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Wanjiru Muriithi
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Interested in just energy transitions research with a focus on innovations that foster transformative change.
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From my review of the excellent More and More and More by Jean Baptiste Fressoz
Text from The Economist as follows: "Historians of technology have long had a tendency to give priority to innovation, rather than to what is actually in common use. Dr Fressoz, like his mentor David Edgerton, Britain’s pre-eminent scholar in the field, fights back against this. Histories of the “coal age” need to understand that fuel was still dominated by wood until 1900, just as archaeologists understand that stone continued to be crucial after the introduction of bronze. More often energy “transitions” have co-existed as additions and transformations rather than as clean breaks and rapid replacements. This is because fuels for combustion have material uses, too—uses that can shape the energy system profoundly. In the early 20th century Britain was employing more wood as props in its coal mines than it had been burning as fuel in the 18th century; the early oil industry’s infrastructure of derricks, tanks and barrels was almost entirely wooden, too."
November 11, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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hishamzerriffi.bsky.social
End of coal in Alberta ahead of schedule illustrates 3 key energy transition pts:

1) Targets and policy matter and can drive transitions faster than seen historically
2) Industry will always say it's not possible but often proven wrong
3) Repowering coal plants to gas is just 1 step. Need more.
robsonfletcher.com Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · Jun 17
Alberta's last remaining coal plant has powered down and is not expected to burn another lump

🔗: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
June 18, 2024 at 5:20 AM
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isoutar.bsky.social
The energy transition will impact some communities harder than others. An understanding of place contexts is critical if we are to achieve just transitions.
acjsissons.bsky.social Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · Jan 20

18% of jobs in Neath Port Talbot (about 9,000) are in manufacturing. 4% are in tech/finance/ professional services.
I think that gives a pretty stark illustration of the impact on the local economy of job losses at the steelworks.
January 20, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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hishamzerriffi.bsky.social
Every big picture idea about how the Energy Transition should happen translates to change at the very local level that impacts and is shaped by people who live there.

True of jobs, sustainable energy and "Just Transitions."

Nice to see some work that looks at how those big ideas play out locally
Oilsands workers are resistant to sustainable jobs, new research finds
Creating sustainable jobs that are regionally accessible, locally meaningful and economically desirable is the next big hurdle for Canadian policymakers aiming for a net-zero energy economy.
theconversation.com
September 26, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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dinosaucerous.bsky.social
It will not. The shift from one micro-cosm to a similar micro-cosm, transitions the energy from one to the other. Nothing is created or destroyed, just shifted to another perspective
May 21, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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New article just out, we look at citizen-driven energy projects in cities as a means to drive worldwide transitions to clean energy that are sustainable but also socially just www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Social innovation and global citizenship: Guiding principles for sustainable, just and democratic en...
In this paper, we examine the relationship of global citizenship to social innovation and propose a set of guiding principles to facilitate sustainabl…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 10, 2023 at 2:23 AM
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isoutar.bsky.social
So what? Energy transitions are not about replacing components, but changing whole systems. I think we need to get much better at being upfront with the public about systemic issues and solutions, rather than just suggesting that individual tech can be swapped out.
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November 7, 2023 at 11:35 AM