Heated and Misaligned?

Heated and Misaligned?: Spotting Misalignment in the Regional Energy Transition: the Case of Holland-Rijnland

Keij, S.R. (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)

Delft University of Technology

2020-07-13

The National Climate Accord prescribes several tasks and responsibilities for local and regional governments. Among other things, it specifies that municipalities are to create a heat vision before 2022. In this heat vision, they are to detail how they plan to phase out natural gas. The National Climate Accord further specifies that municipalities are to cooperate with the province and the water board to create a Regional Energy Strategy, which is a regional approach for the energy transition. There are limited national guidelines and actors disagree about how to approach these policy proposals. A change in structure is expected in 2022 or 2023 with the introduction of the new heat law. These uncertainties could lead to disagreement or conflict among actors. These problems might be described as forms of misalignment. The main research question that has been stated is: What forms of misalignment arise in the governance of regional energy transitions? An exploratory one-N case study was conducted. The region Holland Rijnland was investigated by conducting multiple personal interviews with experts involved in the region. The transcripts were analyzed using phrases and words identified beforehand using a literature study. A combination model base on the rounds model and the institutional analysis and development framework was used to identify forms of misalignment. The identified forms of misalignment were clustered into three misalignment themes; uncertain governance, mandate, and involvement of citizens...

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Student theses

master thesis

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