Publikasjoner

Vitenskapelig konferansepresentasjon: 

The 2023 Energy Justice World Forum, June 2023, Bayonne 

Université de Pau et des Paus de L ’Adour

Authors: 

Laura Tolnov Clausen, Ass. Prof. Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder, Norway

Mikaela Vasstrøm, Ass. Prof. Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder, Norway

Abstract:

Offshore wind and regional futures: Challenges and opportunities for energy justice in regional transitions

Climate change, energy crisis and major conflicts related to the lack of social acceptance of wind power on land position offshore wind (OW) as the most important renewable energy (RE) source of the future (IEA, 2021). A significant part of the global OW development will take place in the North Sea (EU, 2020), and Norway has planned for 3GW in the Southern North Sea. Public and private actors are (urgently) positioning the Southern Norwegian region of Agder to become a core region for OW development. Whereas there is a growing field of social research related to the effects of OW on the seascape itself (Russell et al. 2020), also in a Norwegian context (Heidenreich et al 2022), less attention is directed to how large new technological OW ventures will affect the natural and human environment of regional communities nearest to the OW projects. Emerging questions about who benefits and who loses, what conflicts arise, and how transitions should be governed (Glasson et al 2022; Rudolph et al 2018) are therefore limited addressed. To avoid repeating policy and planning failures known from onshore wind development in Norway (Vasstrøm & Lysgård, 2021) leading to conflicts and lack of social acceptance, there is need to consider the challenges and opportunities of energy justice in regional OW development. Energy justice is a growing research field that provide an ethical framework for discussing issues of fairness in relation to energy systems and transition (Jenkins et al 2021; Sovacool et al 2017). There is however a need to develop more intersectional, contextually embedded, and participatory approaches to energy justice, to strengthen holistic analysis of (in)justices and to generate actionable knowledge in energy policy, planning and development (Jenkins et al., 2021). The empirical analysis is based on document analysis, 10 interviews and a dialogue workshop with 60 key public and private stakeholders in the region of Agder. This paper contributes with contextual knowledge on the challenges and opportunities expressed by regional actors related to environmental, procedural and distributional energy justice in an emerging offshore wind context, and explore the need of new policy, planning and governance models. Further, the paper aims to advance energy justice as a critical territorial, analytical approach to address territorial controversial topics, power and conflicting societal interests in regional energy transitions.

Policy/business kommunikasjon og foredrag:

• Clausen, L.T og Vasstrøm, M. (2024) WindReg: Havvind og regionale fremtider: utfordringer og muligheter for energirettferdighet i regionale transisjonsprosesser. Haugalandsrådet, 25. Oktober 2024
• Vasstrøm, M., Clausen, L.T, Langemyr, E. (2024) Hva er en ambitiøs havvindspolitikk? Hvordan sikre en bred verdiskaping i fremtidens havvind? 14 August, Arendalsuken. Arrangør: UiA https://program.arendalsuka.no/23924
• Clausen, L.T. (2024) Offshore Wind and regional Futures: challenges and opportunities for energy justice in regional transitions. DTEC 3-days Learning expedition in Wind Energy. Østerild Test Center. 29. August 2024. Arrangør: DTU-TotalEnergies. Excellence Centre for Clean Energy https://dtec.dtu.dk/
• Clausen, L.T. (2024) Havvind, sameksistens og regional utvikling i Norge. Utfordringer og muligheter fra et internasjonalt perspektiv. Science Meets Industry 2024. Offshore Wind Energy, 4-5 March 2024, Fevik Strand Hotel https://gcenode.no/event/science-meets-industry-offshore-wind-energy-2024/
• Clausen, L.T. (2023) Havvind: Internasjonale perspektiver på sameksistens og regional utvikling. Startskuddet for norsk havvind har gått! Hvordan skal utbygging ivareta våre felles interesser?». Fremtidens havvind og GCE NODE. 15. August 2023, Arendalsuken
• Clausen, L.T. (2023) Offshore wind, coexistence, energy justice and regional development in Norway. Challenges and opportunities from an international perspective. Supplier Gathering Offshore Wind 2023, Fremtidens Havvind og GCE NODE, 6. June, Clarion Hotel Ernst, Kristiansand
• Vasstrøm, M. & Clausen, L.T. (2023) Fremtidens havvind – hvordan sikre langsiktig (politisk) legitimitet og bred regional verdiskaping? Den nasjonale konferanse Grønn praksis  i samarbejde med UiA, Kristiansand kommune og Fremtidens havvind, 7. Juni 2023, Thon Horel, Kristiansand https://www.kristiansander.no/gronn-praksis/program-grnn-praksis-2023  
• Vasstrøm, M. & Clausen, L.T. (2023) Energi og Samfunn. Perspektiv på Havvind fra et samfunnsvitenskapelig perspektiv». Workshop-seminar om UiAs samlede havvindsatsing. UiA 21.04.2023
• Clausen, L.T. (2023) Havvind, sameksistens og regional utvikling i Norge. Utfordringer og muligheter fra et internasjonalt perspektiv. Science Meets Industry 2023. Offshore Wind Energy, 20-21 March 2023, Fevik Strand Hotelhttps://www.uia.no/arrangementer/science-meets-industry-offshore-wind-energy
• Clausen, L.T. (2022) Prosesser for god sameksistens i utviklingen av havvind –utfordringer og muligheter. NVE, Norges energidager 2022,  20.-21. oktober, Scandic Hotel Fornebu.