Realizing a just energy transition: A policy evaluation framework
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2022-12-30
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The energy transition is not only an economic or technical challenge, but it has also major social aspects. The influence of the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is increasingly present in day to day life. Not only the transition is noticeable, but the consequences of not transitioning also become more prominent. Environmental, economic, and geopolitical reasons are common explanations as to why the energy transition has become so prominent in day to day life. This visibility stirred up a discussion on the justness of the transition in both academic and grey literature. To avoid confusion and miscommunication, the researcher wanted to analyse to what extent the academic idea of a just energy transition can be found in actual policy plans. However, there was not yet a clear operational definition, fit to be applied to policy plans, of what a just energy transition entails.
The aim of this study was to find out to what extent policy plans related to the energy transition comply with the scholarly idea of a just transition based on procedural-, distributive-, and recognition justice. A governmental institution that stated they wanted to carry out a just energy transition was the Province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. In order to determine how well and how they complied with the scholarly idea of what a just transition should look like, eighteen energy transition related policy plans from three different levels of government in the Province of North Brabant were analysed through a framework specifically developed for this purpose. The study concludes that the plans in the Province of North Brabant comply with academic literature to an extent, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. The analysis also gave reason to reconsider some aspects of the framework to better suit the region it was applied to. However, the most valuable tool to come out of this research is a framework which bridges a gap between literature and execution that can be applied to energy transition policy plans to analyse their justness.
Keywords: Just transition, energy transition, participation, policy plan, Province of North Brabant
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen