Community versus local energy in a context of climate emergency

Patrick Devine-Wright ()
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Patrick Devine-Wright: Geography, University of Exeter

Nature Energy, 2019, vol. 4, issue 11, 894-896

Abstract: UK policy on decentralized energy has shifted from community energy to local energy. This signals reduced support for grassroots, citizen-led action in favour of institutional partnerships and company-led investments, which puts at risk the urgent, long-term social and technological transformations required in a climate emergency.

Date: 2019
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