Cross-Border Renewable Energy Transitions

This is a great book about developing regional and transnational energy systems considering regulatory, political and governance aspects. It contributes to the understanding of the energy transition as a multi-level and multi-agent process. Dogan Keles, Professor in Applied Economics, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark. Developing new energies raises radical tensions and contradictions between states, firms and communities. In this slow and transitional process, the societal dimension comes before technical issues. Cross-border Renewable Energy Transitions is innovative and creative in exploring a threefold legal, economic and sociological perspective. The book points out the need of transactional arrangements between conflicting economic interests and moral values. Maurice Blanc, Emeritus Professor in Sociology, Strasbourg University, France Cross-border Renewable Energy Transitions: Lessons from Europe's Upper Rhine Region is a particularly rich book calling upon diverse disciplinary fields to shed light on the issue of the transition to renewable energy. In this book, edited by Philippe Hamman, the problem of sustainability governance is brilliantly explored from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Celine Burger, Assistant Professor in urban planning, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France This volume provides rich insights into the potentials of cross-border collaborations in the energy transition. Studying the energy transition in France's, Germany's, and Switzerland's Upper-Rhine Region, it considers the multi-level and multi-actor nature of these processes. Thereby, it does not only offer insightful results for researchers, but also helpful guidance for policy makers. Jens Koehrsen, University of Basel, Switzerland. Throughout this book Philippe Hamman provides a multi-scalar analysis of energy transition in Europe. Grounded in empirical work in France, Germany and Switzerland, it is one of the rare examples of cross-disciplinary work in the social sciences, as well as being an important contribution to energy studies, providing outlines for future policies . Nadine Roudil, Full Professor of Sociology, National School of Archecture of Paris Val de Seine, France Based on a multidisciplinary perspective, this book provides a welcome overview of the issues at stake in the energy transition and the development of renewable energies. Combining a review of the literature with theoretical approaches and case studies from three European countries, it describes the multiplication of transactional arrangements in the field of renewable energy projects, using a multi-scalar approach that has now become indispensable. Jerome Dubois, Full Professor of urban planning and regional development, Aix-Marseille University, France