funded by:EC | POWER UP, EC | LocalRESEC| POWER UP ,EC| LocalRESAuthors:Koga, H.;
Koga, H.
Koga, H. in OpenAIREBouzarovski, S.;
Bouzarovski, S.
Bouzarovski, S. in OpenAIREPetrova, S.;
Petrova, S.
Petrova, S. in OpenAIRECommunity-based energy governance (CEG), in which citizens or communities play a central role, has attracted sufficient attention in the context of efforts to achieve a democratic and just energy transition. Despite this surge of interest, however, a crucial limitation of the CEG literature is that its conceptualisation relies mainly on the analyses of case studies and literature from North Western Europe. To address this geographic bias, this paper conducts a rigorous review of Japanese debates on CEG, shedding new light on how the first-hand experience of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011 has led to new dialogues, based on its domestic interdisciplinary traditions to tackle environmental pollution in Japan. The analysis shows that the challenges addressed by CEG can vary across geographical contexts. CEG in Japan has, first and foremost, been understood as an alternative to the “exogenous” or “colonial” regional development underlying the Japanese energy system. Here, community has been approached as a starting point to address the geographical economic disparity that exists in the existing energy system, by attaining “endogenous development” and “energy autonomy”. The analysis, therefore, provides an alternative perspective for the critical scrutiny of dominant approaches towards CEG in “Western” tradition, while pointing to the need for further in-depth inquiry into the articulation of CEG in Japan and beyond.
Renewable and Sustai... arrow_drop_down Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsArticle . 2025 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYData sources: CrossrefThe University of Manchester - Institutional RepositoryArticle . 2025Data sources: The University of Manchester - Institutional RepositoryRenewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsArticle . 2024 . Peer-reviewedData sources: European Union Open Data Portaladd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
You have already added works in your ORCID record related to the merged Research product.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euAccess RoutesGreen hybrid 2 citations 2 popularity Average influence Average impulse Average Powered by BIP!
more_vert Renewable and Sustai... arrow_drop_down Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsArticle . 2025 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYData sources: CrossrefThe University of Manchester - Institutional RepositoryArticle . 2025Data sources: The University of Manchester - Institutional RepositoryRenewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsArticle . 2024 . Peer-reviewedData sources: European Union Open Data Portaladd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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