Huang, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-7573-715X (2021) When government-led experimentation meets social resistance? A case study of solar policy retreat in Shenzhen, China. Energy Research & Social Science, 75. 102031. ISSN 2214-6296
Abstract
Low-carbon energy transitions envision deep decarbonization of the consumption, distribution, and production of the energy system. Urban areas are the frontier for low-carbon transitions. Despite increasing attention on the role of urban politics in urban energy transitions, transition governance in China still follows a rather functionalist and instrumentalist logic that highlights the government's leadership in resource mobilization. Disproportionate report of successful cases has reinforced this governing logic, while shadowed the political dynamics of transition processes, particularly the role played by local communities. Through a failed case of solar experimentation in Shenzhen, China, this article shows that the success of low-carbon experiments is not necessarily guaranteed by the strong governance capacities of local governments. Strong social resistance can produce a countering effect on the outcome of low-carbon experiments. The study calls for future research to adopt a more dynamic and holistic perspective of urban energy transitions and to take account of the mediating or even countering effects of urban politics.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Energy Research & Social Science. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Urban experimentation; Transition governance; Social resistance; Building-integrated solar thermal (BIST) technology; China |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2021 15:14 |
Last Modified: | 24 Mar 2022 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102031 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:178100 |