Author: Patrick Devine-Wright
Published in: Nature Energy volume 4, pages894–896 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-019-0459-2
Date Published: 2nd September 2019
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.
Insights for EnergyREV:
In recent years, 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.