2018
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Giovanni Carrosio et al., « Istituzioni e politiche per la transizione energetica fra locale e globale », HAL-SHS : sociologie, ID : 10670/1.6juroq
In the energy transition process, district heating networks and wind farms play a key role. The technicians believe that the complementarity between these two methods of producing electrical and thermal energy can be a response to the problems of balancing the network during the transition phase. From the social point of view, these two technologies could contribute to establish models of co-provision involving new social actors in the energy field. Despite that, the their real socio-organizational change appears contradictory. In Italy, these options are dominated by large utilities and there are no cases of circularity between wind power and district heating. Furthemore, an Italian model of transition does not emerge, but many regional models, which give a non-univocal shape to the transition on a national scale. The influence of socio-territorial features on the energy transition seem relevant. For this reason, the chapter focuses on the institutional, relational and territorial dimensions to unfold how energy innovations take place within territorial contexts. In this respect, energy transition is investigated considering both the district heating and the wind power in Italy.