This page is a non-exhaustive, constantly-under-construction, collection of materials that I have consumed, found or been referred to through my Churchill Fellowship research and beyond. I am open to suggestions for worthwhile additions. Contact me here.
None of the materials linked here are my own, nor do I have any commercial relationship with any of the people or services.
Australia:
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Community Engagement Review Report
- Improving community engagement and support for renewable energy infrastructure
Clean Energy Council:
- Best Practice Charter for Renewable Energy Projects
- Guide to Benefit Sharing Options for Renewable Energy Projects
- Community Engagement Guidelines for Building Powerlines for Renewable Energy Developments
Others:
- CSIRO Energy Transition Survey Interactive Data
- Jeff Dimery Address to the National Press Club of Australia (Video)
- Joëlle Gergis – Highway to Hell (Quarterly Essay)
- Just Transitions in Australia: Moving Towards Low Carbon Lives Across Policy, Industry and Practice – Emerging Technologies Research Lab
- Queensland Farmers’ Federation Renewable Energy Landholder Toolkit
- Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner – Resources for Landowners
USA:
- A Green Revolution In California’s ‘Carbon Valley’
- The Influence of Wind Power on Rural Areas Economic, Demographic, and Community Services Impacts
- Three stories show the power of renewable energy on public lands | The Wilderness Society
- California Renewable Energy Laboratory Community Engagement Resources
- US Department of Energy – What is Environmental Justice
UK:
Scottish Government:
- Community benefits from onshore renewable energy developments – gov.scot
- Building community wealth: consultation
- Draft Energy Strategy Transition Plan
- Leveraging local and community energy for a just transition in Scotland- climatexchange.org.uk
Skills Development Scotland:
UK Government:
- Accelerating electricity transmission network deployment: Electricity Networks Commissioner’s recommendations
- Electricity networks: transmission acceleration action plan
Fraser of Allander Institute:
- Climate Change and the Environment
- Understanding the impact of the transition to net zero on low paid jobs
Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities:
- Guiding Principles and Actions for Enhancing Community Benefits from Community Benefit Funds
- Matthew Hannon et al – Community participation for community benefits from natural capital projects
- A Review of Foundation Scotland’s Approach to Community Benefit Funds
Others
Spain:
- Spain, 4 years towards a just energy transition.
- Competing for grid access so that the transition from coal is just
- International Institute for Sustainable Development – A Cautionary Tale: Spain’s Solar PV Investment Bubble
- Spain’s Renewable Energy Saga: Lessons for international investment law and sustainable development
- Analysis of key biodiversity protection and socio-economic aspects to ensure harmony between renewable energy projects and the territory
General:
- Spitfire Research (Paul Martin)
- Michael Liebreich’s Hydrogen Ladder (v5)
- Cleaning Up (Podcast)
- The Climate Pod (Podcast)
- Our World in Data – Energy
- IPCC – AR6 Synthesis Report
- pwc – Quantifying the opportunity in green hydrogen
- Sustainability by Numbers – How much waste do solar panels and wind turbines produce?
- Sabin Center for Climate Change Law – Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles
- Nick Sofroniou and Pauline Anderson – The green factor:Unpacking green job growth
- Grant Allan, Peter McGregor & Kim Swales – Greening regional development: employment in low-carbon and renewable energy activities
- Wei Guo, Leonie Wenz and Maximilian Auffhammer – The visual effect of wind turbines on property values is small and diminishing in space and time
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