Strauss, Sarah; Eggleston, Carrick (2019) Experimenting with Energyscapes. RCC Perspectives (2). pp. 65-76.
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The path to sustainable energy systems is never singular. Energy transitions are inherently experimental, requiring flexibility and recognition of the limits of site and scale. For Auroville in South India, overcoming limitations on the scale of renewable energy required moving development off-site and involved local, regional, and even national policy shifts. Such transformation includes not only technological novelty, but also new ways of thinking about what is possible. Each community, each nation, must take stock of its own resources, values, and opportunities to make effective choices for foreseeable futures that are, themselves, moving targets. The notion that such energy systems, whether at the household level or on a wider scale, would be developed once and then left alone is also unrealistic; instead, we must understand that living communities will grow and change, just as their technologies, resources, and systems must.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Auroville, renewable energy, energyscape |
| Subjects: | Energy > Renewable / Sustainable Energy |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Suryamayi Clarence-Smith |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2023 06:45 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2023 06:45 |
| URI: | http://aurorepo.in/id/eprint/255 |
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