Bush, RE and Bale, CSE orcid.org/0000-0002-2413-0673 (2019) Energy planning tools for low carbon transitions: an example of a multicriteria spatial planning tool for district heating. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 62 (12). pp. 2186-2209. ISSN 0964-0568
Abstract
Energy planning tools can support transitions to low carbon energy by helping planners to identify technology options and scenarios. Exploring a case study of district heating development to support heat decarbonisation in the United Kingdom (UK), this article uses thematic analysis of qualitative semistructured interviews conducted between May 2013 and August 2015 with local and regional government officials, in order to consider how energy planning decision-making tools can be designed to support the early stages of low carbon transitions as a form of strategic niche management. The findings of this analysis are then tested through the development of a spatial heat planning tool covering England and Wales, designed to respond to the needs of niche actors seeking to facilitate early development of district heating projects. The tool is for use by local government actors as they seek to build social networks of stakeholders to support the technology change, to demonstrate its value and to support skills development. The research shows the importance of designing flexible tools which can go beyond techno-economic criteria and reflect the wider motivations and decision criteria of local actors, including social criteria.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | energy; strategic niche management; transitions; multicriteria tools; low carbon heat |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2018 10:36 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09640568.2018.1536605 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:139871 |