Tracking the transition to renewable electricity in remote indigenous communities in Canada
Diesel generated electricity in 144 Canadian remote indigenous communities is responsible for carbon emissions, spills, leakages, poor quality services, and potentially restricts community development. Introducing renewable electricity technologies (RETs) into community electrical systems could addr...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:eee:enepol:v:118:y:2018:i:c:p:169-181 2024-04-14T08:16:49+00:00 Tracking the transition to renewable electricity in remote indigenous communities in Canada Karanasios, Konstantinos Parker, Paul http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421518301642 unknown http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421518301642 article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:26:02Z Diesel generated electricity in 144 Canadian remote indigenous communities is responsible for carbon emissions, spills, leakages, poor quality services, and potentially restricts community development. Introducing renewable electricity technologies (RETs) into community electrical systems could address both environmental and socioeconomic development issues. This paper identifies 71 RET projects developed in remote communities between 1980 and 2016 and uses the multi-level perspective (MLP) to examine the diffusion and governance processes influencing the transformation of these systems. The MLP framework explains the non-linear deployment of RETs through the shift from a utility driven phase focusing on hydroelectricity and small wind applications to a community driven phase concentrating on solar projects. Reasons for the development of projects in Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia and Ontario include community interest in participating in local electricity generation, learning processes facilitated by multiple experiments, and the existence of supporting regulatory and fiscal policies that were negotiated and adapted to indigenous sustainability visions. The MLP framework indicates that remote indigenous communities now reject the role of passive recipients of technologies promoted by non-aboriginal interests. Instead, active participation in transforming electrical systems is sought, based on local sustainability agendas which further their goals of economic development and self-governance. Off grid; Remote indigenous communities; Renewable energy; Policy; Hybrid electricity system; Canada; Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Territories Yukon RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada Northwest Territories Yukon |
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Diesel generated electricity in 144 Canadian remote indigenous communities is responsible for carbon emissions, spills, leakages, poor quality services, and potentially restricts community development. Introducing renewable electricity technologies (RETs) into community electrical systems could address both environmental and socioeconomic development issues. This paper identifies 71 RET projects developed in remote communities between 1980 and 2016 and uses the multi-level perspective (MLP) to examine the diffusion and governance processes influencing the transformation of these systems. The MLP framework explains the non-linear deployment of RETs through the shift from a utility driven phase focusing on hydroelectricity and small wind applications to a community driven phase concentrating on solar projects. Reasons for the development of projects in Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia and Ontario include community interest in participating in local electricity generation, learning processes facilitated by multiple experiments, and the existence of supporting regulatory and fiscal policies that were negotiated and adapted to indigenous sustainability visions. The MLP framework indicates that remote indigenous communities now reject the role of passive recipients of technologies promoted by non-aboriginal interests. Instead, active participation in transforming electrical systems is sought, based on local sustainability agendas which further their goals of economic development and self-governance. Off grid; Remote indigenous communities; Renewable energy; Policy; Hybrid electricity system; Canada; |
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Tracking the transition to renewable electricity in remote indigenous communities in Canada |
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Tracking the transition to renewable electricity in remote indigenous communities in Canada |
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British Columbia Canada Northwest Territories Yukon |
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British Columbia Canada Northwest Territories Yukon |
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Northwest Territories Yukon |
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